Recurrent Facial Paralysis

Behçet's disease with recurrent facial paralysis.

A female patient now aged 32 first attended the out-patients department at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in I955 at the age of I5 with right Bell's palsy, which was treated by physiotherapy. There was a previous history of right Bell's palsy in I949. She attended again in I956 with right Bell's palsy which cleared without any specific treatment in about 4 weeks. X ray of the mastoid bone sho...

Sixteen Cases of Recurrent Hypokalemic Paralysis

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Tetanus with Facial Paralysis

Electromyography and Facial Paralysis

The facial motor system is responsible for functions critical to physical, social and psychological well-being (VanSwearingen & Brach, 1996). Facial nerve paralysis is a lifealtering clinical condition, with functional, aesthetic and communication implications for the individuals who are afflicted (Hadlock, 2008). It differs from most other clinical conditions in that it is the end result of a ...

Facial paralysis in children.

Facial paralysis can have devastating physical and psychosocial consequences. These are particularly severe in children in whom loss of emotional expressiveness can impair social development and integration. The etiologies of facial paralysis, prospects for spontaneous recovery, and functions requiring restoration differ in children as compared with adults. Here we review contemporary managemen...