Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 138, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 January 1986 — Page 10

The Putnam County Banner Graphic, January 22,1986

Doctor's House Call: Herpes viruses can be responsible for facial paralysis

: By G. TIMOTHY JOHNSON, M.D. ; paralysis-what is called Bell’s palsy-can caused by a herpes virus? Does this : iij an it can be treated with the same drug ; tlj; t is used for genital herpes? > '■ \NSWER: Facial palsy, or paralysis of * muscles on one side of the face, can in* ’ de<?d be caused by herpes viruses. In fact *Jwo different types of viruses are implicated in two different types of facial *l>aisy.

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Bell’s palsy typically involves facial muscles on one side of the face and is not accompanied by an outbreak of skin sores, Another kind of facial palsy-Ramsay Hunt syndrome-generally is accompanied by skin lesions and is more likely to also involve a loss of hearing. Most experts feel that Bell’s palsy is often associated with herpes simplex type I infections, whereas Ramsay Hunt syndrome is more likely to be associated with the herpes zoster virus-the virus that causes chicken pox in kids and shingles in

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adults. Many experts suggest the possibility of treating these types of facial palsy with acyclovir, the drug now widely used to treat certain types of genital herpes, while others advocate the use of steroid drugs. , The actual preferred treatment of facial palsies is far from proven, though there are now many studies to examine which kinds of treatments are best for which types of facial palsy. In the meantime, the good news is that most patients with Bell’s palsy will recover, and even the majority

of patients with Ramsay Hunt syndrome will eventually recover (though this is less likely). QUESTION: Is it really “safe” for cigarette smokers to switch to pipes or cigars? ANSWER: It is not safe to smoke in any form, and I would certainly advise cigarette smokers to quit all together rather than to switch to pipes or cigars. However, if a cigarette smoker who is inhaling the smoke refuses to quit but is willing to con-

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sider switching to a pipe or cigar, I would reluctantly go along with that in the hope that he or she might quit completely. I should also point out that the Dec. 20., 1985, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association contains an article from researchers in Minnesota noting that cigarette smokers who do switch to cigars or pipes will continue to show higher levels of a chemical (thiocyanate) that marks smoking than is found in people who do not smoke at all.