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Bell's Palsy Menu
- Webforum to discuss and comment on Bell's palsy.
What is Facial Retraining?
- A program designed to retrain facial muscles for movement and expression after facial paralysis. Relevant to patients with residuals or incomplete recoveries.
National Centers for Facial Paralysis, Inc.
- Bells Palsy treatments: specialists in the rehabilitation of paralyzed facial muscle with over 60 facial palsy centers in the US. A commercial enterprise.
eMedicine Health - Bell Palsy
- Consumer health resource center providing information on causes, symptoms, and treatment of sudden weakness of one side of the face.
Bell's Palsy
- Information sheet on Bell's Palsy (facial paralysis) compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Bell's Palsy (BUPA)
- Description of Bell's palsy, including symptoms, complications, treatment and recovery. Explanatory diagram. From BUPA (UK).
Drug InfoNet Doctors' Answers to Frequently Asked Questions - Bell's Palsy
- Answers to frequently asked questions, for discussion purposes.
Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia - Bell's Palsy
- A basic description of pediatric facial palsy.
Thought Technology's Advances in EMG Monitoring
- Applications of EMG biofeedback in patients with injury or impairment of peripheral nerves including Bell's Palsy.
Bells Palsy personal page
- Personal account of Bell's Palsy by a sufferer of the condition.
BestDoctors.com Bell's Palsy Information
- Brief but informative descriptions of various aspects of the disease by Dr. Bruce J.Gantz.
OnHealth: Bell's Palsy
- Information about Bell's palsy, and access to descriptive video.
Spring1998 Newsletter from The Facial Paralysis Center
- The Pittsburgh center describes relaxation techniques and tips for improving photographs of the paralyzed face. Also biographies of staff members at the time the newsletter was published.
NeurologyChannel.com
- Bell's Palsy information and resources.
The Bell's Palsy Webforum at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Message board with posts and replies by people affected by Bell's Palsy.
Varied Use of Microsurgery
- Cross-facial nerve graft to improve symmetry and smile. By Professor Earl Owen of Sidney, AU.
Eyelid Surgery In Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)
- Description of some surgical procedures currently available. Site is accessible for people with low vision.
Bell's Palsy: Opthalmology 02/16/98
- An opththalmological viewpoint. Describes some available methods of protecting the cornea.
Is Tegretol used for Bells Palsy?
- The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum - 'ask the doctor' medical forum for patients hosted by Med Help Intl.
Acute Idiopathic Facial Palsy
- Information about Bell's palsy, including clinical features, differential diagnosis of seventh cranial nerve weakness, prognosis, treatment and further reading.
eMedicine Health - Bell Palsy
- Consumer health resource center providing an overview and its causes, symptoms and treatment.
TCM Treatment
- Describes in detail how TCM practitioners in China solve Bell's facial paralysis with traditional Chinese strategies and herbs.
Saving Faces: Specialized Surgery helps Patients with Facial Paralysis
- Article by Tim Stephens on reconstructive surgery for a patient with facial paralysis. Relevant to the small proportion of people with Bell's palsy who do not regain normal facial movement.
Facial Nerve Problems: Bell's Palsy
- MedicineNet.com's description of the condition including outlines of symptoms and the Herpes virus theory.
Treatments We've Used for Bell's Palsy
- Forum for discussion of treatment options. Unmoderated.
The Bell's Palsy Network
- FAQs, forum, weekly chat and links.
Associates in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: Bell's Palsy
- Information about Bell's palsy, including explanatory diagram and aspects of recovery and rehabilitation.
Fighting Bells Palsy
- A personal story, including what the author is doing to fight to regain his face and helpful links.
Bell's Palsy - Facial Nerve Disorders
- Description of the condition,the nerve, and facial muscles, as well as diagnosis and treatment information.
Prednisone for Bell's Palsy
- Effect of early treatment of Bell's palsy with prednisolone. Interpretation of one study by Bandolier, a UK health care journal.
From the Grand Rounds Archive at Baylor College of Medicine
- Overview of the condition, including historical shifts in treatment methods. Also grades of paralysis, causes and prognosis.
Bell's Palsy Information Site
- Information including diagrams about the causes, symptoms, effects and treatment of Bell's palsy. Also information on Ramsey Hunt Syndrome and other types of facial paralysis.
Facial nerve (VII) paralysis
- Neuroanatomy of various syndromes involving paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve.
Eye MD Links
- An article about Bell's palsy, what it is, the prognosis, related conditions, test and who treats it.
Bell's Palsy Diary
- Bell's palsy diary and a recovery graph, hoping to be value to others, from Rudy de Bruin. Site in English and Dutch language.
LEF Bell's Palsy Information
- Abstracts of journal articles covering various aspects of the disease and treatments, compiled by the Life Extension Foundation.
HealthLink MCW
- Offers a question and answer entitled, Bell's Palsy symptoms should be evaluated.
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