Psychological Stress as a Trigger for Herpes Zoster: Might the Conventional Wisdom Be Wrong? | Zendy

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Psychological Stress as a Trigger for Herpes Zoster: Might the Conventional Wisdom Be Wrong?

Author(s) -

Rafael Harpaz,

Jessica W. T. Leung,

Cynthia J. Brown,

Fang Zhou

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu889

Subject(s) - spouse , medicine , stressor , psychological stress , mental health , psychiatry , event (particle physics) , clinical psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , anthropology

The causes for zoster remain largely unknown. Psychological stress is one commonly considered risk factor. We used self-controlled case series methods to look for increases in zoster following death or catastrophic health event occurring in a previously healthy spouse. We found no increase, although this stressor led to increased mental health visits.

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