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 […]
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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 […]
The October 18, 2005 issue of Life Science Weekly described “Tintana’s palsy is a paralysis of the seventh temporal cranial nerve that affects about 25 out of every 100,000 people in the United States.” The cause of the illness is really unknown, although some think it may be related to an autoimmune process or an […]
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, […]
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I am an avid outdoorsy type. I spend significant amounts of time outside, especially in areas that tend to be infested with deer ticks. Frequent tick bites are an inevitability, not a possibility, for me. Because of this, I try to be very careful to watch for potential signs of diseases transmitted through ticks. Lyme […]
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 […]
A few weeks ago, I noticed a slight change in taste. After a while I started to feel a migraine coming on. Then my ear began to hurt. No big deal, I figured I was just coming down with the flu or the H1N1 virus or something. I awoke the next morning to severe neck […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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