‘Medical Information about Bell’s Palsy’ Archives
Bell’s Palsy Symptoms – A comprehensive guide
Bell's Palsy is the paralysis of the facial muscles caused by damage or constriction of the facial nerve (the 7th Cranial nerve) resulting in facial palsy to one side of the face (in 1% of cases this can occur on both sides of the face: Bilateral Bell's Palsy). Here is a comprehensive list of the most common physical Bell's Palsy symptoms. This [...]
Facial muscles diagram for Bell’s Palsy sufferer’s
Facial Muscles Here are the names of the facial muscles the facial nerve activates It will help to get to know these diagrams before commencing facial exercises so that you know why you are doing what you are doing during the warm-up, massaging and exercising Permission to use this picture was kindly given by Eric Armstrong of York [...]
Nightime treatment of your dry eye
Eye Gel (a thicker artificial tear) As previously stated there are many different artificial tears and they differ in fluidity depending on your need. For sleeping it is better to use a slightly thicker version that is more like a gel, as this will remain on your cornea until you awake and remove it. As you would apply artificial tears [...]
Daytime treatment of your dry eye
Frequent manual manipulation of your upper eyelid With a CLEAN finger, and usually easier with the back of your finger, locate your upper eyelid, which may very well be completely hidden under your drooping eyebrow. GENTLY move it as it would normally move. A couple of times should be sufficient to recoat the cornea with your natural eye [...]
Facial Nerve Route Picture for Bell’s Palsy Sufferers
In this picture the branches of the facial nerve (CN VII) are in yellow and are pictured over the facial muscles. Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ In all my research I have never found two identical pictures showing the exact route of the facial [...]
Glossary of Bell’s Palsy Terminology
Glossary of Bells Palsy terminology All these terms are commonly searched for in relation to Bell's Palsy or have been asked about on the website. I thought it may be helpful to explain the most commonly asked here. Full information regarding the terms listed here should obviously be sought from a medical professional or medical [...]
Bell’s Palsy Treatment – Prednisolone or Acyclovir?
Studies on the effectiveness of the usually prescribed medicines for Bell's Palsy have, up until 2007 proved inconclusive and I have looked into all I could find. The only one to provide a hopeful conclusion is the most recent full controlled testing published in 2007. I have included the Abstract here with the Conclusion and "cited [...]
