Bell’s Palsy and Review of Steroid Therapy

Cold, season, and incidence of bells palsy

Bell’s palsy is a relatively common disease characterized by the sudden onset of unilateral facial paralysis. Using a centralized system that contains demographic data, the authors estimated rates, trends, and demographic risk of Bell’s palsy during a 2-year period. There were 140 incident cases of Bell’s palsy among patients referring to private clinics (a total of 6500 patients). The crude in...

Cold, season, and incidence of bells palsy

Bell’s palsy is a relatively common disease characterized by the sudden onset of unilateral facial paralysis. Using a centralized system that contains demographic data, the authors estimated rates, trends, and demographic risk of Bell’s palsy during a 2-year period. There were 140 incident cases of Bell’s palsy among patients referring to private clinics (a total of 6500 patients). The crude in...

Recent-onset bell palsy complicated by diabetes: comparison of steroid and lipoprostaglandin E(1) therapy.

OBJECTIVE To compare megadose steroid therapy (n = 17; group S) and lipoprostaglandin E(1) (lipo-PGE(1)) therapy (n = 14; group L) in patients with recent-onset Bell palsy complicated by diabetes. DESIGN A nonrandomized controlled trial was performed. The 2 groups were almost identical in age, sex distribution, and laterality, and there was no difference in the average palsy scores in the 2 g...

neurobrucellosis and steroid therapy

Hypersensitivity Reaction and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pyrethroid Poisoning and Role of Steroid Therapy

Background: Pyrethroids are generally of low toxicity to humans, but in suicidal poisonings which are usually associated with ingestion of high doses, they lead to severe systemic effects. Case Report: A 30-year old woman presented to emergency department with a history of intentional ingestion of about 15 mL of prallethrin around 3 days earlier. She complained of shortness of breath along with...