- 1. Bells Palsy By Lauren Viola, Andy horan, David Na, Camercon
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2. What is Bells Palsy?
- Temporary facial paralysis caused by damage to the 7 th cranial
nerve (facial nerve)
- Usually only one side of the face is affected and you have
trouble closing your eye and producing tears, controlling drooling
and movement of the mouth.
3. Who discovered Bells Palsy?
- Named for Sir Charles Bell, a 19 thcentury surgeon
4. Signs and Symptoms
- Facialdroop and difficulty making facial expressions
- Pain behind or in front of your ear on the affected side
- Changes in the amount of tears or saliva your body
produces
- Tingling around lips or eye
5. Signs and Symptoms
- Difficulty closing eye on affected side
6. How Long are You Affected?
- Most people start to improve in a few weeks and completely
recover in 3-6 months
- Some people average of recovering is6-8 weeks but continue to
see symptoms and have reoccurrences throughout their life
7. Who Does it Affect?
- About 40,000 people in US are affected per year
- Affects approximately 1 in 65 persons in a life time
- More common in people of Japanese decent and young adults.
8. Complications
- Disfigurement from paralysis
- Chronic Taste abnormalities
- Spasm of eye and facial muscles
9. Complications
- Damage to eye or infection
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- Corneal ulcers- erosion or open sore in the outer layer of the
cornea
- Synkinesis -Involuntary movement accompanying a voluntary
one
10. Cause of the Bells palsy
- Inflamation that causes pressure on the Facial Nerve, which
effect the Facial Muscles.
11. Triggers
- Herpes Simple Virus (HSV-1)
- Exposure to certain Bacteria
12. Triggers
13. Treatment for the Bells palsy
- Three major ways of treating bells palsy
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- If its minor, it could be fixed by itself.
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- For virus, doctor subscribes antiviral drugs, such as
acyclovir
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- For inflammation, subscribe corticosteroids, such as
prednisone
14. Minor Bells palsy
- If its minor Bells palsy it usually goes away within three
weeks
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- First 2 weeks will be heal by itself, and than first the last
week, it will heal to full recovery
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- Patients just need well rest and nutrients food
- Cautious about minor Bells Palsy
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- Some patients will think that they have minor Bells palsy, but
the problem is that, if its not, their face will paralyze and it
wont be heal, such as like twitching lips, tearing eyes, or spasms
of the face or eyelids.
15. Treatment: Virus
- Doctor subscribes Antiviral drugs
- Doctor use this so this drugs could destroy active virus that
copy virus to other, and prevent much more danger to the facial
nerve.
- But there is nohundred percentresult that antiviral drugs will
be affective for the treatment.
16. Treatment: inflammation
- Other than causing by virus, it could also be caused by
inflammation
- doctor will subscribe corticosteroids to reduce
inflammation
17. Other treatment
- Some patients can not close their eye, where they had been
affected
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- Doctor will prescribe artificial tears and using eye patch
during the day to keep their eye moist.
- At night patients have to use other things
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- Doctor will recommend the use of eye lubricants or viscous
ointments while taping the eye shut.
18. Other Treatment II
- For some patients, it could develop permanent facial
paralysis
- Doctor may recommend surgery, if patients have bells palsy for
6 to 12 months with no improvement,
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- Surgery could potentially help their appearance and part of the
muscles
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- Transferring normal tissues to the affected place, such as
lip
19. Occupations, who can treat patients
- Family medicine physicians
20. Credit for EVERYTHING!!
- http://www.bellspalsy.ws/treatment.htm
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http://health.yahoo.com/nervous-treatment/bell-s-palsy-treatment-overview/healthwise--hw179238.html
- Bells Palsy Information Site