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C) Facial nerve
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- Bell’s palsy involves facial paralysis and is almost always unilateral.
- It is rarely bilateral.
- Symptoms usually peak at 48 hrs.
- It’s usually due to some sort or trauma, inflammation, compression, or damage to the facial nerve.
- It’s believed that often it’s a viral illness that can causes such dysfunction to that nerve.
- Patients often cannot completely close one of their eyelids, they may have a unilateral facial droop, drooling, and or excess tearing in one eye.
- Steroids & antivirals are often used to treat this disease.
- Eye protection is also extremely important, as blinking is often impaired.
- Most see inprovement and return of function in 2 weeks, although it may take months to return to full function.
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NIH. Interesting note: Some sites will spell Bell Palsy and most Bell’s Palsy.