A Cross-Sectional Study of the Past Diseases and Causes of the Patients with Peripheral Type Nerve Palalysis.

말초성 안면신경마비환자의 동반질환과 발병원인을 중심으로 한 단면 조사 연구

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the past history of the patients with peripheral type nerve palalysis. Methods: We examined the age, sex, region, month, season, past disease and cause of 692(343 male, 349 female) patients with peripheral type nerve palalysis who visited Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Bundang Oriental Medicine Hospital, Dongguk University, from 2001-10-1 to 2004-9-30. Results: 420 patiens(60.7$\%$) were in the age between 30-59. The region, sex, and seasonal distribution didn't have a remarkable contrasts. In the past disease, Hypertension(14.5$\%$), Diabets mellitus(9.2$\%$), Gastric diseases(3.9$\%$) and Live diseases(3.8$\%$) were investigated highly than other diseases. In the distribution of cause, fatigue(36.3$\%$), unknown(34.8$\%$), stress(19.2$\%$) cold exposure(12.1$\%$) were investigated highly than other causes.