DR RV ANAND SENIOR NEUROLOGIST SAI NEURO CLINIC ABHIRAMAPURAM BELLS PALSY is otherwise known as facial paralysis wherin which muscles of facial expression are affected.facial nerve supplies eye closing muscle and muscle to smile. patients usually complain of inability to hold water on the side of face affercted .inabilty to close the eyes.watering in the eyes. MYTH thinking that it will lead to paralysis of one side of the body REALITY is that it will not MOST IMPORTANT PRECAUTION is to protect the affected eye.due to inabilty to close the eye there will be dryness of cornea and possibilty of loosing vision.it has to be protected with goggles.