instruction: hello doctor I had bell palsy before few months and it resolved within two months I was treated by a neurologist then but now I feel that my taste buds are blunt and I cannot taste very well within the past day or so I have no other symptoms of bell palsy yet but this is how it started back it was on my left side I am worried that I am getting bell palsy again is it possible to get it so soon again and if I feel it is what shall I do shall I start my steroids and acyclovir again
output: hello welcome to icliniq com I can understand your concern try finding any other cause of taste loss like consumption of any drug like metronidazole if you are sure that no other cause explains it then I will suggest to get nav nerve conduction velocity egg electromyography test because it can pick up delay in nerve conduction earlier than the symptoms results are available by the same evening bell palsy prophylaxis is not recommended anywhere however if I imagine myself in your position I would start the medication by the time all these investigations are done you can also get a detailed neurological examination many a time clinical signs can be seen when a patient cannot appreciate symptoms if it proves to be bell then we will have a discussion for further causes of recurrent bell s