[Antalgic treatment of acute herpes zoster. A clinical contribution]

The paper considers the difficulty of pain control in acute herpes zoster and the considerable incidence of NPH in patients given the conventional medical therapies. After a short account of physiopathology of herpetic pain, the treatment of acute cases with epidural or sympathetic blockages using anaesthetics and cortisone is proposed. Personal experience in a series of patients with either acute herpes zoster or NPH who were treated with this method is reported with details of peculiarities and results.