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Let all that anger out Evey, it doesn't do you good to bottle it all up
foolsgold
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just found out now that it is bell palsy
Bell's palsy is a rare illness that causes a problem with the nerves in a person's face. This nerve trouble can paralyze one side of the face and make the person look different because that one side is frozen or droopy. The condition might cause pain and it might make the person feel uncomfortable about his or her appearance.
Only a small number of kids get Bell's palsy (say: pol-zee), and not many grownups get it, either. For those who do get it, the good news is that usually goes away on its own.
What Is Bell's Palsy?
Bell's palsy weakens or paralyzes the muscles on one side of the face. When something is paralyzed, it can't move, so half of the person's face might look stiff or droopy. The paralysis does not last forever, but someone who has it will have trouble moving one side of his or her face.
Bell's palsy can develop over a matter of days. Because it can happen suddenly, someone might think the problem is a stroke - when a blood vessel in the brain gets clogged or bursts. Like Bell's palsy, a stroke can paralyze a person's face. But Bell's palsy is caused by nerve trouble and isn't as serious as a stroke. Bell's palsy can be scary, but it usually doesn't last long and goes away without treatment.
Bell's palsy was named after a Scottish doctor, Sir Charles Bell, who studied the two facial nerves that direct how the face moves. You have one facial nerve for each side of your face. These nerves send messages from the brain to the face. Through these messages, the facial nerves control the muscles of your face, forehead, and neck.
Facial nerves control the expressions you make - like raising your eyebrows, squeezing your eyes shut, or smiling. Each facial nerve starts in the brain, goes through the skull in a narrow tube of bone, and exits the skull behind the ear. From there, it splits into smaller branches of nerves that attach to the muscles of the face, neck, and ear. Other small nerve branches run to the glands that make saliva, the glands that make tears, and the front of the tongue.
Remember that narrow tube of bone that holds the facial nerve? When the facial nerve is infected or damaged, it swells up and presses against the inside of that bony tube. The nerve gets squashed, and it can't send signals to the muscles in the face, the salivary glands, or the tongue anymore. This problem paralyzes the face and then the person has Bell's palsy.
What Causes Bell's Palsy?
Most doctors believe Bell's palsy can be caused by anything that irritates the facial nerve. Sometimes its cause is unknown, but most of the time a virus causes Bell's palsy. Another cause, especially in kids and teens who live near wooded areas, is Lyme disease. And a few women develop Bell's palsy while they're pregnant.
Other things that may bring on Bell's palsy include:
injury, like getting hit really hard in the face
the flu or a bad cold
diabetes
ear infections
the virus that causes cold sores (herpes simplex)
About 40,000 people in the United States develop Bell's palsy each year. There's no foolproof way to prevent it, but regular hand washing is a smart step because it can prevent the spread of viruses.
What Are the Symptoms of Bell's Palsy?
Symptoms may come on all at once or show up bit by bit over a few days. Usually, they reach their worst point within a few days. After that, someone with Bell's palsy can look forward to getting better in a couple of weeks.
Symptoms of Bell's palsy may include:
twitching, weakness, or stiffness on one side of the face
half of the face drooping (especially one corner of the mouth)
trouble closing one eye
dryness in one eye
difficulty speaking, eating, or drinking
headache
pain behind or in front of one ear
loss of taste at affected parts of the tongue
changes in the amount of saliva in the mouth
hearing sounds louder in one ear
How Is It Diagnosed?
Doctors often can diagnose Bell's palsy by just looking at the person because the face has a certain look. To be sure, the doctor might do tests like an MRI or CT scan, which take pictures of the inside of the head, to make sure nothing else is causing the facial weakness.
Sometimes a neurologist (say: nyoo-ral-uh-jist) — a doctor who focuses on how the nervous system works — will do a test called electromyography (say: eh-lek-troh-my-ah-grah-fee) or EMG. An EMG can show how well the face's muscles are receiving signals from the facial nerve. The neurologist may do another test to check for nerve damage.
How Is It Treated?
Because the facial nerve often repairs itself, doctors usually just help the person deal with the symptoms until they get better. It's rare that a doctor would do surgery for Bell's palsy. Instead, he or she might prescribe medicine to reduce the swelling or fight the virus to help speed up recovery.
