ArticleCureus2023
Back to Play Considerations in a Patient With Bell's Palsy: A Case Report and Review.
Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Abstract
Bell's palsy is an acute, ipsilateral facial paralysis secondary to inflammation of cranial nerve VII. This condition is classically caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV); however, many providers will make a diagnosis in the setting of other underlying conditions that are known to cause similar symptoms. The annual incidence of Bell's palsy is 11.5-53.3 per 100,000 persons, with a small subset of individuals being contact sport athletes. A unique challenge to treating Bell's palsy in collegiate athletes is finding a way for these players to return to their sport in a timely fashion, while also avoiding traumatic ocular injuries. Athletic goggles may provide a potential alternative option for athletes to return to the play of their respective sport prior to the physical symptoms subsiding. Due to the prolonged duration of most Bell's palsy symptoms, athletic goggles have the ability to save up to a full season of eligibility for a player. Aside from ocular injuries, a further challenge which encompasses all cases of Bell's palsy is the negative psychosocial effects which accompany the physical symptoms of this condition. Both the patient's physical and psychosocial health considerations must be taken into consideration. In this case report, we review the utility of ocular protection in helping collegiate athletes with unilateral facial paralysis return to play prior to the resolution of symptoms.
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