A CASE REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF FACIAL PARALYSIS
Dr. Sunil Kumar,* Dr. Ish Sharma and Dr. Rakesh Narayan
ABSTRACT
Facial palsy is caused due to the damage to facial nerve either upper motor neuron (UMN) or lower motor neuron (LMN). Presentations include weakness of the muscles of facial expression and eye closure. Face deviates towards the opposite side while smiling and there will be sagging down of the face. In LMN lesions the patient can’t wrinkle his forehead while in UMN lesions the upper facial muscles are partially spared and the patients can wrinkle their faces and sagging down of the face is less prominent. The various etiological factors include Herpes zoster, Cytomegallo virus, otitis media, Lyme disease (infective), Gullian Barre syndrome, and Mono neuropathy as in Diabetes Mellitus, Sarcoidosis (neurological), Parotid gland tumor, cerebro-vascular accidents, Hypertension and idiopathic causes as in Bell’s palsy.[1]
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