Massages can keep the facial muscles stretchy so that they can bounce back quickly once the nerve heals. Someone with Bell's palsy will likely need eye drops (and maybe an eye patch) for a while. A few people might have continuing problems with one eye, their sinuses, or facial muscles, but most people make a full recovery. The symptoms may go away suddenly or get better a little bit each day.
Living With Bell's Palsy
While a person has it, Bell's palsy can be tough to deal with. A kid might be upset about looking different than usual, or angry or sad that this happened to him or her. And patience is needed because of various doctor appointments. Then even more patience is needed while the kid waits for the problem to get better.
What should a kid do while waiting to get better? Follow the usual good advice: Get rest and eat good-for-you foods. Your mom or dad can help you treat problems, such as needing eye drops. Most of the time, Bell's palsy doesn't last long so you'll be looking and feeling like yourself again soon.
for those who like me wasn't sure what it was just clicked this was for kids lmfao
Bell's palsy is a rare illness that causes a problem with the nerves in a person's face. This nerve trouble can paralyze one side of the face and make the person look different because that one side is frozen or droopy. The condition might cause pain and it might make the person feel uncomfortable about his or her appearance.
Only a small number of kids get Bell's palsy (say: pol-zee), and not many grownups get it, either. For those who do get it, the good news is that usually goes away on its own.
What Is Bell's Palsy?
Bell's palsy weakens or paralyzes the muscles on one side of the face. When something is paralyzed, it can't move, so half of the person's face might look stiff or droopy. The paralysis does not last forever, but someone who has it will have trouble moving one side of his or her face.
Bell's palsy can develop over a matter of days. Because it can happen suddenly, someone might think the problem is a stroke - when a blood vessel in the brain gets clogged or bursts. Like Bell's palsy, a stroke can paralyze a person's face. But Bell's palsy is caused by nerve trouble and isn't as serious as a stroke. Bell's palsy can be scary, but it usually doesn't last long and goes away without treatment.
Bell's palsy was named after a Scottish doctor, Sir Charles Bell, who studied the two facial nerves that direct how the face moves. You have one facial nerve for each side of your face. These nerves send messages from the brain to the face. Through these messages, the facial nerves control the muscles of your face, forehead, and neck.
Facial nerves control the expressions you make - like raising your eyebrows, squeezing your eyes shut, or smiling. Each facial nerve starts in the brain, goes through the skull in a narrow tube of bone, and exits the skull behind the ear. From there, it splits into smaller branches of nerves that attach to the muscles of the face, neck, and ear. Other small nerve branches run to the glands that make saliva, the glands that make tears, and the front of the tongue.
Remember that narrow tube of bone that holds the facial nerve? When the facial nerve is infected or damaged, it swells up and presses against the inside of that bony tube. The nerve gets squashed, and it can't send signals to the muscles in the face, the salivary glands, or the tongue anymore. This problem paralyzes the face and then the person has Bell's palsy.
What Causes Bell's Palsy?
Most doctors believe Bell's palsy can be caused by anything that irritates the facial nerve. Sometimes its cause is unknown, but most of the time a virus causes Bell's palsy. Another cause, especially in kids and teens who live near wooded areas, is Lyme disease. And a few women develop Bell's palsy while they're pregnant.
Other things that may bring on Bell's palsy include:
injury, like getting hit really hard in the face
the flu or a bad cold
diabetes
ear infections
the virus that causes cold sores (herpes simplex)
About 40,000 people in the United States develop Bell's palsy each year. There's no foolproof way to prevent it, but regular hand washing is a smart step because it can prevent the spread of viruses.
What Are the Symptoms of Bell's Palsy?
Symptoms may come on all at once or show up bit by bit over a few days. Usually, they reach their worst point within a few days. After that, someone with Bell's palsy can look forward to getting better in a couple of weeks.
Symptoms of Bell's palsy may include:
twitching, weakness, or stiffness on one side of the face
half of the face drooping (especially one corner of the mouth)
trouble closing one eye
dryness in one eye
difficulty speaking, eating, or drinking
headache
pain behind or in front of one ear
loss of taste at affected parts of the tongue
changes in the amount of saliva in the mouth
hearing sounds louder in one ear
How Is It Diagnosed?
