{"id":1232,"date":"2019-04-05T06:51:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T06:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2019-04-05T06:51:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T06:51:25","slug":"what-is-bells-palsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=1232","title":{"rendered":"What Is Bell&#8217;s Palsy :-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1291\" src=\"http:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/download-20-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/download-20-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/download-20.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bell&#8217;s Palsy is a disease in which\u00a0the muscles on one side of your face become weak or paralyzed. It will affect only one side of your face at a time, making it too stiff or causing it to droop on the side with diseases.<\/p>\n<p>It is caused by damage to the cranial nerve, which causes swelling.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms :<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Cold sores and genital herpes<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Chickenpox and shingles<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Infectious mononucleosis<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Cytomegalovirus infections<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Respiratory illnesses<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">German measles<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Mumps<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Flu<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Hand-foot-and-mouth disease<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019re unable to close your eyelid or blink<\/li>\n<li>Your eye waters more or less than usual<\/li>\n<li>Drooling<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty chewing<\/li>\n<li>Decreased sense of taste<\/li>\n<li>Your facial muscles twitch<\/li>\n<li>Pain or numbness behind your ear<\/li>\n<li>Pain around the jaw or in or behind your ear on the affected side<\/li>\n<li>Increased sensitivity to sound on the affected side<\/li>\n<li>Headache<\/li>\n<li>A decrease in your ability to taste<\/li>\n<li>Changes in the amount of tears and saliva you produce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some people feel pain behind their ear 1-2 days before they notice any weakness. Others say that sounds seem much louder than normal in the days before they see any other symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>In rare cases, Bell&#8217;s Palsy can affect both sides of your face.<\/p>\n<p>Most people start to feel better within a couple of weeks. They usually recover completely within 3 months. Some people who develop Bell&#8217;s palsy have a longer recovery period. In rare cases, they may have some permanent symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Risk Factors :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0people having diabetes<\/li>\n<li>who are recovering from a viral infection.<\/li>\n<li>Are pregnant, especially during the third trimester, or who are in the first week after giving birth<\/li>\n<li>Have an upper respiratory infection, such as the flu or a cold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; In some of these cases, there&#8217;s a family history of recurrent attacks \u2014 suggesting a possible genetic predisposition to Bell&#8217;s palsy.<\/p>\n<p>Complications :<\/p>\n<p>A person with Bell&#8217;s Palsy normally recovers within a month. Recovering from a severe case might cause total paralysis too. Some complications may include :<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Irreversible damage to your facial nerve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Abnormal regrowth of nerve fibers, resulting in involuntary contraction of certain muscles when you&#8217;re trying to move others (synkinesis) \u2014 for example, when you smile, the eye on the affected side may close<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Partial or complete blindness of the eye that won&#8217;t close due to excessive dryness and scratching of the clear protective covering of the eye<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Diagnosis :<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no specific test for Bell&#8217;s palsy. Your doctor will look at your face and ask you to move your facial muscles by closing your eyes, lifting your brow, showing your teeth and frowning, among other movements.<\/p>\n<p>Other conditions \u2014 such as a stroke, infections, Lyme disease, and tumors \u2014 can also cause facial muscle weakness, mimicking Bell&#8217;s palsy. If the cause of your symptoms isn&#8217;t clear, your doctor may recommend other tests, including:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electromyography (EMG). This test can confirm the presence of nerve damage and determine its severity. An EMG measures the electrical activity of a muscle in response to stimulation and the nature and speed of the conduction of electrical impulses along a nerve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Imaging scans. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computerized tomography (CT) may be needed on occasion to rule out other possible sources of pressure on the facial nerve, such as a tumor or skull fracture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Treatments :<\/p>\n<p>Most people with Bell&#8217;s palsy recover fully; with or without treatment. There&#8217;s not only 1 treatment for Bell&#8217;s palsy, but your doctor may suggest medications or physical therapy to help speed your recovery. Surgery is rarely an option for Bell&#8217;s Palsy.<\/p>\n<p>Medications :<\/p>\n<p>Commonly used medications to treat Bell&#8217;s palsy include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corticosteroids, such as prednisone, are powerful anti-inflammatory agents. If they can reduce the swelling of the facial nerve, it will fit more comfortably within the bony corridor that surrounds it. Corticosteroids may work best if they&#8217;re started within several days of when your symptoms started.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Antiviral drugs. The role of antivirals remains unsettled. Antivirals alone have shown no benefit compared with placebo. Antivirals added to steroids are possibly beneficial for some people with Bell&#8217;s palsy, but this is still unproved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>However, despite this, valacyclovir (Valtrex) is sometimes given in combination with prednisone in people with severe facial palsy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Implications :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Economic &#8211;\u00a0If a poor person has Bell\u2019s Palsy then it would be very difficult for him\/her to get treatment for himself\/herself<\/li>\n<li>Geographical &#8211; If the country is a developed country then it would be easy for the people to get treatment but if it will be an underdeveloped country then it would be really tough to get treatment<\/li>\n<li>Cultural &#8211; there are some religions that don&#8217;t allow surgeries and transplants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no transplantation needed for this disease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bell&#8217;s Palsy is a disease in which\u00a0the muscles on one side of your face become weak or paralyzed. It will affect only one side of your face at a time, making it too stiff or causing it to droop on the side with diseases. 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