PHN | Treatments for Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
- Author Ray Attebery
- Published September 22, 2008
- Word count 543
PHN is the onset pain from Shingles. PHN pain is due to damage to the nerve fibers in your skin and can last about a month but Phn can last for months, and sometimes years, after the shingles rash has healed. This article explores the various pain relief treatments for Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN).
Scientists have not found a treatment that prevents all patients with shingles from developing PHN. However, there are several treatments that some think might reduce the chances of developing PHN but the evidence as of this date is suspect and difficult to prove given the different PHN responses by patient to an
outbreak of shingles.
People who continue to feel pain long after the rash and blisters heal are experiencing a pain called postherpetic neuralgia which basically is damage to their nerve fibers caused by a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus. Nerve
fibers essentially send messages from the skin to the brain. Damaged Nerve fibers, due to shingles, are not able to send messages to the spinal cord as they normally do and it is believed that the body may perceive these "mixed messages" as pain
signals.
Age and PHN are related. Older people are more susceptible to PHN. PHN usually does not develop in people under age 50. Over 40% of patients with shingles age 60 or older develop PHN. After the shingles rash has healed, 75% of people over age 70 have pain at 1 month, and 50% still have pain after 1 year.
During an outbreak of shingles, other risk factors for the development of PHN include:
Greater pain severity
Greater rash severity
Sensory impairment (problems with feeling touch) in the affected skin
Painful period before the shingles rash appears
The trigeminal nerve (a nerve in the face) is affected
Treatments for postherpetic neuralgia depends on the type of phn pain you experience. Generally for post herpetic neuralgia these include:
Antidepressants
Drugs that inhibit the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin
Certain anticonvulsants
Injected steroids
Painkillers
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
Spinal cord or peripheral nerve stimulation.
Lidocaine skin patches
There are even some alternate remedies that have been tried by those suffering from PHN such as hypnosis, acupuncture, diluted apple cider vinegar, colustrum and vitamin B5.
Two highly effective alternative medicine treatments for PHN pain are Menastil and EZ Pain Relief. Both are non-narcotic, non-addictive topical solutions that effectively penetrate the skin. Their active ingredients reach the inflamed area to cause the nerve ends to relax and allow the blood and oxygen to flow back into the painful area to effectively cutoff the pain signal to the spinal cord and therefore to the brain. You still have the PHN condition, since these products are not cures, but you will feel substantially less pain with the use of either of these products.
Multiple pain relief treatment regimens as notated above for postherpetic neuralgia generally bring complete pain relief. But most
people still experience some pain no matter what the treatment, and a few don't get any relief at all.
Although some people will live with postherpetic neuralgia the rest of their lives, most people can expect the condition to gradually disappear during the first three months. For about 10 percent to 20 percent of people with
postherpetic neuralgia, the pain may persist for a year or more.
The Centre for Pain Relief has several products, including Menastil & EZ Pain Relief, for the relief of PHN. Go to...
PHN For product review and to purchase these PHN pain relief products Go to...The Centre for Pain
Relief to review The Centre for Pain Relief website.
Ray Attebery
CEO
The Centre for Pain Relief
Burlington, NJ 08016
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