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ersons in a life time ? More mon in people of Japanese decent and young adults. Cause of the Bell’s palsy Inflamation that causes pressure on the Facial Nerve, which effect the Facial Muscles. ? Acoustic neuroma ? Triggers Skull Fracture ? Tumor ? Herpes Simple Virus (HSV1) ? Inner Ear Infection ? HIV 1. Facial droop 2. Difficult to make facial expressions 3. Pain behind or in front of the ear on the affected side 4. Changes in the amount of tears or saliva 5. Tingling around lips or eye ?Headache ?Loss of taste ?Difficulty closing eye on affected side ?Facial swellling Signs and Symptoms Diagnosis and differential diagnosis 中樞性面癱 Hunt綜合征 Prognosis ? Most people start to improve in a few weeks and pletely recover in 36 months ? Some people average of recovering is 68 weeks but continue to see symptoms and have reoccurrences throughout their life Treatment for the Bell’s palsy ? Three major ways of treating bell’s palsy – If it’s minor, it could be fixed by itself. – For virus, doctor subscribes antiviral drugs, such as acyclovir – For inflammation, subscribe corticosteroids, such as prednisone Minor Bell’s palsy ? ? Minor Bell’s palsy usually goes away within three weeks – First 2 weeks will be heal by itself, and than it will heal to full recovery – Patients just need well rest and nutrients food ? Treatment: Virus Antiviral drugs – Acyclovir – famciclovir – Valacyclovir This drugs could destroy active virus that copy virus to other, and prevent much more danger to the facial nerve. But there is no hundred percent result that antiviral drugs will be affective for the treatment. Treatment: inflammation ? Other than causing by virus, it could also be caused by inflammation will subscribe corticosteroids to reduce inflammation – Prednisone Other treatment Some patients can not close their eye – prescribe artificial tears and using eye patch during the day to keep their eye moist. At night patients have to use eye lubricants or viscous ointments while taping the eye shut. Other Treatment ? Some patients develop permanent facial paralysis: Surgery: if patients have bell’s palsy for 6 to 12 months with no improvement, Surgery could potentially help their appearance and part of the muscles. Transferring normal tissues to the affected place, such as lip Occupations Family medicine physicians Internists Neurologists Physician assistants Nurse practitioners Complications ? Disfigurement from paralysis ? Chronic Taste abnormalities ? Spasm of eye and facial muscles Complications ? Damage to eye or infection – Corneal ulcers erosion or open sore in the outer layer of the cornea ? Synkinesis(聯(lián)帶運動 ) Involuntary movement acpanying a voluntary one Trigeminal neuralgia 陶 恩 祥 中山大學(xué)孫逸仙紀念醫(yī)院神經(jīng)科 Definition and Introduction ? The trigeminal nerve carries sensation from face to the brain. ? Trigeminal ne