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[Herpes zoster: follow-up, complications and therapy].
In clinical practice herpes zoster infections are common. The cause is the reactivation of the herpes varicella virus that persists in the sensory ganglia after an earlier primary infection with shingles. ⋯ A proposed reason for these complications is the direct infiltration of the virus or a hematogenous infection. Some of the complications can be treated symptomatically such as post-zoster neuralgia and the occurrence of certain complications that can be prevented by the right choice of acute therapy.