Bell's palsy
Conditions
Interventions
Acute phase acupuncture group:Acupuncture + routine treatment for the acute phase
Electroacupuncture + routine treatment for the recovery phase.
Acute phase non-acupuncture group:Only routine treatment for the acute phase
Sponsors
Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age = 18 years old; 2. Duration of illness = 7 days (House-Brackmann grading II-VI); 3. Conscious and oriented, able to express their own opinions accurately, and willing to cooperate with the treatment; 4. Voluntarily participate in this study and sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Hunt syndrome, or secondary facial paralysis caused by trauma, tumors, or otitis media; 2. Cases presenting solely with primary or secondary facial muscle spasms; 3. Cases accompanied by primary or secondary trigeminal neuralgia; 4. Patients with impaired consciousness or unstable condition; 5. Patients with severe primary diseases of the cardiovascular, liver, kidney, lung, or hematopoietic systems that are not effectively controlled; 6. Patients in the gestational or puerperal period; 7. Patients with a history of fainting, facial skin allergies, or infections; 8. Patients who have recently taken central muscle relaxant drugs or undergone nerve or motor point block therapy with botulinum toxin, alcohol, etc.; 9. Patients currently participating in other clinical studies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time to recovery; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sunnybrook Rating;Facial Disability Index Scale;Incidence of sequelae;Treatment-related adverse events;Treatment Adherence; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactGuilin Zhang
Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed