How to Use neuralgia in a Sentence

neuralgia

noun

• If the pain lasts longer than three months, doctors call the condition post-herpetic neuralgia.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
• That nerve pain, known as post-herpetic neuralgia, is felt in areas where the shingles rash occurred and can last for months and even years.
  — Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017
• Trigeminal neuralgia is also found in older patients and is slightly more prevalent in women.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2022
• However, about 10% to 18% of patients will progress to post-herpetic neuralgia months after the rash has cleared.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
• Furthermore, my team and I believe this phenomenon is not unique to post-herpetic neuralgia.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
• Those overhauls still induce fits of neuralgia among SPD leaders who believe the reform costs the party votes and ought to be scrapped.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
• This long-lasting pain is called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN).
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2019
• Postherpetic neuralgia — lingering nerve pain in the area where the rash appeared — is the most common complication.
  — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
• Trigeminal neuralgia is a type of nerve pain that affects the trigeminal nerve, which is responsible for facial sensation and movement.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022
• The drug worked best for postherpetic neuralgia; evidence for other types of neuropathic pain was very limited.
  — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
• Zostavax, the current shingles vaccine, reduces the risk of the disease in adults over 60 by half, and the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia by two-thirds.
  — Paula Span, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2016
• The risk of postherpetic neuralgia, a painful complication of shingles, is reduced by 67%.
  — Health.com, 1 May 2017
• While anyone who has shingles is at risk of developing post-herpetic neuralgia, the risk rises significantly with age.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
• The cause was complications of postherpetic neuralgia, his daughter Meme Rhee said.
  — New York Times, 6 May 2018
• The vaccine also lowers your risk of developing postherpetic neuralgia, or chronic shingles pain.
  — Alex Vance, Fortune Well, 26 Apr. 2023
• Generally, this group is less likely to get post-herpetic neuralgia, which, for Auwaerter, is among the most worrisome complications of the disease.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• In patients with post-herpetic neuralgia, while the shingles rash has cleared with seemingly normal-looking skin, skin biopsies show a puzzling reduction in sensory nerve fibers in the painful areas.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
• The contents of the exosomes of those with post-herpetic neuralgia had significantly higher concentrations of proteins known to suppress the growth of neurons.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
• However, antiviral treatment that shuts down viral replication does not reliably prevent or reduce post-herpetic neuralgia.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
• As suspected, neurons exposed to post-herpetic neuralgia exosomes were significantly stunted and unable to form a strong network with other neurons.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
• Creams and lotions can help ease the itching that accompanies the rash, and prompt medical attention reduces the chance of complications like postherpetic neuralgia or vision problems.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
• Currently, my team is collecting sequential blood samples for up to a year from patients with shingles who later develop post-herpetic neuralgia, as well as from patients with shingles that resolves with no lingering pain.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
• Shingles can lead to long-term nerve pain (postherpetic neuralgia) and other complications, but vaccination significantly reduces these risks.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 9 Dec. 2024
• Postherpetic neuralgia, the most common shingles complication, causes persistent pain even after the rash disappears.
  — Health.com, 1 May 2017
• The rash can lead to complications, the most common one being long-term nerve pain, postherpetic neuralgia, or PHN, the CDC notes.
  — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
• However, while some folks may endure lingering nerve pain from a shingles complication called postherpetic neuralgia, that’s not the only stubborn side effect that can stick around after the painful, blistering rash subsides.
  — Alyssa Sparacino, Glamour, 29 May 2026
• Between 10% and 18% of patients will experience a complication known as postherpetic neuralgia, which causes pain and lasts from three months up to several years, once the shingles rash is gone.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 25 Oct. 2017
• About 10% to 18% of people who get shingles develop postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), and the risk increases sharply with age.
  — Angela Haupt, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
• Antidepressants – Drugs like amitriptyline may be prescribed to shingles patients to alleviate postherpetic neuralgia.
  — Health.com, 1 May 2017
• Long-term, debilitating nerve pain, called postherpetic neuralgia, is the most common complication of shingles because the varicella-zoster virus hides in the peripheral nervous system.
  — Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 28 June 2026