is there any medicine for Bell's Palsy.Is it due to virus?

Answer 1

MEDICATION
If the origin of the palsy is viral, both the virus and the inflammation are likely to run their natural course in a short period of time even without medication. There is no firm proof that medication is beneficial for Bell's palsy. The number of quality studies published to date (non-biased with correct controls & methods) is limited. It is likely that medications will be effective only if administered shortly after onset. For Bell's palsy, seven days is viewed as the outside limit. For Ramsey Hunt Syndrome, if no anti-viral was given immediately after paralysis, it can be started at any time blisters appear, even if the 7-day period has passed.

The medications currently used for Bells palsy and Ramsey Hunt Syndrome are the same: an anti-viral and Prednisone, which is an efficient, fast acting anti-inflammatory agent.

In a study released by the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (May 2001), Drs. Patrick Grogan and Gary Gronseth pooled the data of existing studies published from 1996 through 2000 regarding the effectiveness of steroids, anti-virals, and decompression surgery as treatment for Bell's palsy. Their conclusions are:

1. Regarding the use of steroids:
Steroids are "safe and probably effective in improving facial functional outcomes in patients with Bell’s palsy." Results show significantly better outcomes with steroids. However, they do not find any difference in the time frame for recovery.

2. Regarding the use of antivirals used in combination with steroids:
Based on the limited data available, "acyclovir (combined with prednisone) is safe and possibly effective in improving facial functional outcomes in patients with Bell’s palsy."

3. Regarding decompression surgery:
"The risk of bias in all studies describing facial outcomes in surgically treated Bell’s palsy patients was too high to support evidence-based conclusions. Additionally, serious complications, including permanent hearing loss, were reported from surgical facial nerve decompression."

The number of well controlled, unbiased studies available was limited. It is clear that further research is necessary to fully assess the potential benefit of these treatments.

Answer 2

My brother just had a bout with bells palsy and kicked it in about three weeks. They had him on some drugs which I can't remember and told him it could be viral also. He had shingles before and said it was the same virus that causes bells sometimes. I told him to take natural anti-virals like olive leaf extract, grapefruit seed extract, and colloidal silver and he kicked it really fast! I made a believer in herbal/natural treatments out of him.

Answer 3

Bells Palsy appears to show up without worning but it comes about due to stress and the nerves reacting to the stress by misfiring and becoming inflammed. These misfirings show up as drouping muscles on your face. So what to do?
You need to get the nerves responding properly, you need to reduce the inflammation by boosting your cells and you need to reduce your stress.

For those debilitated by Bell's palsy, a dose of 40 to 60 mg a day of methylcobalamin was a safe and effective therapy proven by a study, published in Methods and Findings of Experimental Clinical Pharmacology (17[8]:539-44 1996 Oct).

The group receiving the methylcobalamin by itself enjoyed complete recovery after just 5.1 days

The group given the steroid drug and methylcobalamin completely recovered in 1.23 weeks

The group given the steroid drug by itself enjoyed complete recovery after an average of 7.79 weeks

This shows that methylcobalamin was 10 times more effective than the steroid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Reduce the inflammation and boost your cells that attack and destroy abnormalities by using life source basics beta glucan.

Having this deformity is stressfull so
Reduce your stress and the sources of your stress.

Help reduce the effects of stress by taking GH3 tablets which counteract stress and the cortisol it produces.

Improve the firing of your nerves by taking - Methylcobalamin along with B6 and Folic Acid in a tablet placed under your tongue like a nitroglycerin tablet for optimum absorption.

Answer 4

Bell's Palsy can take some time to regain the muscle control back in the face features, any advise would be to exercise the muscles as often as possible including the tounge to regain the control.

Answer 5

I had a teacher in highschool who had Bells Pallsy. There is treatment available for this. Go see a neurologist.

Answer 6

no medication, this requires physiotherapy....the muscles need constant massage done by a therapist on a regular basis....could take a year or more...eventually the "drooping muscles" will tone up in time and look almost normal again.