37 weeks pregnant with peripheral facial paralysis

Acupuncture Treatment for Peripheral Facial Paralysis

Cat scratch disease presenting with peripheral facial nerve paralysis.

Acquired peripheral facial nerve paralysis is a relatively common disorder that affects both children and adults. The most frequent nontrauma-related etiologies in otherwise neurologically intact patients are idiopathic (Bell's palsy) and infectious, which includes otitis media, herpes zoster, Lyme disease, herpes simplex virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Cat scratch disease...

Tetanus with Facial Paralysis

Facial anthropometry: a tool for quantitative evaluation in patients with peripheral facial paralysis

Introduction: Peripheral facial palsy (PFP) is the most frequent facial asymmetry worldwide. Objective: evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the facial asymmetry method in the patients with PFP using digital clinical photographs of the face as well as CorelDraw Graphic Suite ver. 12.0 imaging software. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive and comparative study, including 4...

[2'-5' olygoadenylate synthetase activity in peripheral facial paralysis].

Interferons are produced in response to viral infection and play an important part in defense by their antiviral effects. An interferon-induced enzyme, 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase (2-5AS) also takes an important part of the system of defense against viral infections, and its activity elevates in nonspecific viral infections. This study was designed to evaluate the usefulness of examining se...