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A patient who suffers continuing pain long after the shingles have healed might be said to have postherpetic: A. neuralgia. B. meningitis. C. myelopathy. D. spinal stenosis.

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Answer: A. neuralgia

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Answer:

The patient has Postherpetic A. neuralgia.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Postherpetic neuralgia, nerve fibers and skin will get affected. Very few people who had shingles may experience this effect. After your skin has cleared up, you may still feel some severe burning pain. The pain will gradually go away in most of the cases, but in some rare case it may return.

Your skin will be sensitive when you are going through that pain. If that pain lasts more than a year, it would be more likely to become permanent.

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