Predictors of pain intensity and persistence in a prospective Italian cohort of patients with herpes zoster: relevance of smoking, trauma and antiviral therapy

Herpes zoster (HZ) is a common disease, characterized by rash-associated localized pain. Its main complication, post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), is difficult to treat and may last for months to years in the wake of rash resolution. Uncertainties remain as to the knowledge of predictors of HZ-related pain, including the role of antiviral therapy in preventing PHN in ordinary clinical practice. This prospective cohort study was aimed at investigating pain intensity at HZ presentation and its correlates, as well as the incidence of PHN and its predictors

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Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Georgia, to Rachel Lyons, January 22, 1862

The Alabama novelist, Augusta Evans writes her friend, Rachel, telling her of becoming a nurse to the soldiers who are stationed in and around Mobile. She established a hospital near her residence that was dubbed Camp Beulah in honor of her novel, Beulah. The hospital has had over 200 cases, a number of them were typhoid fever and pneumonia. Treatment included brandy, ammonia, and quinine. She includes a speech that she delivered to the Beulah Guards

Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons, February 28, 1864

Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, writes her friend, Rachel, of her return trip from Columbus to Mobile. She reports that it was bitterly cold going to the train station in Columbus. As she travel with friends, it was ordered that ladies must leave the train and not travel to Mobile. She was able to get a passport allowing her to travel onto Mobile. Later, she was detained in Pollard, Alabama, during the early morning hours. An officer escorted her and her friends to a room where other detained travelers were waiting. Though, she didn't know the others most of them knew of her friends. The early morning hours were spent in good humor and witty conversation. Later in the morning, General Maury telegraphed to Pollard to allow her to travel at once to Mobile. Augusta thought the immediate threat in Mobile of an attack was subsiding. She relates to the officers that are stationed near her home in Mobile. Augusta conveys that she cannot find the cotton or the dress that Rachel wants

Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons, January 4, 1860

Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, wishes her friend, Rachel, a happy New Year. She expresses that she would like to have Rachel with her when she travels to Europe. With the sales of her book, Beulah, doing well she is expecting to have time to do this. Augusta relates the books that she have read and her view that one must process an intimate knowledge of Dante. She tells of recent correspondence from Colonel Seaver, the most incorrigible of all punsters, Mr. Derby, and Nina Moses

Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons, August 28, 1860

Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, writes to her friend, Rachel, telling her that she has just returned from Bladon Spring for their health. Augusta urges Rachel to take up writing