title: When your patient has acute facial paralysis.
abstract: Learn to distinguish between Bell's palsy and Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Dorothy S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pfadt
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D020734:Parkinsonian Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010353:Patient Education as Topic