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Bell's Palsy - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/bells/bells.htm
Information sheet on Bell's Palsy (facial paralysis) compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. |
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Acute Idiopathic Facial Palsy - http://www.neuroland.com/cn/bells.htm
Information about Bell's palsy, including clinical features, differential diagnosis of seventh cranial nerve weakness, prognosis, treatment and further reading. |
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Bell's Palsy Information Site - http://www.bellspalsy.ws
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. |
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Facial Nerve Problems and Bell's Palsy - http://www.medicinenet.com/facial_nerve_problems/article.htm
MedicineNet.com's description of the condition including outlines of symptoms and the Herpes virus theory. |
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The Bell's Palsy Network - http://bellspalsy.net
FAQs, forum, weekly chat and links. |
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eMedicine Health - Bell Palsy - http://www.emedicinehealth.com/bell_palsy/article_em.htm
Consumer health resource center providing information on causes, symptoms, and treatment of sudden weakness of one side of the face. |
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Prednisone for Bell's Palsy - http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band21/b21-3.html
Effect of early treatment of Bell's palsy with prednisolone. Interpretation of one study by Bandolier, a UK health care journal. |
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Bell's Palsy Association - http://bellspalsy.org.uk/
UK registered charity. Forums and chat, history, treatment, and research. |
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From the Grand Rounds Archive at Baylor College of Medicine - http://www.bcm.edu/oto/grand/72095.html
Overview of the condition, including historical shifts in treatment methods. Also grades of paralysis, causes and prognosis. |
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Saving Faces: Specialized Surgery helps Patients with Facial Paralysis - http://news.stanford.edu/news/1997/december3/facial.html
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. |
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Bell's Palsy Diary - http://home.hccnet.nl/rde.bruin/
Bell's palsy diary and a recovery graph, hoping to be value to others, from Rudy de Bruin. Site in English and Dutch language. |
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Patient UK: Facial Nerve Palsy - http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000978/
Symptoms, causes, and treatment. Includes references. |
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LEF Bell's Palsy Information - http://www.lef.org/protocols/abstracts/abstr-118.html
Abstracts of journal articles covering various aspects of the disease and treatments, compiled by the Life Extension Foundation. |
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What is Facial Retraining? - http://www.atlantaearclinic.com/facial.htm
A program designed to retrain facial muscles for movement and expression after facial paralysis. Relevant to patients with residuals or incomplete recoveries. |
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Fighting Bells Palsy - http://home.ix.netcom.com/~jscheer1/index.html
A personal story, including what the author is doing to fight to regain his face and helpful links. |
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TCM Treatment - http://www.tcmtreatment.com/images/diseases/facial-paralysis.htm
Describes in detail how TCM practitioners in China solve Bell's facial paralysis with traditional Chinese strategies and herbs. |
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Bell's Palsy (BUPA) - http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/mosby_factsheets/Bells_palsy.html
Description of Bell's palsy, including symptoms, complications, treatment and recovery. Explanatory diagram. From BUPA (UK). |
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Is Tegretol used for Bells Palsy? - http://www.medhelp.org/perl6/neuro/archive/7497.html
The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum - "ask the doctor" medical forum for patients hosted by Med Help Intl. |
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Bell's Palsy - Facial Nerve Disorders - http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/bellsPalsy.cfm
Description of the condition,the nerve, and facial muscles, as well as diagnosis and treatment information. |
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Drug InfoNet Doctors' Answers to Frequently Asked Questions - Bell's Palsy - http://www.druginfonet.com/index.php?pageID=faq/faqbellp.htm
Answers to frequently asked questions, for discussion purposes. |