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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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Herpes
Zoster, or shingles, |
Shingles
creates extremely painful |
Massage
is systemically contrain- |
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144) |
is
a viral infection of sen- |
blisters
along the dermatomes, |
dicated
during the acute stage |
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sory
neurons from the |
usually
around the ribs, but occa- |
of
shingles, because this is such |
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same
Virus that causes |
sionally
of the trigeminal nerve. It |
a
painful condition. After the |
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chicken
pox. |
is
almost always unilateral. |
blisters
have healed and the |
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pain
has subsided, massage is |
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appropriate. |
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