Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome

Female middle aged woman with preceding flu like illness. She came in with acute onset of left ear pain. She developed some kind of tingling sensation on the right side of the face. She also complained of left ear tinnitus(ear ringing). 

Upon examination, she had left ear drum vesicular rash with some surrounding redness. 

The doctor narrowed it down to Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome caused by zoster virus. Patient was given short course of steroids and anti-viral medications and she completely recovered by follow up visit. 

Even if you're relatively young, you can still get the zoster virus!