Open AccessManagement of ramsay hunt syndrome in an acute palliative care setting
Author(s) -
Shrenik Ostwal,
Naveen Salins,
Jayita Deodhar,
Mary Ann Muckaden
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.150195
Subject(s) - medicine , famciclovir , palliative care , rash , dermatology , surgery , outpatient clinic , virus , nursing , virology
The Ramsay Hunt syndrome is characterized by combination of herpes infection and lower motor neuron type of facial nerve palsy. The disease is caused by a reactivation of Varicella Zoster virus and can be unrepresentative since the herpetic lesions may not be always be present (zoster sine herpete) and might mimic other severe neurological illnesses.