NDLI: Update on managing Bell's palsy.

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Update on managing Bell's palsy.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Abstract	Each year in the UK, around 1 in 5,000 people develops Bell's palsy--idiopathic unilateral lower motor neurone facial weakness of rapid onset. Of those who are not treated, about 16% end up with permanent moderate to severe weakness, which can result in facial dysfunction and disfigurement, and psychological difficulties. There has been longstanding controversy about what, if any, treatment should be given, with potential alternatives including corticosteroids, antiviral drugs, acupuncture and physiotherapy. We last reviewed this condition in 2006, indicating that 'published trials on the efficacy of drug treatments have been poor and no firm conclusions can be drawn about the benefit of any single drug', and 'it is unclear what place, if any, acupuncture and physiotherapy have in the management of patients with Bell's palsy'. Here we update our conclusions in the light of recently published evidence.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	00126543
Issue Number	7
Journal	Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
Volume Number	46
e-ISSN	17555248
Language	English
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
Publisher Date	2008-07-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discipline Pharmacology Bell Palsy Therapy Acupuncture Therapy Methods Adrenal Cortex Hormones Therapeutic Use Clinical Trials As Topic Humans Physical Therapy Modalities Journal Article
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pharmacology (medical)

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