The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Bell's Palsy and Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

CONCLUSION: This study highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation and management of facial palsy, and suggests potential associations with COVID-19. Notably, the observed increase in Bell's palsy cases among elderly individuals with diabetes emphasizes the impact of the pandemic. Identifying the epidemiological changes in facial palsy during the COVID-19 pandemic has important implications for assessing its etiology and pathological mechanisms of facial palsy disease.PMID:38685888 | PMC:PMC11058340 | DOI:10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e140

Source: Herpes - April 30, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Min Young Kwak Ho Yun Lee Se A Lee Junhui Jeong Jae Ho Chung Jin Kim Beom Cho Jun Seung-Geun Yeo Sang Hoon Kim Jong Dae Lee Source Type: research