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Shingles, also known as herpes zoster or zona, [6] is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] Typically the rash occurs in a single, wide mark either on the left or right side of the body or face. [ 1 ]
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While the rash typically does not affect the face, it can spread to the arms and trunk. In its earlier stages, people may see the rash and assume they have a case of ringworm , Hu says.
The blanching skin test is used to determine if a rash or discoloration disappears when pressure is applied, which may be a sign of another illness.
In dermatopathology, the Tzanck test, also Tzanck smear, is scraping of an ulcer base to look for Tzanck cells. It is sometimes also called the chickenpox skin test and the herpes skin test. It is a simple, low-cost, and rapid office based test. [1] Tzanck cells (acantholytic cells) are found in: Herpes simplex [2] Varicella and herpes zoster
Herpes gladiatorum is characterized by a rash with clusters of sometimes painful fluid-filled blisters, often on the neck, chest, face, stomach, and legs.The infection is often accompanied by lymphadenopathy (enlargement of the lymph nodes), fever, sore throat, and headache. [5]
1 in 3 Canadians will experience shingles at some point in their lifetime.
The distribution: e.g., the rash of scarlet fever becomes confluent and forms bright red lines in the skin creases of the neck, armpits and groins (Pastia's lines); the vesicles of chicken pox seem to follow the hollows of the body (they are more prominent along the depression of the spine on the back and in the hollows of both shoulder blades ...