Effect of acupuncture combined with blood-letting by a three-edged needle on 50 cases of Bell's palsy at the acute stage. (49/73)

OBJECTIVE: To observe clinical effects of acupuncture combined with blood-letting by a three-edged needle for treating Bell's palsy of wind-heat syndrome at the acute stage. METHODS: One hundred patients were randomly divided into a treatment group (50 cases) treated by acupuncture plus blood-letting and a control group (50 cases) treated by simple acupuncture. Four courses of treatments were given in both groups. The main symptoms and signs were observed and clinical effects evaluated with scores after one week, 2 weeks and one month of treatments respectively. RESULTS: After treatment, the scores for symptoms and signs were significantly different from those before treatment in both groups (P<0.05 or P<0.01). After one month of treatment, the improvement of the symptoms and signs in the treatment group was more than that in the control group with a significant difference (P<0.05). : Acupuncture plus blood-letting can produce good therapeutic effects on Bell's palsy of wind-heat syndrome at the acute stage.  (+info)

Varicella zoster virus in Bell's palsy: a prospective study. (50/73)

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Delayed diagnosis of neuroborreliosis presenting as bell palsy and meningitis. (51/73)

Lyme disease is most prevalent in the northeast and upper Midwest regions of the United States. While early symptoms may be mild (eg, rash, flu-like symptoms, joint pain), late or persistent infection can cause chronic neurologic impairments. Because of this range of symptoms, physicians can have difficulty diagnosing Lyme disease, especially in the absence of erythema chronicum migrans. We report a case of a woman who initially presented with severe vertigo and vomiting and later with fever, headache, and facial droop. After more than 3 weeks of misdiagnosis, the patient tested positive for Lyme disease and was diagnosed as having neuroborreliosis presenting as Bell palsy and meningitis. The authors review the history, diagnosis, and management of Lyme disease.  (+info)

Intratemporal facial nerve ultrastructure in patients with idiopathic facial paralysis: viral infection evidence study. (52/73)

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Corticosteroid and antiviral therapy for Bell's palsy: a network meta-analysis. (53/73)

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Epidemiology of Bell's palsy in an Italian Health District: incidence and case-control study. (54/73)

The incidence of Bell's palsy has been estimated in a health district of a major Italian city, taking also into consideration the potential risk factors that might influence the occurrence of Bell's palsy. A matched case-control was therefore designed, by collecting data from the Emergency Departments of four Hospitals belonging to the same Health District in Rome (Italy), coordinated by a tertiary referral centre University Hospital. All patients affected by Bell's palsy within the health district and four controls for each case were included. Controls were selected from other ENT patients, and were matched for hospital admission, week of disease onset, and climate conditions. Information regarding possible risk factors was collected using standardized telephone interviews. The resulting dataset was analyzed using multiple conditional logistic regression. The study group comprised 381 patients with acute, unilateral, peripheral facial palsy, clinically diagnosed as Bell's palsy observed between 1st January 2006 and 31st December 2008. The cumulative incidence of Bell's palsy was found to be 53.3/100.000/year. Among the risk factors, age was found to influence onset of Bell's palsy, with an odds ratio of 2% for each one-year increase in age, with a linear trend (95% CI = 1-3%; p = 0.005). Bell's palsy was found to occur with an annual incidence close to previous reports. Among the possible known risk factors (diabetes, pregnancy, etc.), only aging was found to play a significant role.  (+info)

Acupuncture for sequelae of Bell's palsy: a randomized controlled trial protocol. (55/73)

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Adverse events associated with acupuncture: three multicentre randomized controlled trials of 1968 cases in China. (56/73)

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