Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome
Ramsay-Hunt syndrome is facial paralysis caused by the chicken pox virus (varicella).
Etiology for Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome
After having had chicken pox sometime during one’s life, the viral particles remain inactive within the nerves. Upon exposure to extremes in temperature, a stressful event, or a cold, the viral particles are reactivated.
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Dr. Sanjay Prasad MD FACS is a board certified physician and surgeon with over thirty-two years of sub-specialty experience in Otology, Neurotology, advanced head and neck oncologic surgery, and cranial base surgery. He is chief surgeon and founder of the private practice, Metropolitan NeuroEar Group, located in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area.