Table 1.
Underlying Diseases in Patients with Recurrent Herpes Zostera
| Underlying Disease | Total Number | Three Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Hypertension | 242 | 10 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 88 | 2 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 74 | 1 |
| Heart diseases | 53 | |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 29 | 3 |
| Thyroid diseases | 28 | 2 |
| Stroke | 21 | |
| Asthma | 20 | |
| Prostate hypertrophy | 17 | |
| Pulmonary diseases | 16 | |
| Osteoporosis | 13 | |
| Liver diseases | 12 | 1 |
| Gout | 10 | |
| Gastric ulcer | 8 | |
| Hyperuricemia | 8 | 1 |
| Lymphoma | 7 | 1 |
| Glaucoma | 7 | |
| Prostate cancer | 6 | |
| Atopic dermatitis | 6 | |
| Breast cancer | 5 | 1 |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus | 5 | 1 |
| Reflux esophagitis | 5 | |
| Gastric cancer | 4 | 1 |
| HTLV-1 carrier | 4 | |
| Brain tumor | 4 | |
| Colon cancer | 4 | |
| Allergic rhinitis | 3 | |
| Hemodialysis | 3 | 1 |
| Adult T-cell leukemia | 3 | |
| Depression | 3 | |
| Bladder cancer | 3 | |
| Sarcoidosis | 3 | 1 |
Abbreviations: HTLV, human T-lymphotropic virus.
aThe table shows the underlying diseases observed in 560 of 1076 patients with recurrent herpes zoster. A disease was included if it occurred in 3 or more patients. The underlying diseases observed in 29 of 49 patients with 3 episodes are listed. One of the 3 patients with 4 episodes had experienced urolithiasis, and the others had no underlying diseases.