Case Report
Year: 2022 | Month: August | Volume: 12 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 122-126
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220818
Mirror Therapy in Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Case Report
Sharmila Chaudhuri1, C.S. Ram2
1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, I.T.S Institute of Health &Allied Sciences, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, I.T.S Institute of Health &Allied Sciences, Uttar Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Sharmila Chaudhuri
ABSTRACT
Herpes zoster is a disease caused by the reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus in the cranial or spinal sensory ganglion. It is characterized by pain full rash, postherpetic neuralgia and affects 10-20% of all people. The incidence rate varies from one to two cases per 1000 in young adults to 10 times this figure in the elderly. Risk of Herpes increases with old age, malignancies, immunosuppressants, autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or HIV infection. Here there is a case of a 63-year-old woman with symptoms of post herpetic neuralgia 3weeks after the infection involving the C5-C6 dermatome. The present article highlight neuralgia as one of the complications of herpes infection and the role of physiotherapy along with mirror therapy in the patient’s functional improvement. Outcome measures were, range of motion (ROM) measured by Goniometer, muscle strength measured by manual muscle test (MMT), pain measured by Numeric pain rating scale (NRPS), and improvement in the functions measured by patient-specific functional scale (PFPS). Early diagnosis and 6 weeks of physiotherapy intervention showed marked improvement in pain, ROM, muscle strength, and patient-specific functional score and prevented further complications
Key words: [Herpes Zoster, Post herpetic neuralgia, Mirror therapy, Physiotherapy] .