Article ; Online: Peripheral facial paralysis during the COVID-19 pandemic
Medicine Science, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 666-
2022 Volume 71
Abstract: The mechanism surrounding idiopathic peripheral facial nerve paralysis remains unclear, though viral infections and even immunizations have been suspected of its origin. Thus, the relationship between COVID-19 and facial paralysis should be studied. With ...
| Abstract | The mechanism surrounding idiopathic peripheral facial nerve paralysis remains unclear, though viral infections and even immunizations have been suspected of its origin. Thus, the relationship between COVID-19 and facial paralysis should be studied. With this research, we aimed to investigate the characteristics of facial paralysis during the COVID-19 illness as well as the relationship between facial paralysis and COVID-19, the length of time needed for recovery, concurrence with COVID-19 infection, and whether facial paralysis is a late complication or initial symptom of the disease. Forty-five patients thought to have had idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis were included in the study. Pure tone audiometry, COVID-19 PCR tests, and contrast-enhanced ear MRIs were performed on all participants. A standard prednisolone treatment protocol was followed. Participants were monitored for one month; we recorded whether they had COVID-19 previously, initially, or contracted it within the one-month testing period. At the same time, facial paralysis recovery rates were recorded and used in statistical analyses. PCR test at initial admission was reported as positive for COVID-19 in only one participant (2.2%). We discovered an improvement delay regarding facial paralysis in participants who had had COVID-19 previously (p [Med-Science 2022; 11(2.000): 666-71] |
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| Keywords | covid-19 ; pandemic ; peripheral facial paralysis ; prednisolone therapy ; sars-cov-2 ; Medicine ; R ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920 |
| Subject code | 150 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher | Society of TURAZ AKADEMI |
| Document type | Article ; Online |
| Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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