PHN
Noun
Meaning
PHN (uncountable)
(medicine) Initialism of post-herpetic neuralgia.
Examples
Vaccination with ZOSTAVAX in the SPS reduced the incidence of PHN in individuals 70 years of age and older who developed zoster postvaccination.
Some investigators suggest the pain has to be present for three months to be termed PHN.
The prognosis of PHN ranges from good to poor, depending on the length of time the disease lingers and on the development of complications.