Postherpetic neuralgia: case study of class 4 laser therapy intervention

Postherpetic neuralgia: case study of class 4 laser therapy intervention
January 11, 2026

Case study of laser treatment on a woman diagnosed with PHN (postherpetic neuralgia). The 73-year-old woman had pain in her upper back, shoulder and arm that had lasted for 15 years after a case of shingles.  Pain decreased after 8 weekly class 4 laser treatments (2 to 4 W, 3.5 to 7.1 J/cm2).


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Published: Clinical Journal of Pain. 2013; 49(10): e6-e9.

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postherpetic neuralgia herpes zoster Neuropathic Pain allodynia Laser Therapy