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Shingles & Strokes
Article by Mark Jakobs
According to a study which was announced in the year 2009, there is a 30% increased in the risk of having stroke, both ischemic and hemorrhagic, after having experienced a herpes zoster attack. The risk is applicable to both males and females.
History of Chickenpox
Herpes zoster or shingles exists or occurs whenever a person had a previous history of chickenpox, which, in turn, has an etiologic agent called Varicella zoster virus or herpes zoster virus.
About the Virus
This virus remains inactivated after the chickenpox attack or after the person has recovered from the viral infection. If the same person encounters the same virus, which results to the reactivation of the inactivated etiologic agent, then herpes zoster or shingles exists. The virus shows itself as highly painful rashes with blisters that are distributed and erupt on one side of the body, either the left or the right side.
What is a Stroke?
Stroke is also called a cerebrovascular (CVA) or brain attack. It is the onset and persistence of a brain or neurologic dysfunction that could last longer than 24 hours. It usually results from the distraction of blood supply to the brain, which indicates infarction, rather than ischemia.
Classifications of Stroke
Stroke is classified into two major categories, the ischemic and hemorrhagic. Ischemic stroke happens when there is a partial or complete cerebral blood flow occlusion to an area of the brain that may be due to a thrombus, embolus, systemic hypoperfusion, and/or venous thrombosis.
The thrombus, which is the common cause of ischemic stroke, is a blood clot forming locally that obstructs a blood vessel. An embolus is a moving clot from elsewhere in the body that travels quickly to the brain and lodges in a small artery. Systemic hypoperfusion is the general decrease in the blood supply. Venous thrombosis is a blood clot forming locally that obstructs the dural venous sinuses.
When Strokes Occur
Ischemic strokes may occur at rest and are not activity dependent. Hemorrhagic strokes happen when there is a leakage of blood from a blood vessel. They may also occur whenever there is hemorrhage within the cranial vault, which may be due to the congenital weakening of the blood vessel wall. The usual results of such a case would be aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation (AVM) - deterioration of the wall vessel from chronic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cocaine use, head trauma causing dissection or rupture of vessel, and/or increased pressure due to hypertension. Hemorrhagic strokes commonly occur suddenly while a person is very active.
What is Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus?
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is the term used for herpes zoster or shingles that involves the orbit of an eye of either side. According to research, there is four times the risk associated with stroke, either ischemic or hemorrhagic in the year following an episode or history of herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
According to Test Results
According to a case report from the doctors of department of neurology in Luknow, India; a 27 year-old man experienced tingling and numbness on his left arm and face which he experienced for few minutes in the morning and after which he experienced a sudden onset of left hemiplegia on getting up from sleep at midnight. He had undergone an MR angiogram with a result of occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery. CFS analysis was done and a positive result of herpes zoster IgM and IgG antibodies was found. The patient's family had no history of strokes.
Another case study was done in 2002 of a 77-year-old woman with a previous history of herpes zoster ophthalmicus, as she experienced a sudden onset of diplopia associated with temple headaches. A diagnostic procedure was done, which is the temporal artery biopsy and in-situ hybridization performed for herpes zoster DNA. As a result, the patient presented bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia.
Initial diagnostic evaluation, which includes erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, and temporal artery biopsy, was consistent with giant cell arteritis. However, a positive result for herpes zoster DNA was seen in-situ hybridization of the temporal artery specimen.
Since the 1970s there have been numerous reports linking Varicella zoster virus vasculopathy and stroke syndrome after a person experienced herpes zoster. According to Dr. Kang and his colleagues, the virus was hypothesized to spread along the nerve fibers to the blood vessels where it results in inflammatory and thrombotic responses. However, despite many case reports regarding the condition of stroke with shingles, large sample data and evidence are still lacking.
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