The October 18, 2005 issue of Life Science Weekly describes “Bells palsy as a temporary paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve, which affects approximately 25 of every 100,000 people in the United States.” The cause of the illness is really unknown although some think that it might be related to an autoimmune process or an ...
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder that prevents nerve impulses from reaching the muscles at the cellular level. The patient’s own immune system produces antibodies that attach to the skeletal muscle cells and block the neurotransmitters from sending the chemical messages to the nerve cells. In the beginning stages MG primarily affects the facial ...
Bell’s Palsy is a condition where the facial nerve (7th cranial nerve) is injured or traumatized in some way, and this causes facial paralysis on one side. The affected side is generally completely paralyzed, and sometimes excessive drooling, tearing of the eye on the effected side, and twitching occur with the weakness or paralysis. The ...
Bell’s palsy is a condition that occurs when the muscles of one side of your face become weakened or paralyzed. Damage to one of the pair of facial nerves that are in your face result in the face having a droopy appearance or in it feeling stiff, but Bell’s palsy usually clears up on its ...
Facial paralysis is the condition in which the facial nerve becomes inflamed. It results in total loss of voluntary muscle movement of one side of the face. This means the person will not be able to move any muscle in the affected region. Facial paralysis may be caused due to Bell’s palsy, stroke, brain tumour, ...
Acoustic neuroma is fairly rare, but it is still one of the most common of the benign brain tumors. Acoustic neuroma develops on the eighth cranial nerve that originates in the brain and ends in your inner ear. The eighth cranial nerve is responsible for our balance and hearing. This type of tumor usually grows ...
My mom had been rushed to an area hospital were she was being treated for a stroke having a blood pressure reading of 200/160 she was definitely in danger. Her face was twisted on the right side and she remained alert but her speech was slurred and she was having memory lapses. She was fitted ...
In May of 2007, I was diagnosed with Bells Palsy. In most cases, Bells Palsy symptoms will resolve in as little as weeks but could take months or longer. I found that during this time of adjustment, there are tips and suggestions that help with the discomfort and the many times awkward hurdles facing Bells ...
You have just had a baby and are extremely exhausted and happy. Within two days you go home and start with an earache and realize you now cannot speak. Fearing you are having a stroke you call your physician who examines you to determine you have Bell’s Palsy. This recently happened to my niece. Bell’s ...
My wife first noticed the lump in the spring of 2011. It was then about the size of a marble located a few centimeters below her left earlobe. It was firm but not extremely hard and quite mobile. She told me and a few other people about it and the consensus was that it was ...
