PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Steven A. Kewish
TI  - A Case of Shingles Following Auricular Acupuncture
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2017.04.170051
DP  - 2017 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 552--555
VI  - 30
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/4/552.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/4/552.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2017 Jul 01; 30
AB  - This is a case report of an occurrence of shingles (herpes zoster [HZ]) following auricular acupuncture. The patient developed acute reactivation HZ in the V1 distribution of the right trigeminal nerve involving the forehead, scalp, and medial upper eyelid 13 days after being treated with auricular acupuncture for chronic low-back pain. The lesions were initially painless, but they clustered and became painful within 2 days. The patient was treated with oral valacyclovir 1000 mg, 3 times daily for 7 days, and ibuprofen as needed. The lesions resolved without sequelae.