Residual states in 30 percent of adult patients with Bell's palsy. Early treatment with cortisone improves the healing process

Bell's palsy is an acute unilateral weakness or paralysis of the face of unknown cause. The incidence of the disease is 30 individuals per 100,000 per year. It is a diagnosis of exclusion and other known causes for acute peripheral facial palsy must be ruled out. The prognosis is overall favorable and about 70% of the patients recover completely within 6 months without treatment. Recent randomized controlled Bell's palsy trials have shown that treatment with corticosteroids shortens time to recovery and improves recovery rates while antiviral treatment alone is not more effective than placebo. The combination of corticosteroids and antivirals has not been proven more effective than corticosteroids alone. We present an update of Bell's palsy in adults with focus on diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of these patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:112

Enthalten in:

Lakartidningen - 112(2015) vom: 06. Jan.

Sprache:

Schwedisch

Weiterer Titel:

Bells pares ger resttillstånd hos 30 procent av vuxna patienter--Tidig behandling med kortison ökar utläkningen

Beteiligte Personen:

Berg, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Stjernquist-Desatnik, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Kanerva, Mervi [VerfasserIn]
Hultcrantz, Malou [VerfasserIn]
Engström, Mats [VerfasserIn]
Jonsson, Lars [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

9PHQ9Y1OLM
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Antiviral Agents
Cortisone
English Abstract
Journal Article
Prednisolone
Review
V27W9254FZ

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.11.2015

Date Revised 14.01.2015

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM245302719