Zoster generalisatus – 2% of cases, particularly in people with immunosupression
Zoster ophtalmicus – possible ulceration of cornea, iritis, paralysis of cranial nerves – III, IV, VI; always necessary – ophtalmological consultation
Zoster oticus (when the geniculate ganglion is involved - the Ramsay Hunt syndrome) - pain and vesicles in the external auditory meatus, loss of taste on the anterior two thirds of the tongue, deafness, vertigo, ipsilateral facial palsy.
Meningitis, encephalitis, pneumonia, myelitis