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Published on: March 1, 2015
[Facial palsy and pregnancy: management and treatment]
Purpose:
To compare the degree of peripheral facial palsy of pregnant women and puerperae at admission and at discharge and to evaluate related factors.
Methods:
Retrospective, cross-sectional study, with analysis of medical records of pregnant and postpartum women with facial palsy, over a period of 12 months, with application of a standardized protocol for patient evaluation and of the House-Brackmann scale on the occasion of the first visit and at discharge.
Results:
Six patients were identified, mean age of 22.6 years. Five cases were classified as stage IV and one as stage II on the House-Brackmann scale, being two of them puerperae and four pregnant. All showed improvement on the House-Brackmann scale.
Conclusion:
The Bell's palsy has a good prognosis even in pregnant and postpartum women, being important to perform the correct treatment to reduce the sequelae in this group identified as more susceptible to peripheral facial palsy.
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