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Bell Palsy

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A syndrome characterized by the acute onset of unilateral FACIAL PARALYSIS which progresses over a 2-5 day period. Weakness of the orbicularis oculi muscle and resulting incomplete eye closure may be associated with corneal injury. Pain behind the ear often precedes the onset of paralysis. This condition may be associated with HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN infection of the facial nerve,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.17864, 1957-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17864
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; headache; and Bell's Palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1960
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.18180, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18180
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: Bell's palsy; ear pain; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.18796, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18796
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 9 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: Bell's palsy; and facial pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.20927, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20927
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: left-sided Bell's palsy; conjunctivitis in left eye; myoclonus on eye; and deafness of right ear. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.21257, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21257
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: Bell's palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.21329, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21329
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: Bell's palsy; left-sided facial weakness; deafness in right ear; and strabismus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)