title: Association of diabetes mellitus and hypertension with Bell's palsy and Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
abstract: This study included 625 patients with Bell's palsy and 124 patients with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Seven percent of the cases of Bell's palsy and 1.6% of the cases of Ramsay Hunt syndrome were associated with diabetes mellitus, while 14.1% of the cases of Bell's palsy and 10.4% of the cases of Ramsay Hunt syndrome were associated with hypertension. In the patients over 40 years of age, rates of association with diabetes and hypertension were 11.2% and 23.0% in Bell's palsy and 1.3% and 10.4% in Ramsay Hunt syndrome, respectively. The rates of diabetes and hypertension in association with Bell's palsy were significantly high compared with those of the general population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hyodo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged