What is Post Herpetic Neuralgia?
Post Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) is a painful condition that develops at the area of lesions after the eruption and healing of shingles. This is a very classic case of pain that we commonly call Neuropathic Pain (pain related to damaged nerves). Fortunately not everyone with shingles develops this type of pain. The older the patient is at the time they develop shingles, the more likely they are to develop PHN. Injections around the injured nerves can eliminate this condition especially when performed early in the course of the condition.
