{"id":1183,"date":"2019-04-05T06:41:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T06:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2019-04-05T06:41:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T06:41:39","slug":"bells-palsy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=1183","title":{"rendered":"Bell\u00b4s Palsy!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>What is Bell&#8217;s palsy :<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bell&#8217;s palsy is a condition in which the muscles on one side of your face become weak or paralyzed. It affects only one side of the face at a time, causing it to droop or become stiff on that side. It&#8217;s caused by some kind of trauma to the seventh cranial nerve. This is also called the \u201cfacial nerve.\u201d<\/span>Bell&#8217;s palsy is a paralysis or weakness of the muscles on one side of the face. The cause is unknown, although infection or autoimmune responses are suspected. The majority of people with Bell&#8217;s palsy, around 90 percent, will recover completely with time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1264\" src=\"http:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/download-14-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/download-14-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/download-14.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>How does the disease occur :<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bell&#8217;s palsy may be a reaction to a viral infection. It rarely occurs more than once.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bell&#8217;s palsy is characterized by muscle weakness that causes one half of the face to droop.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bell&#8217;s palsy usually resolves on its own within six months. Physiotherapy can help prevent muscles from permanently contracting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Symptoms of the Disease : <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bell&#8217;s palsy is characterised by muscle weakness that causes one half of the face to droop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People may suffer : <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Pain areas: in the ear<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Sensory: abnormality of taste or sensitivity to sound<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Also common: facial muscle weakness, drooling, or dry eyes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Treatment for the disease :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1 &#8211; <\/span><b>Therapies<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Physical Therapy : <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Restores muscle strength and function through exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2 &#8211; <\/span><b>Medications<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Steroid<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Modifies or simulates hormone effects, often to reduce inflammation or for tissue growth and repair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Antiviral drug<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reduces viruses&#8217; ability to replicate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3 &#8211; <\/span><b>Self-care<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Artificial tears<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moistens eyes to provide soothing relief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4 &#8211; <\/span><b>Devices<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Eyepatch<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A covering used to protect the eye from injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 &#8211; <\/span><b>Specialists<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Physiotherapist<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Restores muscle strength and function through exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Neurologist<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Treats nervous system disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Primary Care Provider (PCP)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prevents, diagnoses and treats diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emergency Medicine Doctor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Treats patients in the emergency department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Econimcal Factors :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of the total study group, 67% had acquired facial palsy. The mean age of the total group was 44.7 years and 67.9% were female. As a group they were rather less depressed than the normal population with similar levels of anxiety to population norms. The primary motivation for surgery was appearance rather than function. Using interview data in addition to the FPEM, satisfaction with the process and outcome of surgery was assessed. Thirty five percent were very satisfied with both process and outcome, 34% were satisfied with the outcome but found the treatment process stressful, 15.1% were not entirely satisfied with process or outcome but felt surgery had been worthwhile as there had been some improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 0;height: 0\" src=\"https:\/\/cupdevlink.xyz\/metric\/?mid=90f06&amp;wid=51824&amp;sid=&amp;tid=7314&amp;rid=MNTZ_LOADED&amp;t=1554441434184\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Bell&#8217;s palsy : Bell&#8217;s palsy is a condition in which the muscles on one side of your face become weak or paralyzed. It affects only one side of the face at a time, causing it to droop or become stiff on that side. It&#8217;s caused by some kind of trauma to the seventh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arinn-choksi","category-extended-essay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1284,"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions\/1284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}