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Herpes Zoster of the year (known as Ram say Hunt’s syndrome) is an auditory nerve infection by the herpes zoster virus causing vertigo, hearing loss, and severe ear pain. Vesicles (small fluid-filled blisters) are forming in the ear canal and outer ear. Blisters also can form on the neck or face, skin supplied by the infected nerve. If the facial nerves are compressed because they are swollen and infected, the one face side’s muscles can become paralyzed permanently or temporarily. Hearing can return completely or partially; or hearing loss can be permanent. Vertigo lasts from several days to few weeks. The best treatment of herpes zoster of the ear (ramsay hunt’s syndrome) is the antiviral medication Acyclovir. Diazepam is given to suppress vertigo and analgesic to subside pain. If the facial nerve is compressed, the surgery to enlarge the openings through which the nerve of the face leaves the skull (called surgical decompression) can be done. Such operation sometimes relieves facial paralysis.
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