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Volume 8, Issue 6
J Neurol Neurosci
ISSN: 2171-6625 Neuro, an open access journal
Neuroscience 2017
October 16-17, 2017
OCTOBER 16-17, 2017 OSAKA, JAPAN
17
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Global Neuroscience Conference
Relative risk factors of Bell’s palsy among Sudanese patients in Khartoum state 2016
Amira Elaalem
1
and Omer El-Adil
2
1
Al-Neelain University-Chinese Friendship Hospital, Sudan
2
International University of Africa, Sudan
Background & Aim:
Bell’s palsy is the idiopathic seventh cranial nerve palsy. It is the most common cause of abrupt onset
of unilateral facial weakness. The natural history of Bell’s palsy is encouraging for most of the patients since total recovery of
facial function is expected nevertheless additional long term poor outcomes occur in minority of them and can be devastating.
Currently, no cause for Bell’s palsy has been identified in the literature, but in Sudan there were very few information can be
retrieved. The overall objective of the study was to assess the potential relative risk factors of Bell’s palsy in Sudanese patients.
Methodology:
This is analytic case control multicenter based study, conducted in Khartoum state physiotherapy centers (three
in hospital and seven in private sectors) July-November 2016. The sample size was 70 cases of Bell’s palsy and 140 controls
from the same sample area. The cases that fulfilled the inclusion criteria were collected by a method of total coverage during
the working hours. Well-constructed questionnaires were filled during the interview by a trained physiotherapist. The collected
data was then analyzed using SPSS software program, version 20.
Results:
The result showed the statistically significant factors (p value<0.05) are: Recurrence of Bell’s palsy ten times more in
affected patients, the hereditary factor 2.5 times more in affected patients. In contrast to the other factors was non statistical
significance (p value>0.05) are recent vaccination, pregnancy, diabetes, hypertension, chronic diseases, immunosuppressive
drugs, smoking and alcohol.
Conclusion:
The study concluded that, statistical significant factors are frequency of recurrence of Bell’s palsy, genetic
susceptibility. The rest of risk factors were statistical non-significant. We recommend more studies to be done to determine the
type of inheritance in Sudan and study the cause of recurrence.
Biography
Amira Elaalem has completed her Master’s degree in Neurology Physiotherapy and BSc in Physiotherapy at Al-Neelain University Faculty of Medicine and Health
Science and currently pursuing MBBS degree.
amira.dm@hotmail.comAmira Elaalem et al., J Neurol Neurosci 2017, 8:6
DOI: 10.21767/2171-6625-C1-005