2024-03-01 19:40:00
Last summer, Justin Bieber suffered from ‘Ramsay Hunt syndrome,’ a type of facial paralysis. / Chosun Ilbo
There is a saying that if you sleep in the cold, your mouth will turn cold.
This is not something to be passed over carelessly. In fact, in the cold winter, blood vessels constrict due to the cold, resulting in poor blood circulation in the facial area, which increases the risk of facial paralysis.
Facial paralysis is a disease caused by paralysis of the 7th nerve among the 12 nerves in the brain. It occurs when the immune system is weakened due to stress or overwork. As proof of this, there is a growing trend among young people who are regarding to get a job or get married.
Fortunately, facial paralysis can be improved by more than 90% with drug treatment, but there is definitely a ‘golden time’. This is because neurodegeneration begins two days following it occurs and permanent followingeffects may remain.
Therefore, if possible, you should visit a hospital within 48 hours of occurrence, or at the latest 72 hours. However, many people are at a loss because they do not know where to get a diagnosis for facial paralysis.
The correct answer is ‘ENT’.
Facial paralysis can have a variety of causes, including problems with the brain, but in many cases, it is due to problems with the temporal bone or middle ear, that is, the ears. This is the reason why facial paralysis is mainly diagnosed at otolaryngology.
Visiting an oriental medicine clinic can also be an option. In Oriental medicine clinics, acupuncture is applied to acupuncture points that act on the facial nerve, along with treatment to relax tense muscles using meridian techniques such as electrical stimulation or massage.
Steroids are usually used to treat facial paralysis, and if you take antivirals and blood circulation improvers for regarding two weeks, the symptoms will disappear within a month or two.
However, some people with severe facial nerve damage may still have followingeffects. The movements of the forehead, eyelids, and lips do not return to normal, or the area around the eyes moves when the mouth moves.
If there are followingeffects, try Botox therapy along with physical therapy.
One good thing is that two-thirds of patients who suffered from facial paralysis experienced aura symptoms.
In other words, by quickly recognizing premonitory symptoms, you can protect the ‘golden time’ and prevent more serious symptoms or followingeffects.
The main precursor symptoms of facial paralysis are as follows:
△ The eyes do not close tightly and feel stiff and sore.
△ There are no wrinkles on one side of the forehead, and the eyebrows and eyelids droop.
△ Water leaks to one side when drinking or brushing teeth.
△ The tongue’s sense of taste is reduced and the taste cannot be felt well.
△ Sounds ringing or loud in one ear and pain occurs.
Of course, prevention is more important than treatment.
To prevent facial paralysis, it is important to manage fatigue and stress well to prevent immunity from weakening. On days with strong cold winds, cover your face with a scarf.
In particular, pregnant women should prevent loss of energy as facial paralysis may occur in the final stages of pregnancy or following childbirth.
People who have already suffered from facial paralysis should also be cautious. This is because the recurrence rate is not low at regarding 10%.
Additionally, it takes at least 1 month and up to 3 to 4 months for the paralysis to completely resolve, so if you are not careful during the recovery period, you may experience other followingeffects.
In particular, there are cases where the eyes have difficulty closing following facial paralysis, so you must pay attention to ‘eye health’ to prevent dry eyes or corneal damage. [End_mark]
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