Irritation of the scalp in an 81 year old male patient, after a shingles rash (post herpetic neuralgia). Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a disease caus

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Irritation of the scalp in an 81 year old male patient, after a shingles rash (post herpetic neuralgia). Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus which infects and damages nerves. Typically it recurs causing pain and skin blistering.

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