Acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with Bell's palsy in the third trimester: Case report

At present, the optimal treatment for Bell's palsy remains controversial, and the combination of corticosteroids and antiviral medication is usually recommended in the early stage. However, treatment is often delayed because the effects of these drugs on pregnant women and fetuses are still unc...

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Autores principales: Lan, Danchun, Deng, Wenfei, He, Kunze, Li, Qian, Peng, Xin, Lao, Jinxiong, Li, Ziyong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9845618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36686504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1088138
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author Lan, Danchun
Deng, Wenfei
He, Kunze
Li, Qian
Peng, Xin
Lao, Jinxiong
Li, Ziyong
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Deng, Wenfei
He, Kunze
Li, Qian
Peng, Xin
Lao, Jinxiong
Li, Ziyong
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description At present, the optimal treatment for Bell's palsy remains controversial, and the combination of corticosteroids and antiviral medication is usually recommended in the early stage. However, treatment is often delayed because the effects of these drugs on pregnant women and fetuses are still unclear. As a safe and effective complementary alternative therapy, acupuncture can alleviate Bell's palsy symptoms and improve the quality of life of the patient. Herein, we report the clinical presentation of a 27-year-old woman with Bell's palsy who was 26 weeks pregnant at the time of diagnosis. After five courses of treatment, the patient made a complete recovery.
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spelling pubmed-98456182023-01-19 Acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with Bell's palsy in the third trimester: Case report Lan, Danchun Deng, Wenfei He, Kunze Li, Qian Peng, Xin Lao, Jinxiong Li, Ziyong Front Neurol Neurology At present, the optimal treatment for Bell's palsy remains controversial, and the combination of corticosteroids and antiviral medication is usually recommended in the early stage. However, treatment is often delayed because the effects of these drugs on pregnant women and fetuses are still unclear. As a safe and effective complementary alternative therapy, acupuncture can alleviate Bell's palsy symptoms and improve the quality of life of the patient. Herein, we report the clinical presentation of a 27-year-old woman with Bell's palsy who was 26 weeks pregnant at the time of diagnosis. After five courses of treatment, the patient made a complete recovery. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9845618/ /pubmed/36686504 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1088138 Text en Copyright © 2023 Lan, Deng, He, Li, Peng, Lao and Li. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Lan, Danchun
Deng, Wenfei
He, Kunze
Li, Qian
Peng, Xin
Lao, Jinxiong
Li, Ziyong
Acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with Bell's palsy in the third trimester: Case report
title Acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with Bell's palsy in the third trimester: Case report
title_full Acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with Bell's palsy in the third trimester: Case report
title_fullStr Acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with Bell's palsy in the third trimester: Case report
title_full_unstemmed Acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with Bell's palsy in the third trimester: Case report
title_short Acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with Bell's palsy in the third trimester: Case report
title_sort acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with bell's palsy in the third trimester: case report
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9845618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36686504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1088138
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