Bell Palsy

Bell Palsy
The most common form of paralysis is paralysis facialului Bell. The exact cause of this paralysis. Specialists believe that in some cases it may be caused by herpes virus that causes recurrent herpes labialis.
In most cases of Bell palsy, facial nerve innervated muscles provide a part of facial injuries due to an inflammatory process.

 
Clinically, the onset is sudden, with retroauricular pain and muscle weakness in 48 hours. Lost the sense of taste is affected and loud noises are very irritating to the patient. This paralysis is incomplete in the first week of excellent prognosis. The cerebrospinal fluid examination may find a slight lymphocytosis. Pathologist, there was axonal degeneration of the nerve path.

 
Healing is spontaneous in three quarters of the recovery occurring within a few weeks or months. The chances of full recovery are higher in conditions in which symptoms begin to improve spontaneously within 3 weeks.
Two of three people recover completely. The rest remained with sequelae such as muscle weakness and paralysis of various degrees of partial to complete, which can not ever go away completely. Some patients develop involuntary facial movements such as dyskinesia (involuntary contractions) of the lips, watery eyes or twitching of the face or eyelids.

 
These symptoms may be treated with injections of botulinum toxin on the substance which produces a temporary paralysis of facial muscles. If you suspect a particular virus as the etiology of paralysis, the patient may be given antiviral drugs such as acyclovir.