Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of the cases referred to me for management of dry eye, many turn out to be manifestations of nerve damage ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Valacyclovir can be beneficial for treating multiple episodes of keratitis or iritis in patients with ...

Our group at Wills Eye Institute retrospectively reviewed the charts of all patients with a diagnosis of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) who were seen in 2008. Whereas some of these patients were ...

Many clinicians acknowledge that herpes zoster (or shingles) is not something they would wish to have, but they also seem to believe it just comes and goes. This could explain the rather low rate of ...

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Followed by Contralateral Hemiparesis Authors: Raul G. Nogueira, M.D., and Volney L. Sheen, M.D., Ph.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published April 11, 2002 N Engl J Med 2002 ...

Most people are surprised to find out that two types of herpes viruses -- the one that causes cold sores and the one that causes chickenpox -- can cause a condition called herpetic eye disease. Unlike ...

The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV; Shingrix) was associated with a significantly increased risk of recurrence of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), according to a retrospective cohort study. Within ...

The incidence of herpes zoster and herpes zoster ophthalmicus increase after age 50, and both are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular complications. For patients ages 50 and older, the ...

A 9-year-old girl of Indian origin presented with a vesicular eruption over the left ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve with no involvement of the nasal tip (Figure 1). A diagnosis of HZO was ...

"These data suggest that health benefits of RZV immunization may extend beyond the well-described prevention of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia." HealthDay News — Two doses of recombinant ...

Images in Clinical Medicine Left Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy with Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Authors: Edward Jude, M.D., M.R.C.P., and Amiya Chakraborty, M.R.C.P. Author Info & Affiliations Published ...