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Steroid use linked to worse outcomes in Lyme disease-associated facial paralysis

Findings support caution in the use of corticosteroid in patients with facial weakness due to Lyme disease
September 6, 2016
Source: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 182119.htm

Summary:

Researchers have found that patients who were prescribed corticosteroids as part of treatment for Lyme disease-associated facial paralysis had worse long-term outcomes of regaining facial function than those who were prescribed antibiotic therapy alone. Based on these findings the researchers urge caution in prescribing corticosteroids to patients with acute Lyme disease-associated facial paralysis.
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Steroid use in Lyme disease-associated facial palsy is associated with worse long-term outcomes

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... D73.f03t03

Door: Nate Jowett MD, Robert A. Gaudin MD, Caroline A. Banks MD, Tessa A. Hadlock MD
6 September 2016

ABSTRACT

Objective

The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences in long-term facial function outcomes following acute Lyme disease-associated facial palsy (LDFP) exist between patients who received antibiotic monotherapy (MT); dual therapy (DT) with antibiotics and corticosteroids; and triple therapy (TT) with antibiotics, corticosteroids, and antivirals.
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