{"id":1143,"date":"2017-06-05T07:03:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T07:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/dermatology\/shingles\/"},"modified":"2019-11-25T07:07:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T07:07:26","slug":"shingles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/dermatology\/shingles\/","title":{"rendered":"Shingles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Data gathering<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; initially numbness\/pain\/burning then rash (macules then vesicles)<\/li>\n<li>Examine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Clinical management<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigations<\/li>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>infection of a nerve that supplies an area of skin<\/li>\n<li>same virus as chickenpox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>contagious &#8211; until all blisters have scabbed over<\/li>\n<li>avoid immunocompromised, pregnant women and babies<\/li>\n<li>Aciclovir &#8211; within 72 hours (or 1 week if \u00a0&gt;50 years old, immunocompromised, moderate pain)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Followup \/ Safety-net\n<ul>\n<li>Post herpetic neuralgia &#8211; residual pain\/altered sensation &#8211; neuropathic analgesia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data gathering Red flags Others &#8211; initially numbness\/pain\/burning then rash (macules then vesicles) Examine &nbsp; Clinical management Investigations Explanation infection of a nerve that supplies an area of skin same virus as chickenpox Treatment contagious &#8211; until all blisters have scabbed over avoid immunocompromised, pregnant women and babies Aciclovir &#8211; within 72 hours (or 1 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/dermatology\/shingles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shingles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":442,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1709,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1143\/revisions\/1709"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}