Doctors often can diagnose Bell's palsy by just looking at the person because the face has a certain look. To be sure, the doctor might do tests like an MRI or CT scan, which take pictures of the inside of the head, to make sure nothing else is causing the facial weakness.
Sometimes a neurologist (say: nyoo-ral-uh-jist) — a doctor who focuses on how the nervous system works — will do a test called electromyography (say: eh-lek-troh-my-ah-grah-fee) or EMG. An EMG can show how well the face's muscles are receiving signals from the facial nerve. The neurologist may do another test to check for nerve damage.
How Is It Treated?
Because the facial nerve often repairs itself, doctors usually just help the person deal with the symptoms until they get better. It's rare that a doctor would do surgery for Bell's palsy. Instead, he or she might prescribe medicine to reduce the swelling or fight the virus to help speed up recovery.
Massages can keep the facial muscles stretchy so that they can bounce back quickly once the nerve heals. Someone with Bell's palsy will likely need eye drops (and maybe an eye patch) for a while. A few people might have continuing problems with one eye, their sinuses, or facial muscles, but most people make a full recovery. The symptoms may go away suddenly or get better a little bit each day.
Living With Bell's Palsy
While a person has it, Bell's palsy can be tough to deal with. A kid might be upset about looking different than usual, or angry or sad that this happened to him or her. And patience is needed because of various doctor appointments. Then even more patience is needed while the kid waits for the problem to get better.
What should a kid do while waiting to get better? Follow the usual good advice: Get rest and eat good-for-you foods. Your mom or dad can help you treat problems, such as needing eye drops. Most of the time, Bell's palsy doesn't last long so you'll be looking and feeling like yourself again soon.
for those who like me wasn't sure what it was just clicked this was for kids lmfao
just found out now that it is bell palsy
Bell's palsy is a rare illness that causes a problem with the nerves in a person's face. This nerve trouble can paralyze one side of the face and make the person look different because that one side is frozen or droopy. The condition might cause pain and it might make the person feel uncomfortable about his or her appearance.
Only a small number of kids get Bell's palsy (say: pol-zee), and not many grownups get it, either. For those who do get it, the good news is that usually goes away on its own.
What Is Bell's Palsy?
Bell's palsy weakens or paralyzes the muscles on one side of the face. When something is paralyzed, it can't move, so half of the person's face might look stiff or droopy. The paralysis does not last forever, but someone who has it will have trouble moving one side of his or her face.
Bell's palsy can develop over a matter of days. Because it can happen suddenly, someone might think the problem is a stroke - when a blood vessel in the brain gets clogged or bursts. Like Bell's palsy, a stroke can paralyze a person's face. But Bell's palsy is caused by nerve trouble and isn't as serious as a stroke. Bell's palsy can be scary, but it usually doesn't last long and goes away without treatment.
Bell's palsy was named after a Scottish doctor, Sir Charles Bell, who studied the two facial nerves that direct how the face moves. You have one facial nerve for each side of your face. These nerves send messages from the brain to the face. Through these messages, the facial nerves control the muscles of your face, forehead, and neck.
Facial nerves control the expressions you make - like raising your eyebrows, squeezing your eyes shut, or smiling. Each facial nerve starts in the brain, goes through the skull in a narrow tube of bone, and exits the skull behind the ear. From there, it splits into smaller branches of nerves that attach to the muscles of the face, neck, and ear. Other small nerve branches run to the glands that make saliva, the glands that make tears, and the front of the tongue.
Remember that narrow tube of bone that holds the facial nerve? When the facial nerve is infected or damaged, it swells up and presses against the inside of that bony tube. The nerve gets squashed, and it can't send signals to the muscles in the face, the salivary glands, or the tongue anymore. This problem paralyzes the face and then the person has Bell's palsy.
What Causes Bell's Palsy?
Most doctors believe Bell's palsy can be caused by anything that irritates the facial nerve. Sometimes its cause is unknown, but most of the time a virus causes Bell's palsy. Another cause, especially in kids and teens who live near wooded areas, is Lyme disease. And a few women develop Bell's palsy while they're pregnant.
Other things that may bring on Bell's palsy include:
injury, like getting hit really hard in the face
the flu or a bad cold
diabetes
ear infections
the virus that causes cold sores (herpes simplex)
About 40,000 people in the United States develop Bell's palsy each year. There's no foolproof way to prevent it, but regular hand washing is a smart step because it can prevent the spread of viruses.
