Question

Write an Essay describing in your own words the following conditions:

Bell Palsy

Gillian Barre's Syndrome

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Answer 1

* BELL'S PALSY - Bell's PALSY IS THE DISORDER OF FACIAL NERVE ( CRANIAL NERVE 7) BECOME INFLAMED AND OEDEMATOUS IT WILL LEADS TO CUTTING IN NERVE IMPULSES. _ ETIOLOGY; NERVE INJURY CAUSED BY ANY BACTERIAL OR VIRAL INFECTIONS. - RISK FACTORS- IMMUNE DISORDER LIKE HIV AND DM PATIENT. _ SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS- LOSS OF MOTOR CONTROL IN ONE SIDE OF THE FACE, CONTRACTURE OF FACIAL MUSCLES, PAIN BEHIND THE EAR, DRY EYE, TINGLING AROUND THE LIPS, UNABLE TO CLOSE THE EYELID, FOREHEAD IS WRINKLED, ELEVATED THE EYEBROW, DROOLING OF SALIVA, LOSS OF SENSE OF TASTE, SPEECH DIFFICULTIES _ DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES- SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, EMG _ MEDICAL MANAGEMENT- PREDNISONE TO DECREASE EDEMA, ANALGESIC TO RELIVING PAIN, HOT APPLICATION, FACIAL SLING USED FOR SUPPORT FASCIAL MUSCLES. * TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA _ IT IS THE DISORDER OF FIFTH CRANIAL NERVE ( TRIGEMINAL) AFFECTING SENSORY PART. - ETIOLOGY- IRRITATION OR CHRONIC COMPRESSION OF THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE. _ SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS- SUDDEN RECURRING EPISODE OF BURNING PAIN, PAIN IS FELTED ON THE SKIN ON ONE SIDE OF THE FACE, SLIGHTLY TOUCH IS ALSO INITIATED THE ATTACK OF PAIN, SLEEP REDUCES THE PAIN, FREQUENT BLINKING OF THE EYE IN AFFECTED SIDE. _ DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES- SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, CT, MRI _ MEDICAL MANAGEMENT- ANTICONVULSANT TO REDUCES TRANSMISSION OF NERVE IMPULSES, GABAPENTINE CLONAZEPAM , AND VALPROIC ACID ARE USED TO CONTROL SYMPTOMS. NERVE BLOCKING USED BY LOCAL ANAESTHETIC AGENT. - SURGICAL MANAGEMENT- IDENTIFY AND REMOVE IRRITATION CAUSE, GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY. * GUILLAIN - BARRE SYNDROME- _ ALSO KNOWN AS INFLAMMATORY POLY NEUROPATHY. IT IS AN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY ONSET OF SYMMETRICAL WEAKNESSES TO PARALYSIS. _ MYELIN SHEATH OF SPINAL CORD AND CRANIAL NERVES IS DESTROYED BY INFLAMMATORY REACTION. THERE ARE TWO TYPE OF GBS: ASCENDING AND DESCENDING GBS. ASCENDING GBS MEANS " PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS AND NUMBNESS BEGINS FROM LEGS AND TO UPWARD. IT IS MOST COMMON. DESCENDING GBS MEANS " IT ORIGINATES FROM BRAIN STEM". _ ETIOLOGY- AUTO IMMUNE RESPONSE TO ANY TYPE OF VIRAL INFECTION OR VACCINATION. EXACT CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. _ SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS- RAPID ONSET OF MUSCLE WEAKNESS, WITH OR WITHOUT MUSCLE ATROPHY, UNABLE TO TAKE DEEP BREATH, URINARY RETENTION, NUMBNESS AND CRAMPING, CARDIAC DYSARRYTHMIAS _ COMPLICATIONS- RESPIRATORY FAILURE, INFECTION AND DEPRESSION _ DIAGNOSTIC MEASURE- LUMBAR PUNCTURE, CSF ANALYSIS SHOWS ELEVATED PROTEIN LEVEL, EMG AND PFT. _ MEDICAL MANAGEMENT - PLASMAPHERESIS IS USED TO REMOVE THE PATIENT PLASMA AND REPLACED WITH FRESH PLASMA,