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Postherpetic neuralgia
Pain that occurs after the disappearance of herpes zoster infection lesions. [from NCI]
Neuralgia
Pain (An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience) along the course of a nerve. [from HPO]
Herpes zoster
A common dermal and neurologic disorder caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that has remained dormant within dorsal root ganglia, often for decades, after the patient''s initial exposure to the virus in the form of varicella (chickenpox). It is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area. [from NCI]
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