Case 1:
A 65-year-old Sudanese woman was admitted to Omdurman teaching hospital (a tertiary hospital located within Omdurman one of three cities which form the capital of Sudan) with a high-grade fever and a dry irritating cough. Clinical examination indicated a feverish patient with a pulse rate of 100 beats per minute, a blood pressure of 100/70 mmhg, and a normal systemic examination. Her SARS COVID-19 viral test came out positive. Three days after being admitted. She began to complain of an incomplete left eye closure and a right-sided mouth deviation. A lower motor neuron injury was discovered during a clinical evaluation (facial palsy). (Figure 1)
Over the course of the year, she had no skin eruptions, parotid enlargement, or tongue fissure. The upper and lower limbs were examined and found to be normal (she has no truncal or neck weakness and no area of hypoesthesia). CBC, blood urea, serum creatinine, chest X-ray, and CT-brain were among the tests performed. All of the tests came out normal or within normal limits. Following COVID-19, a diagnosis of Bell’s palsy was made. She took prednisolone for three weeks and showed significant improvement.