Bells Palsy

Three years ago I end up with Bells Palsy. Bells Palsy is the malfunction of your nerve that affect part or whole of your face. No scientifically explanation on what the cause. When it happened to me, my 1st symptoms were I had a bad neck pain. I thought I had a high blood. They after day its gets worst and noticed that the line between my lips and my nose were not inline. I started to get worried. But on that the same day I couldn’t blink my eyes either and can’t feel any pain if I pinch my own face. My first thought was, am I going to be paralyzed. I went to emergency room. To find out what’s wrong with my face.

Bell's palsy is a temporary paralysis of your face. That may affect one or both sides of your face. Symptoms are twitching, weakness, or paralysis, drooping eyelid or corner of the mouth, drooling, dry eye or mouth, impairment of taste, and excessive tearing in the eye. There is really no treatment that can eliminate the source of the nerve damage. But the doctor may prescribe Prednisone, to reduce inflammation and swelling. It usually gets better and better every day. With or without treatment, most individuals begin to get better within 2 weeks after the initial onset of symptoms and recover completely within 3 to 6 months. May or may not come back once you recover.

Bas on my experience mine took at least couple months for my face kinda looks normal. When I had the bells palsy I did not want to go out the house. I keep wearing an eye mask and keep putting eye drop on my eyes to avoid dryness. My daughter used to call me pirate mama. Thanks God that I am now 99% better. Once in a while I felt twitching especially on my eyes.