Urgent Bite 181 - Thinking about Bell’s Palsy

Bell's palsy can be diagnosed clinically, but it is important to exclude other differentials.

 

Check out the paper mentioned

Induruwa I, Holland N, Gregory R, Khadjooi K. The impact of misdiagnosing Bell's palsy as acute stroke. Clin Med (Lond). 2019 Nov;19(6):494-498. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0123. PMID: 31732591; PMCID: PMC6899254.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899254/ 

 

Check out the Cochrane Reviews

Madhok VB, Gagyor I, Daly F, Somasundara D, Sullivan M, Gammie F, Sullivan F. Corticosteroids for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD001942. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001942.pub5 

https://www.cochrane.org/CD001942/NEUROMUSC_corticosteroids-bells-palsy 

Gagyor I, Madhok VB, Daly F, Sullivan F. Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD001869. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001869.pub9. Accessed 13 July 2023.

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001869.pub9/full 

 

 

 

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