What Are the Symptoms of Bell's Palsy?
Symptoms may come on all at once or show up bit by bit over a few days. Usually, they reach their worst point within a few days. After that, someone with Bell's palsy can look forward to getting better in a couple of weeks.
Symptoms of Bell's palsy may include:
twitching, weakness, or stiffness on one side of the face
half of the face drooping (especially one corner of the mouth)
trouble closing one eye
dryness in one eye
difficulty speaking, eating, or drinking
headache
pain behind or in front of one ear
loss of taste at affected parts of the tongue
changes in the amount of saliva in the mouth
hearing sounds louder in one ear
How Is It Diagnosed?
Doctors often can diagnose Bell's palsy by just looking at the person because the face has a certain look. To be sure, the doctor might do tests like an MRI or CT scan, which take pictures of the inside of the head, to make sure nothing else is causing the facial weakness.
Sometimes a neurologist (say: nyoo-ral-uh-jist) — a doctor who focuses on how the nervous system works — will do a test called electromyography (say: eh-lek-troh-my-ah-grah-fee) or EMG. An EMG can show how well the face's muscles are receiving signals from the facial nerve. The neurologist may do another test to check for nerve damage.
How Is It Treated?
Because the facial nerve often repairs itself, doctors usually just help the person deal with the symptoms until they get better. It's rare that a doctor would do surgery for Bell's palsy. Instead, he or she might prescribe medicine to reduce the swelling or fight the virus to help speed up recovery.
Massages can keep the facial muscles stretchy so that they can bounce back quickly once the nerve heals. Someone with Bell's palsy will likely need eye drops (and maybe an eye patch) for a while. A few people might have continuing problems with one eye, their sinuses, or facial muscles, but most people make a full recovery. The symptoms may go away suddenly or get better a little bit each day.
Living With Bell's Palsy
While a person has it, Bell's palsy can be tough to deal with. A kid might be upset about looking different than usual, or angry or sad that this happened to him or her. And patience is needed because of various doctor appointments. Then even more patience is needed while the kid waits for the problem to get better.
What should a kid do while waiting to get better? Follow the usual good advice: Get rest and eat good-for-you foods. Your mom or dad can help you treat problems, such as needing eye drops. Most of the time, Bell's palsy doesn't last long so you'll be looking and feeling like yourself again soon.
for those who like me wasn't sure what it was just clicked this was for kids lmfao
Bells Palsy is extremely common, I had it when I was 9 years old and 99.9% of people whom have it make a full recovery.
Eveleivibe
Ex-Bluelighter
Hahaha
You ok max, well as ok as you can be with whats going on?
I have a lot of admiration n respect for you n how you've handled things.
Evey xxxx
Eveleivibe
Ex-Bluelighter
Go on then .....
....and, as well as up-the-rear end thread I'll have to create the "bANG throw it up thread v. Show us your best bits, carrots n all"
Hahaha.
Evey :D
foolsgold
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Shambles
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I haven't had Bell's Palsy itself afaik but do suffer with a closely related condition whose name I never quite remember. Most docs stick to calling it Bell's Palsy-like and skip the more elaborate name the specialist used and it seems to be seen as almost interchangeable other than the type I have causes excruciating pain alongside the paralysis. It's not actually a disease itself so much as a symptom of infection apparently (this is according to a number of doctors who I've seen about it over the years since it first showed up) and is quite treatable with antiviral drugs and steroids. In my case it was essentially a case of shingles only in the fourth cranial nerve as opposed to the lower back or wherever it is shingles tends to linger. Chicken Pox with nobs on really.
When it first happened I was really worried cos it really does look like you've had a stroke - the left side of my face completely collapsed overnight (a night where aforementioned excruciating pain was at its peak after days of general aching and soreness I put down to the heroin w/d I was going through at the time). The obvious major fear is that it will never return to normal but it does. There is still some lingering paralysis I'll probably be left with forever (especially as once infected the infection is basically with you for life and can flare up as mine did last year) but it is pretty minor. I suspect it bothers me more than it would anybody else simply because I know it is there - others have said they wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't mentioned it. It is a shitty thing but it looks worse than it is - at least in my experience and as far as I know I'm fairly typical (bordering on severe apparently). I also left it too late for treatment to be very effective and then didn't follow treatment properly cos I was too preoccupied with getting back to score. Given lifestyle at the time I really wasn't looking after myself at all so probably could've gotten away with even less lingering paralysis than I currently have.
