The patient is suffering from Bell’s Palsy, which is flaccid paralysis only on one side of the face. Flaccid paralysis is when a muscle is paralyzed or weakened because the muscles cannot contract. And this is because of never damage. Bell’s Palsy got the name from Dr. Charles Bell in 1821. Because Bell’s palsy come without any warning, people think that they have brain tumor. People that have diabetes and pregnant women are more at risk than other people. This disease is common for people in their 40’s. Bell’s Palsy can be treated.
The symptoms for this disease is weakness of facial muscles including upper and lower part. Eating and drinking might be hard because the muscle like buccinators, which helps hold food while chewing might be weakened or paralyzed. Another symptom are fever and watery eye like the patient mention above. Dry eye, loss of taste, drooling, pain behind ear and increase sensitivity to sound is also another symptoms of Bell’s Palsy.
Bell’s Palsy can be cause from viral or bacterial infection. From viral the most common infection is herpes simplex, which cause fever blisters and cold sore. The other common viral infection is varicella zoster, which cause chicken pox. Other viral infections that destroys facial never are HIV, influenza, …show more content…
This medicine helps to gain all facial movement if it’s taken as soon as the symptoms start. Without treatment, people with Bell’s palsy can recover in 1 or 3 months, but some part of the facial nerve still might be effected. This disease can also be treated at home. Facial exercises like massaging the face with oil or cream helps a lot. If the patient’s eye can close or blink, the patient should use their finger to open and close their eyelid throughout the day to avoid dry eye. To avoid gum disease or tooth decay form food getting stuck in teeth, the patient should brush or floss teeth more often than
The symptoms for this disease is weakness of facial muscles including upper and lower part. Eating and drinking might be hard because the muscle like buccinators, which helps hold food while chewing might be weakened or paralyzed. Another symptom are fever and watery eye like the patient mention above. Dry eye, loss of taste, drooling, pain behind ear and increase sensitivity to sound is also another symptoms of Bell’s Palsy.
Bell’s Palsy can be cause from viral or bacterial infection. From viral the most common infection is herpes simplex, which cause fever blisters and cold sore. The other common viral infection is varicella zoster, which cause chicken pox. Other viral infections that destroys facial never are HIV, influenza, …show more content…
This medicine helps to gain all facial movement if it’s taken as soon as the symptoms start. Without treatment, people with Bell’s palsy can recover in 1 or 3 months, but some part of the facial nerve still might be effected. This disease can also be treated at home. Facial exercises like massaging the face with oil or cream helps a lot. If the patient’s eye can close or blink, the patient should use their finger to open and close their eyelid throughout the day to avoid dry eye. To avoid gum disease or tooth decay form food getting stuck in teeth, the patient should brush or floss teeth more often than