Results
The study included 27 females, 26 males, 53 patients diagnosed with
shingles, and 17 females, 10 males, as a control group. The mean age of
the patients was 45.90 ± 18.07, the mean age of the control group was
40.64 ± 16.49, and there was no difference between the control group and
the patient groups in terms of gender and age. In order of frequency,
shingles lesions were located on the extremity in 5 patients (9.5%), in
the head and neck region in 9 patients (17%), in the thoracic region in
17 patients (32.1%), and in the lumbosacral region in 22 patients
(41.5%). While 66% of the patients (n: 35) had pain symptoms, and 34%
(n: 18) had itching symptoms (Table 1). There was no difference in
gender and age between patients with HP symptoms and patients with HI
symptoms (respectively p = 0.22, p = 0.55). Vitamin B12
values in patients with HP (295.50 ± 86.37) were found to be lower than
HI (364.72 ± 119.22) and control group (355.88 ± 113.91) (respectivelyp = 0.021, p = 0.046). No significant relationship was
found between vitamin B12 values of patients with HI and the control
group (p = 0.816). (table 2)