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Because the virus travels along the sensory nerves, the skin eruption typically follows imaginary lines called dermatomes, which represent the path of said nerves, said Friedman. High risk areas ...

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) with electrodes placed over S2-S4 dermatomes has been shown to lead toward a subjective improvement ...

The pain was constant and in the region of the 8th and 9th thoracic dermatomes in the middle and anterior axillary lines. She required narcotic medication every 4 hours and said that the pain was ...

manifesting as a unilateral vesicular skin eruption involving one to three dermatomes. Skin vesicles may be painful or pruritic, especially in adults. Zoster generally is a milder disease in ...

If the rash develops in the neck area, the varicella-zoster virus can infect the dermatomes in the phrenic nerve, which originates in the neck. Experts believe that because the phrenic nerve supplies ...

Treatment for a neck fracture—also called a cervical fracture or broken neck—depends on the severity of the injury, which cervical vertebrae (bones in the neck that protect the spinal cord) are ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a serious genetic disease that causes the muscles to become weaker and waste away over time. This inherited neuromuscular disease is caused by a missing or mutated ...