बैल अंगघात
Also known as Bell palsy, Bell's (facial) palsy, Facial Nerve Palsy, Nerve Paralysis, Facial, Paralysis Of Facial Nerve, Facial Nerve Paralysis
facial paralysis resulting from dysfunction in the cranial nerve VII (facial nerve)
Key facts
- Specialty
- Neurology , Ophthalmology , ENT , oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Symptoms
- Inability to move the facial muscles on one side, change in taste , pain around the ear
- Usual onset
- Over 48 hours
- Duration
- < 6 months
- Causes
- Unknown
- Risk factors
- Diabetes , recent upper respiratory tract infection
- Diagnostic method
- Based on symptoms
- Differential diagnosis
- Brain tumor , stroke , Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2 , Lyme disease
- Treatment
- Corticosteroids , eye drops , eyepatch
- Prognosis
- Most recover completely
- Frequency
- 1–4 per 10,000 per year
via Wikipedia infobox