the virus travels back to the skin along the sensory nerve, manifesting as a unilateral vesicular skin eruption involving one to three dermatomes. Skin vesicles may be painful or pruritic ...

Both HSV types 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2) are transmitted across epithelial mucosal cells as well as through skin interruptions, and migrate to nerve tissues, where they persist in a latent stage.

This is because each spinal nerve root—one on each side of the body—services a specific area of skin called a dermatome. When a shingles outbreak occurs, only that dermatome on that side of the body ...

Before the painful blisters characteristic of the herpes zoster rash appear, patients may experience: Headache Light sensitivity Malaise The rash typically appears along one or two dermatomes (neural ...

In a first-of-its-kind clinical study, scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas and Baylor University Medical Center have shown that patients with treatment-resistant PTSD were symptom-free up ...

The good news? You can manage it with a bit of planning and mindset preparation. Nerves come with new or high-pressure situations. Expect to feel them. It’s a sign you care, and that’s a good ...

Nerve or neuropathic pain has long been a tricky condition to treat effectively. However, a new study has comprehensively ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered clues as to how our bodies turn sensations such as ...

Peripheral nerve injury triggers synaptic remodeling. The ganglioside GT1b stabilizes spinal excitatory synapses by ...