대한임상검사과학회지 (Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science)
- 제40권2호
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- Pages.142-146
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- 2008
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- 1738-3544(pISSN)
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- 2288-1662(eISSN)
성별 및 연령에 따른 안면신경마비 출현 양상에 관한 연구
A Study on the Position and the Pattern of the Facial Palsy According to Sex and Age
- Hwang, Kyung-Hee (Department of Internal Nerve, Munsung Hospital) ;
- Kim, Byung-Weon (Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Gimcheon college) ;
- Kim, Young-Hwal (Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College)
- 발행 : 2008.12.31
초록
Facial palsy is a general nerve disease which is occurred in a lateral incomplete or complete facial palsy. But it makes man restrict a social activity and so it is very important that we know the prognosis factors of a patient for medical care. We want to investigate the position and the patterns of the facial palsy according to sex and age. In this study, we performed the excitability test of the facial nerve on 103 patients (male 45 and female 58) which diagnosed as the Bell's palsy having an acute facial palsy, and the rate of the facial palsy was 42% (43 case) in right oculi and 58% (60 case) in left oculi. The facial palsy was appeared widely from young to elderly patients and especially, the rate of the facial palsy was high in age groups from 40 to 50.