The results of steroid treatment for Bell's palsy and Ramsay Hunt's syndrome

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Steroid therapy has been given to patients with Bell's palsy and Ramsay Hunt's syndrome. The recovery results for those with complete paralysis treated with steroids within two weeks after the disease onset were compared with those receiving non-steroid therapy. Timing for steroid therapy was discussed.Of the patients with Bell's palsy, 49% obtained full recovery with steroid therapy, while 37% did so with non-steroid therapy. Especially, in those receiving steroids within one week after the onset, the full recovery rate was high, and the NET scaleout rate was low.In patients with Ramsay Hunt's syndrome, however, no satisfactory results were obtained. The full recovery rate of the steroid treatment group was 17%, while the non-steroid group was 38%. However, 35% of those receiving steroids could obtain fair recovery, which the non-steroid treatment group could not obtain at all.