Postherpetic neuralgia and treatment

Postherpetic neuralgia, is a chronic pain syndrome that is often refractory to treatment and can persist for years. This can result in physical, occupational and social disability, psychological distress. A wide range of treatment measures have been tried but until recently, very few of these had been shown unequivocally to be effective. In this review we provide an update on recent developments in the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia.

Postherpetik nevralji ve tedavisi

Postherpetik nevralji, sýklýkla tedavilere dirençli, fiziksel ve sosyal sakatlýklara, psikolojik bozukluklara yol açabilen ve yýllarca sürebilen kronik bir aðrý sendromudur. Birçok farklý tedavi yöntemi denenmesine raðmen son yýllara kadar sadece bunlardan birkaçýnýn etkili olduðu gösterilmiþtir. Bu derlemede postherpetik nevralji tedavisindeki son geliþmeler ele alýnmýþtýr.