Abstract
A statistical survey of one hundred and two Japanese inpatients with herpes zoster was carried out at the Dermatological Clinic of Kawasaki Medical School from March, 1974 to December, 1982. The number of inpatients with herpes zoster tended to increase from 1974 to 1982. The frequency of occurrence did not change according to the time of the year. Males were slightly more frequently affected than females. Inpatients of 20-29 years and 60-69 years of age were more frequently afflicted. The area most affected was the trunk. Diabetes mellitus and SLE combined with herpes zoter were noted more frequently than in other diseases. In the SLE patients, there were no changes in ANF, anti-DNA antibody and CH50, before and after association with herpes zoster. In addition we sent out a questionnaire to the patients regarding post-herpetic neuralgia. Neuralgia persisted longer in older patients. One patient each with post-herpetic myelitis and Ramsay-Hunt syndrome are reported herein, in detail.
