Hi everyone this is Matt coming to you from the PA boards community and if you guys are wondering who the heck is this I actually am pretty new to PA boards working with Andrew Reed and Gray Phelps and I came out with a quick introductory video just last week

letting you guys know a little bit more about who I am. So if you have some time please

refer back to that but in review I am a primary care PA practicing in Connecticut.

And today, let's start talking about Herpy Zoster. Now I was thinking about this and you guys

might be like, what's the point in listening to this about Herpies Oster?

In a dermatome, I give Valtrex, how much is there to know, right?

Well, I want to give you guys some pearls

and let you guys know a little bit more about the patients

that I see in my primary care setting. So first we'll talk about

Veracelizoster virus. This is what we typically know is the cause of chicken pox. Now chicken pox

is described as vesicular lesions in various stages of

development on the chest, on the abdomen, on the extremities, and it's often described as dewdrops on a rose pedal.

At least that's how I heard of it in PA school,

you might have as well.

Various stages of development just

means that you might see some lesions that are maculopapular,

some vesicles, some open lesions, some ruptured, crusted, etc.

Now, herpesoster results from reactivation

of the veriselazoster virus in neurons.

Herpy'soster is characterized textbook by the cicular lesions that occur within

a dermatomal distribution. Now it's often described as sharp shooting pain or burning nerve pain. Now it does not always present

this way and so I want to tell you guys a little bit more about the patients I see in my

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