Clinical Manifestations of Bell's Palsy

Clinical Manifestations of Bell's Palsy

      Usually occurs suddenly, the patient is aware of the paralysis on one side of his face when they wake up in the morning, looked in the mirror or when brush teeth / rinse or told by another person / family that one corner of his face, lower. Bell's palsy is almost always unilateral. Clinical manifestations may include loss of all voluntary movement in paralysis.

Etiology and Pathophysiology of Bell's Palsy

      Bell's palsy is idiopathic disease, and is a disease of the peripheral nerves, which are acute, and attacking the facial nerve (N.VII) that innervate all the muscles of the face, causing weakness or paralysis of one side of the face. This leads to the asymmetry of facial paralysis as well as disrupt normal function.        

Bell's Palsy

         Facial paralysis is a form of disability which gives a strong impact on a person. Paralysis of the facial nerve can be caused by congenital birth (congenital), neoplasm, trauma, infections, exposure to toxic or iatrogenic causes. The most frequent cause of unilateral facial paralysis is Bell's palsy. Bell's palsy was found by a British physician named Charles Bell.