WAILEA, Hawaii — “We [ophthalmologists] are more likely to see zoster over simplex,” Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2018.
The only real treatment for post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is to prevent it and this is where the vaccine becomes important, he said.
A controversy existed because the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Dermatologic Society recommended that patients over 50 years be vaccinated for shingles but the CDC recommendation was 60 years and above, Pepose said.
Now all recommendations are in line.
In October, the U.S. FDA indicated all
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