More than two-thirds of patients with typical Bell palsy have a complete spontaneous recovery
Abstract Background Corticosteroids and antiviral agents are widely used to treat the
Ninety-four patients with infectious mononucleosis and symptoms < or = 7 days were
It is suggested that early diagnosis and treatment within 3 days of the onset of paralysis are necessary for maximal efficacy of combined acyclovir and prednisolone therapy for Bell's palsy
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Avoid prolonged high-dose therapy (over 40 mg daily) where possible as adrenal suppression and other adverse effects may occur in the infant, although no adverse effects have been reported
In patients with Bell's palsy, early treatment with prednisolone significantly improves the chances of complete recovery at 3 and 9 months, and there is no evidence of a benefit of acyclovir given alone or an additional benefit in combination with predisonsolone
Prednisone effectively controls inflammation and an overactive immune system but may not be suitable for everybody
A retrospective study was performed on 496 Bell`s palsy patients attending The study was designed to test the effectiveness of prednisolone and acyclovir’s effects on facial nerve recovery
1 mg/kg on consecutive days for another 6 days; n = 48), or placebo (n = 46) for 10 days
1 One large RCT compared the effects of acyclovir with those of the combination acyclovir and prednisolone
Exclusion criteria were lar, inflammatory, and viral causes have pregnancy, breast-feeding, uncontrolled diabetes been suggested from The results of this study showed that the combined prednisolone and acyclovir therapy of patients with Bell’s palsy is far more effective than treatment with predisonsolone alone
The participants in both studies were randomised to receive prednisolone and acyclovir, prednisolone and placebo, acyclovir and placebo or placebo and placebo
Glucocorticoids for all patients — A short Acyclovir is the most studied and is the preferred drug to use
Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment for stromal keratitis and Keratouveitis
Lubricating eye drops should be used frequently during the day and eye ointment used at night
7 mg/kg prednisolone daily (the The interventions that were included in the studies were prednisolone, methylprednisolone, dexamethasone, hydrocortisone, acyclovir and valacyclovir
Neither treatment with prednisolone nor the length of therapy with acyclovir affected significantly the VZV IgM or IgA responses
Acyclovir-prednisolone; The main study outcome was recovery from facial paralysis at 3 months
All participants admitted to hospital and received physical