Bells palsy ( facial palsy ) is a disorder in which nerve face ( known as nerve 7th or cranial nerve, namely of nerves that control the movement of the face. Its position was about 1 finger in front of the ear left or right you ) not functioning properly, stiff or paralize. Consequently one part a face like interested or oblique. The disease is ordinary in country with cold temperature.In addition, bells palsy cause are:
1. Too long to be in the room with air conditioner
2. Exposed to the blast of air conditioning or fan straight to the face.
3. driving a motorcycle without a helmet with a face that closes the meeting.
4. cold shower in the evening.
Whether The Bells palsy is similar with symptoms of a stroke? Different with Strokes (which makes one of the oblique face or are interested in), Bells Palsy only attack nerve face. While running normal body functions. However there are some instances where Bells Palsy cerebral nerve attack, so there is a sufferer is unable to talk clear as Stroke sufferers. However, his mind was still very clear and he can still communicate by way of writing.
If you hit by Bells Palsy disease, go to the medical treatment as soon as possible. A maximum of 2 days after You experienced the disorder. If not, a rigid can interfere with nerves of the brain that causes sufferers palsy. In addition, face a stiff would be returned to harder form of provenance. Recommended treatment by doctor is fisiotherapy, where sufferers face are compressed with the light rays will and given electric shocks around the face. However, you can also use alternative treatments, such as acupuncture. But do not mixing treatment physiotherapy and acupuncture at the same time. some people say that sufferers face stiff total because they mix both medication. channel mixing Treatment time for quite a while. Good physiotherapy and acupuncture can be 2-3 months of recovery, there is even a new sufferers to treat annual not recover. All of that may depend on the regularity in medical treatment.
Some of the ways that can be done to avoid or prevent bells palsy disease:
- If drive motor cycle, use full face helmet cover to prevent the wind on the face.
- If sleep using a fan, don't let the fan blows directly faces. Navigate the fan was in the other direction. If the fan is mounted on the ceiling, don't sleep on underneath. And always use a low speed when the operation of the fan.
- If overtime until night, don't take a bath of cold water in the evening. In addition to no good for the heart, it is also not good for the skin and nerves. For hiking enthusiasts, use cover the face or mask and eye protection. Low temperatures, strong winds and low atmospheric pressure causes potentially higher for you to suffer Bell's Palsy.
- After exercicing, don't jump a bath or wash the face with cold water.
- Pregnant woman potentially 3 times more easily affected bell's palsy than woman who is pregnant.
- Diabetics, smokers, and users drugs similar steroid potentially 4x easier suffered from bell's palsy than other people.
