Bells Palsy

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Bells palsy also known as

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Facial nerve palsy
Idiopathic facial paralysis

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Most common form

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Bells palsy

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Bells palsy occurs most commonly

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Pregnant women
Hypertensives
Diabetics

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Affectation of gender

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Equal

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Etiology of bells palsy

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Unknown

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Etiology of bells palsy reactivation

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Herpes simplex virus type 1

Question 7

What nerve can pass through a viral inflammatory response that induces edema and ischemia

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Facial nerve passes through bony canal

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Cold exposure

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Vascular ischemic theory

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Lesion just outside stylomastoid foramen

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Lesion 1

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Flaccid paralysis of ipsilateral half of face

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Lesion 1

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Eyeball rolls up and outward with incomplete eyelid closure

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Bells phenomenon
Lesion 1

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Blinking absent

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Lesion 1

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Food gathers between cheek and the gums

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Lesion 1

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Tearing

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Lesion 1

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Lesion with facial canal involving chorda tympani nerve

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Lesion2

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Loss of taste on the anterior 2/3 of the tongue

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Lesion 2

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Reduce salvation

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Lesion 2

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Lesion involving stapedius muscle

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Lesion 3

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Increase acuity of hearing

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Lesion 3

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Lesion involving geniculate ganglion

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Lesion4

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Onset

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Lesion 4

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Ramsay hunt syndrome

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Associated by herpes zoster

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Herpetic eruptions

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Ipsilateral eardrum,post auricleext. Auditory canal, earlobe or soft palate

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Bells palsy associated with

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Herpetic eruptions
Facial paralysis
Facial numbness
Ipsilateral deafness

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Lesion in internal auditory meatus (internal acoustic meatus)

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Lesion5

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Deafness Tinnitus

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Lesion 5

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Lesion at the emergence of facial nerve from the pons

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Lesion 6

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Inverted marcus gunn Elevation of ptotic eyelid on movement of jaw to the opposite side

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Marcus gunn phenomenon

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Closing of the eye's occurs when patient opens his mouth forcefully and maximally

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Marin amat syndrome

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Recovery of taste precedes recovery of motor function

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Buccinator Zygomatic Inferior levator Orbicularis oculi Frontalis

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Complications

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State of over toning Associated movement synkinesis Facial spasm

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Factors associated with poor prognosis

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Age 60 Hypertension Hyperaccusis Diminished lacrimation Diabetes Complete lesion Evidence of denervated atrophy Severe initial apin

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Powerful inflammatory

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Corticosteroids Prednisone

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Anti viral drugs

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Acyclovir

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Eye protection Analgesic

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Eye patch Lubricating eye drops

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Physical therapy management

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Initiation exercises Facilitation exercises Thermotherapy Electrotherapy

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Facial nerve

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Lacrimatory nerve Superior salivatory n. Motor nerve N tractus solitarius Spinal nerve

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Emerges from posterior cord Laterally to axilla Behind surgical neck Muscles innervated Deltoid Teres Minor

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Axillary nerve C5 c6