Kar Murat, Altıntaş Mustafa
Ear Nose and Throat Clinic, Kumluca State Hospital, Posta Kodu: 07350 Antalya, Turkey.
Ear Nose and Throat Clinic, Serik State Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Dec;74(Suppl 3):4065-4068. doi: 10.1007/s12070-021-02796-2. Epub 2021 Aug 22.
Bell's palsy (BP) is the most frequently diagnosed acute partial or complete paralysis of the facial nerve which has an unclear etiology and mostly affects one side of the face. Adverse weather conditions are considered to increase the likelihood of developing BP. The retrospective study included 199 BP patients aged 2-82 years that presented to the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) clinics at Kumluca State Hospital and Serik State Hospital, Antalya, Turkey and received treatment between January 2017 and December 2020. The 199 patients comprised 106 (53.3%) men and 93 (46.7%) women with a mean age of 42.23 ± 12.99 years. The highest incidence of BP was observed in winter (December-February) (35%), followed by fall (23%), summer (22%), and spring (20%) ( < 0.05). Accordingly, the incidence of BP was significantly higher in November, December, January and February compared to other months of the year ( < 0.05). The results indicated that BP shows seasonal variation and its peak incidence is in winter (December-February). Further studies are needed to explain the reasons for seasonal differences in BP.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-021-02796-2.
贝尔面瘫（BP）是最常被诊断出的急性面神经部分或完全麻痹，病因不明，且大多影响单侧面部。恶劣天气条件被认为会增加患贝尔面瘫的可能性。这项回顾性研究纳入了199例年龄在2至82岁之间的贝尔面瘫患者，这些患者在土耳其安塔利亚的库姆卢卡州立医院和塞里克州立医院的耳鼻喉科诊所就诊，并于2017年1月至2020年12月期间接受治疗。这199例患者中，男性106例（53.3%），女性93例（46.7%），平均年龄为42.23±12.99岁。贝尔面瘫的发病率在冬季（12月至2月）最高（35%），其次是秋季（23%）、夏季（22%）和春季（20%）（P<0.05）。因此，与一年中的其他月份相比，11月、12月、1月和2月贝尔面瘫的发病率显著更高（P<0.05）。结果表明，贝尔面瘫呈现季节性变化，其发病率高峰在冬季（12月至2月）。需要进一步研究来解释贝尔面瘫季节性差异的原因。
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