Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD A dermatome is an area of skin that gets its sensation from a specific spinal nerve root. Spinal nerves exist in 31 pairs, one on each side of the spine.

In adults, shingles typically causes a rash to form on the trunk, along one of the thoracic dermatomes. The rash may be preceded by pain, itching, or tingling in the area. Some other symptoms of ...

Herpes zoster (HZ) continues to be ... Pain or dysesthesia in the dermatome may precede the rash by 1 to 3 days or longer. ... so care is often provided in consultation with an ear, nose and ...

The dermatome distribution of the zoster rash (and/or other symptoms) is key to the diagnosis; very uncommonly certain specialized tests may be needed to confirm the diagnosis. ...

Shingles is a painful outbreak of skin lesions caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus along a dermatome (an area of skin supplied by sensory neurons). Skip to content.

The incidence of herpes zoster increases with age. Management includes antiviral therapy (recommended in persons with or at increased risk for complications, immunocompromised persons, those ≥50 ...

But a characteristic of shingles, though it also results in a rash of painful blisters, is that it's typically limited to only one segment of skin — what's called a "dermatome" — and only ...

Several months after having zoster on the sacrum, ... (1000 mg three times daily for seven days), zoster spread to the right S2 dermatome. Lesions resolved in three to four weeks.

A 57-year-old man with a six-week history of herpes zoster in the left T11–T12 dermatomes presented to the dermatology department with a painful, progressive bulge in his left flank. The pain was due ...

Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, herpes zoster is more common in those treated with upadacitinib than with adalimumab plus methotrexate or with methotrexate alone, according to a speaker ...