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A SEMIQUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SKIN SENSITIVITY CHANGES IN HERPES ZOSTER
Author(s) -
Matsubara Motoo,
Kagami Kiyoshi,
Maeda Motoaki,
Yasuno Hirokazu,
Uchida Takashi,
Suzuki Naoto
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1980.tb01960.x
Subject(s) - lesion , medicine , sensation , skin lesion , audiology , threshold of pain , masking (illustration) , stimulation , anesthesia , dermatology , surgery , psychology , neuroscience , art , visual arts
ABSTRACT We have investigated changes in skin sensation in patients affected with Herpes zoster, by comparing the threshold of electric stimulation pain at the lesion site with that at the symmetrical healthy site. The threshold at the lesion was lower than that at the healthy site and had a tendency to recover to normal day by day. When continuous and spontaneous pain were combined, the threshold at the lesion was rather higher, probably due to a kind of masking. The change in threshold during the recovery process is not correlated with the seriousness of this disease.