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mia

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on: Jun 25, 2018
The patient with shingles has been on an antiviral medication since the vesicles appeared. The goal of early treatment is to prevent which complication?
 
  a. Postherpetic pain
  b. Outbreak of additional vesicles
  c. Lesions of the eye
  d. Transmission to health care workers

Question 2

An 84-year-old patient has had a low-grade fever for 2 days. This morning, the patient complains of burning, tingling hip pain that shoots down the leg. The nurse observes a small group of ve-sicles on the leg.
 
  These findings are consistent with which disorder?
  a. Herpes simplex
  b. Herpes zoster
  c. Syphilis lesions
  d. Furuncles


kingdude89

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A
Early treatment may avoid postherpetic pain syndrome, but it cannot prevent additional vesicles, eye lesions, or transmission to another person.

Answer to Question 2

B
Herpes zoster (shingles) begins with vague symptoms of chills and low-grade fever and possibly some gastrointestinal disturbance. Discomfort along the nerve pathway is common. Small groups of vesicles appear on the skin, usually following the nerve pathways.


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