+44 330 818 7254Mekala Anusha*, M Jhansi, Tharuna Sri Priya and Aliveni Patlola
Bell’s palsy is a neuropathy involving the 7th cranial nerve also known as facial nerve. It is a condition that causes sudden weakness in the muscle on one side of the face. It is usually caused by traumatic, infective inflammatory or compressive condition of nerve. Acute inflammation and edema of cranial nerve can lead to compression and eventual ischemia. In this case study a 21 years’ male patient was admitted to the hospital with complaints of deviation of mouth to left side, inability to close right eye, pain in anterior neck, difficulty in chewing food, increased headache developed fever spikes, increased pain around jaw. Patient was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy and was treated with anti-viral agents, anti-pyretic and corticosteroids. Patient was discharged after relieving symptoms and clinical pharmacist have done patient counseling for better quality of life.
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