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VHCC offers
help for shingles
The therapists at The Rehab Clinic at Versailles Health Care Center
recently received specialized training from Accelerated Care Plus (ACP)
for herpes zoster (shingles) and postherpetic neuralgia. Shingles
is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Shingles is
caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes
chickenpox. Shingles is the reactivation of the virus which
remains dormant in nerve tissue near the spinal cord and
brain. Mostly the cause of reactivation is some form
of metabolic stress on the patient, but often, the cause is not
identified. Around 850,000 people in the United States are
affected each year by shingles.
Intervention within the first 72 hours at the wet seeping stage of
shingles is important in preventing the development of postherpetic
neuralgia (severe pain associated with shingles). Patients are
treated with ultrasound over posterior nerve roots and around
vesicles. However, if shingles is not caught within
72 hours, therapy can also assist patients with the neuralgia pain
utilizing electrical stimulation for pain relief.
Versailles Health Care Center is excited to offer help for patients
suffering from shingles. Please contact Rehab Director, Shannon
Condon, at 937-526-0130, for more information. The Rehab Clinic at VHCC
offers outpatient and inpatient therapy services to people of all ages
and offers a flexible schedule.
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