Anthoula C Tsolaki¹, Magda Tsolaki¹* and Evangelos Toulis²

¹Neurological Department, Euromedica General Clinic of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
²Internal Medicine Department, Euromedica General Clinic of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

*Corresponding Author: Magda Tsolaki, Neurological Department, Euromedica General Clinic of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Received: January 20, 2025; Published: January 31, 2025

Abstract

Herpes zoster (HZ) is a neurologic skin infection caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) latent in the human body. VZV establishes an incubation period in ganglia and when activated it may influence the micturition and the defecation.

Keywords: Herpes Zoster (HZ); Urinary Retention

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Citation

Citation: Magda Tsolaki., et al. “Sacral Herpes Zoster in Immunocompetent Patient Followed by Dysfunction of Voiding Reflexes of the Bowel and Bladder. A Rare Elsberg Syndrome that Needs to be Differential Diagnosed".Acta Scientific Women's Health 7.2 (2025): 35-38.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2025 Magda Tsolaki., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.