The College of Dentistry University of Basrah organized a scientific lecture on facial nerve paralysis, which was delivered by Assistant. Lecturer.Dr. Hala Abbas Hussein.
The lecture included an introduction to the facial nerve and its branches, which is the seventh nerve as a sequence within the cerebral nerves. And mentioned the most important causes of this disease, which may be viral, bacterial, or as a result of cerebral diseases, and sometimes it occurs suddenly and without a clear reason.
This condition is called (Bell's paralysis)
The lecture aims to clarify diagnostic methods such as radiography and electromyography of the muscles involved in paralysis
The lecture mentioned methods of drug treatment and physical therapy sessions
