التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Bell's Palsy: Evaluation of Clinical Response to Medical Treatment. |
| المؤلفون: |
Al-Hamadani, Hasan A.1 hah_hamdani@yahoo.com, Abdul-Ameer, Atheer J.2, Abed, Ahmed N.3, Hamzah, Munther T.4 |
| المصدر: |
Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences. 2013, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p84-88. 5p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*TREATMENT of facial paralysis, *HORMONE therapy, *ADRENOCORTICAL hormones, *ANTIVIRAL agents, *FACIAL dyskinesias, *FACIAL nerve diseases, *PHYSICAL therapy |
| مستخلص: |
Back ground Corticosteroid and antiviral agents are widely used to treat the acute phase of Bell's palsy but their effectiveness is still uncertain. Objective This study aimed to compare the theraputic effect of Acyclovir and steroid versus steroid alone, in combanation with physiotherapy, in patients with Bell's palsy. Methods This interventional study was conducted in Al-Yarmok Teaching Hospital and Al-Kadhimiya Teaching Hospital, during the period from July 2007 to July 2008. It involved (58) patients, who were divided into two groups: Group A; 28 patients, treated by steroid for 10 days. Group B; 30 patients, treated by steroid and acyclovir for 10 days. Physiotherapy for one month for both groups was followed and reassessment according to House-Brackmann grading system was done after completion of each therapy. Results The recovery of patients treated with steroid and Acyclovir was (66.6%), while the patients treated with steroid alone was (46.4%), however, the diffrence was statistically insignificant. After one month physiotherapy the responses were (76.7% and 53.5%) for patients in both groups respectively. Conclusion The addition of Acyclovir therapy in Bell's palsy has not found to be benefitial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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