The authors analized 78 patients with herpes zoster treated at department of Dermatology, Chungnam National University Hospital from 1982 to 1985 to find out the epidemiology and clinical course. The results were as follows:
1. The annual prevalence rate of herpes zoster ranged 1.5%·´to 2.0%(mean 1.8%) and did not increase during 8 years from 1977 to 1984.
2. There was no sexual difference.
3. Herpes foster was seen most frequently in the 50-59 rear age group (24.4%), in July in a year (16.7%) and during summer(34.6%),
4. The dermatomic involvement of herpes zoster was most common on thoracic nerve(48.7%),and others were trigerminal nerve (28.2%), cervical nerve (14.1%), lumbar nerve(6.4%) and sacral nerve(2.6%) in order.
5. The interval of onset of subjective sfmptoms and vesicle appearance was 3.9 days in average. The mean duration of treatment was 13.8 days. There was a tendency that both interval and duration increased with increasing age.
6. The most common complication of herpes fester was postherpetic neuralgia (6.4%) and others were keratoconjunctivitis(2.5%), herpes zoster with aberrant vesicles (2.5%) and recurrent herpes zoster (1.3%).
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