Bell's Palseylets talk

[demtenjeep]

Does anyone know anything about it?


I was taken by ambulance from my classroom to the hospital on Friday. My left side of my face just stopped working. Saggy and droopy. They wouldn't let me drive myself. Thought I was having a stroke.

Hospital admitted me for observation for 12 hours. 2 CT scans.

Bells Palsey and they sent me home with some steroids and told me to find an OP therapy?

Meanwhile, my left eye won't shut, I can't eat or drink without it dribbling down my chin. How am I supposed to live with this and for how long

[Fresh_Start]

1. happened to my husband

full recovery but it took more than a month before all the symptoms disappeared

[The Blue Flower]

2. The folks I know who have had it were back to normal in 6 - 8 weeks

You have to keep your droopy eye lubricated. That's the extent of my personal experience with it.

[Newest Reality]

3. Do research it.

I had it. It has to do with the nerves in the back of the head/neck that affect the face muscles.

It usually goes away. I was just as upset when it happened to me. It was my nose, lips and chin. I even had some trouble talking when it hit. It did go away and took about two or three weeks, but I couldn't whistle for a long time.

I was worried about it.

So, look it up, find out more about what causes it and the expected outcomes. Odds are, you will recover.

Oh, and yeah, it sucks!

[stopbush]

9. There's a nerve that goes through the base of your skull to your face muscles.

It gets inflamed - probably viral - and once it starts getting squeezed in the bone channel you get the paralysis.

Now, whenever I get that sore feeling behind my left ear I head to the doctor for a check-up. They put me on a steroid-antibiotic regimen to get things handled before it goes too far.

[Skittles]

4. shouldn't they have at least clued you in on the basics

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that seems just plain shoddy

I know George Clooney and Angelina Jolie had a bout with BP so certainly you will recover

[stopbush]

10. I had it. Unfortunately, after I recovered I still didn't look like George Clooney.

😅

[stopbush]

11. Yeah. I'm surprised they did CT scans. My Kaiser doctor at the urgent care

examined me, asked a few questions and diagnosed me then and there.

[in2herbs]

5. My chiro got BP and his treatment was acupuncture and adjustments several times a week at first. nt

[tblue37]

6. My sister had it. A week later it was gone. OTOH, it *can* be long term. Richard Painter,

for example, has had the one side of his face paralyzed for several years now.

Before Bell's Palsey:



Now:

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Takes about two full days for the

Steroids kick in. Yes it is a real humbling thing. Hard to eat the first three days. Drool City. I used warm cloths and rubbed the side of my face a rotating fashion,downside when you finally get your facial Muscles to finally contract,you might end up with Hearing issues. I ended up with Tendinitis which is common.

Do what ever you can to exercise your facial muscles,seems dumb but it works.

This Palsy is also called Cab Drivers or Chauffeurs Ear. Driving with the window rolled down.

[stopbush]

8. I had it two years ago. Lasted 6 weeks.

You need to be on antibiotics and steroids, and within three days of the incident happening for best chances of a fast recovery.

There’s nothing you can do to rush the recovery - it is what it is. It can be a couple of weeks or months.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

12. How sure are they that it's Bell's?

I had the same symptoms, but it turned out to be something a bit different. Myasthenia Gravis. There are a few tests for that.

If you can, try to eat some ice cream, a milkshake, or a cold smoothie. The cold liquid can shrink the inflammation a bit and make it easier to swallow.