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.