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Last Updated: 6 years ago • Featured Quiz
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Facial paralysis can happen due to many factors. Sometimes inflammation develops around the facial nerve as it passes through the skull from the brain. This presses on the nerve and makes it stop functioning. As the nerve stops functioning, so does the muscle it controls.
This is what happens in Bell s palsy, the most common cause of facial paralysis.
Bell s palsy can happen to anyone and its cause is, hold your breath, a viral infection. Herpes zoster, Varicella zoster and HIV...more
This is what happens in Bell s palsy, the most common cause of facial paralysis.
Bell s palsy can happen to anyone and its cause is, hold your breath, a viral infection. Herpes zoster, Varicella zoster and HIV...more
Asked for male, 23 years old from Jaipur
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Yes you can go for it.
Just continue regular treatment.
Also you can start homoeopathic treatment.
Just continue regular treatment.
Also you can start homoeopathic treatment.
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Physiotherapy/ exercises will restore muscle strength and function over time.
Tightening and relaxing facial muscles can help strengthen them.
Tightening and relaxing facial muscles can help strengthen them.
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Bell s palsy is a neurological condition that results in a temporary paralysis of the facial muscles. This paralysis or muscle weakness occurs when the cranial nerve responsible for controlling the facial muscles become compressed, swollen or inflamed. When this happens one side of the face may become stiff or can droop. You may experience trouble laughing, smiling or closing the eye located on the side of the face that has become affected.
Most often the condition of Bell s palsy is te...more
Most often the condition of Bell s palsy is te...more
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