Case Reports on the Effect of Stellate Ganglion Block in Patient with Postherpetic Neuralgia Accompanied by Itching

ABSTRACT

Herpes zoster is a disease that involves reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus and induces pain by injuring the nerve ganglia. We present the case of a 52-year-old woman without a notable medical history. She complained of painful itches that were causatively associated with infiltration to the ophthalmic nerve of the trigeminal nerve. Furthermore, the patient did not positively respond to antiviral agents, analgesics, and anticonvulsants. However, after inducing a stellate ganglion block, her Visual Analog Scale for pain and itching reduced from a scale of 8 to 2.