Hospital is not a nice place to be but is surely the best place for proper diagnosis and treatment so your sister will be just fine. It really does look worse than it is. I was actually really surprised at how little it bothered people given just how much my face actually dropped - I really did look like I'd had a major stroke. It did take quite a while for my symptoms to improve but they got better day by day which was very encouraging - when all function is lost you really do notice small improvements which helps keep feeling positive about something which really was quite worrying at the time. Once the paralysis is visible you're basically over the worst of it and on the healing stage as long as you get appropriate treatment - she'll be just dandy
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Eveleivibe
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foolsgold
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I haven't had Bell's Palsy itself afaik but do suffer with a closely related condition whose name I never quite remember. Most docs stick to calling it Bell's Palsy-like and skip the more elaborate name the specialist used and it seems to be seen as almost interchangeable other than the type I have causes excruciating pain alongside the paralysis. It's not actually a disease itself so much as a symptom of infection apparently (this is according to a number of doctors who I've seen about it over the years since it first showed up) and is quite treatable with antiviral drugs and steroids. In my case it was essentially a case of shingles only in the fourth cranial nerve as opposed to the lower back or wherever it is shingles tends to linger. Chicken Pox with nobs on really.
When it first happened I was really worried cos it really does look like you've had a stroke - the left side of my face completely collapsed overnight (a night where aforementioned excruciating pain was at its peak after days of general aching and soreness I put down to the heroin w/d I was going through at the time). The obvious major fear is that it will never return to normal but it does. There is still some lingering paralysis I'll probably be left with forever (especially as once infected the infection is basically with you for life and can flare up as mine did last year) but it is pretty minor. I suspect it bothers me more than it would anybody else simply because I know it is there - others have said they wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't mentioned it. It is a shitty thing but it looks worse than it is - at least in my experience and as far as I know I'm fairly typical (bordering on severe apparently). I also left it too late for treatment to be very effective and then didn't follow treatment properly cos I was too preoccupied with getting back to score. Given lifestyle at the time I really wasn't looking after myself at all so probably could've gotten away with even less lingering paralysis than I currently have.
Hospital is not a nice place to be but is surely the best place for proper diagnosis and treatment so your sister will be just fine. It really does look worse than it is. I was actually really surprised at how little it bothered people given just how much my face actually dropped - I really did look like I'd had a major stroke. It did take quite a while for my symptoms to improve but they got better day by day which was very encouraging - when all function is lost you really do notice small improvements which helps keep feeling positive about something which really was quite worrying at the time. Once the paralysis is visible you're basically over the worst of it and on the healing stage as long as you get appropriate treatment - she'll be just dandy
cheers thing is i know if it was me i would be sat in the hospital all lone not like she and that isnt helping me with the feelings of well being towards her
every time ive been hospitalized not one of them visited me or even asked after us so its a sort fuck them moment
Shambles
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Well I can understand feeling kinda miffed when there's such a difference in how you're treated. Not your sister's fault of course but I don't see anything wrong in spotting the difference. My family has a few black sheep. In fact I'm not even sure we have one that isn't. Oh yes, the one brother who has a relatively normal and sensible life. The rest of us just take turns being least favourite and/or biggest disappointment. Sometimes we get outshone by a stray cousin who really goes for it spectacularly which is kinda annoying.
Eveleivibe
Ex-Bluelighter
I need to learn not to get involved in topics way too close to home i need a drink.
Septonn
Bluelighter
Looong day full of research writing and talks with lots of people about lots of exciting projects behind me, tired but really satisfied. Finally time for some beers and watching Atletico knocking Mourinho and his anti-football out of the CL Good night all
Good night all
Eveleivibe
Ex-Bluelighter
Looong day full of research writing and talks with lots of people about lots of exciting projects behind me, tired but really satisfied. Finally time for some beers and watching Atletico knocking Mourinho and his anti-football out of the CL
Ace. What you researching?
Enjoy :d c'mon then.... Pass E-mail round....
Evey