How to treat Hunt syndrome

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The patient was a male, aged 32 years old. The main symptoms were askew mouth and eyes, incomplete closure of eyes, and pain in ears and face. The doctor found that the patient had mild fever, skin rash, tinnitus and stuffy ears on the auricle and face, and the patient had lost hearing. At first, I thought it was caused by a cold, but the doctor diagnosed it as a kind of disease called Hunt's syndrome. Can it be saved? Here is an introduction.

How to treat Hunt syndrome

First, many mild patients with Hunt's syndrome are characterized by herpes on the ear and face, accompanied by severe ear pain. If it is a serious patient, it will lead to peripheral facial paralysis, and may have hearing and balance disorders. The disease is mainly caused by varicella zoster in the facial nervous system.

Second: the course of Hunt's syndrome is relatively long, if not treated in time, many patients may have serious sequelae, leading to facial paralysis, facial nerve injury, facial spasm and deafness and other symptoms. If patients do not pay attention, it may lead to severe facial nerve swelling, which is difficult to eliminate in later life.

Third: huntes syndrome can lead to the reduction of lacrimal gland secretion in the eyes, which leads to symptoms such as difficult closure of the eyes, and easy to cause corneal ulcer. After a long time, it will affect people's vision. Therefore, once patients find a large number of herpes in the ear and face, they should go to the ENT department in time to guard against Hunt's syndrome.

matters needing attention

When a patient is found to have symptoms of hunts syndrome, he should go to the hospital immediately. To prevent further aggravation of the disease, and to prevent the infection of other bacteria, do a good job in personal health protection.