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Day 56 : Deviation of mouth leading to Bell's Palsy

Sunday 27/11/22 Adarsha Hospital,Kundapura

I had night duty today, So didn't see much patients. But in the evening there was an interesting patient.
The patient was Mrs.Sudha, 26 year old female with no premorbid illness presented with c/o deviation of right side of mouth with right upper limb weakness. She also had drooping of right eyelid. She was admitted to ward and was advised for blood investigations,ECG,CXR and CT Brain.
Her blood tests were normal except slight rise in total counts of WBC, ECG,CXR abd CT Brain were normal. She was reffered to Physician Dr.Nagesh. 
When Dr.Nagesh saw the patient he immediately diagnosed her as Bell's Palsy and nothing else. He was 100% confident.
He advised the following treatment and said that it will take one week to recover and there is no need to worry.

His treatment was as following:
1. Inj MOCEF 1gm IV ATD 1-0-1
2.Inj EMESET 4mg IV 1-1-1
3.Inj PANTOP 40mg IV 0-0-1
4.Inj NERVIJEN PLUS IV 0-0-1
5.Tab SUPRADYN P/O 1-0-1
6.Tab WYLOSONE 10mg 1-1-1

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