Symptom Finder - Bell Palsy
BELL PALSY
A 29-year-old black female wakes on the morning of her visit to your office with weakness of the left side of her face and inability to close her left eye. You diagnose Bell palsy and start her on valacyclovir and corticosteroids. What else should you rule out?
1. Cholesteatoma
2. Acoustic neuroma
3. Ramsey–Hunt syndrome
4. Guillain–Barré syndrome
5. Mastoiditis
6. Petrositis
7. Cerebrovascular accident
8. Sarcoidosis
9. Multiple sclerosis
A 29-year-old black female wakes on the morning of her visit to your office with weakness of the left side of her face and inability to close her left eye. You diagnose Bell palsy and start her on valacyclovir and corticosteroids. What else should you rule out?
1. Cholesteatoma
2. Acoustic neuroma
3. Ramsey–Hunt syndrome
4. Guillain–Barré syndrome
5. Mastoiditis
6. Petrositis
7. Cerebrovascular accident
8. Sarcoidosis
9. Multiple sclerosis