Recently, Huai'an, Jiangsu Province. Near the end of the year, the work doubled, Ms. Yu often stayed up late at night to work overtime, rode home late at night, and the next morning her mouth was crooked and she could not close her eyes, and was diagnosed by the doctor as "facial paralysis". Doctors remind that fatigue and cold can easily cause facial paralysis, especially in winter, you should stay up less late and keep warm, do a good job of keeping warm when you go out, and seek medical treatment in time if symptoms occur.
1. What is facial paralysis?
1. Facial paralysis is a relatively common neurological disease, usually a disease with the patient's facial expression muscle group motor dysfunction as the main symptom. Facial paralysis can have a certain impact on patients, and they often cannot express the expression of the face normally.
2. Facial neuritis, commonly known as facial nerve paralysis (that is, facial nerve paralysis), "crooked mouth", "hanging line wind", is a disease characterized by motor dysfunction of facial expression muscle groups. It is a common, frequent disease that is not limited by age. The general symptom is that the mouth and eyes are crooked, and patients often cannot complete even the most basic movements such as raising eyebrows, closing their eyes, and bulging mouths.
Second, what are the general causes of facial paralysis?
1. Infection is a cause of facial paralysis
Infection is one of the causes of facial paralysis. The infections mentioned here are more common in the summer months, and there is also a certain regionality. The main factors causing facial paralysis are partial infection, malaria, scarlet fever, multiple cranial neuritis, influenza, mumps and meningitis.
2. Trauma may also cause facial paralysis
Trauma may also cause facial paralysis. Facial paralysis is more common among traumatic factors mainly facial trauma and temporal bone fractures. Therefore, it will also cause facial paralysis to a certain extent. Another reason is iatrogenicity. Facial paralysis may result from tonsillectomy, dental treatment, mastoid surgery, and parotid gland surgery.
3. Idiopathic facial paralysis:
This is the most common part of facial paralysis, and it is generally believed that the cause of idiopathic facial palsy is fatigue and colds on the face and behind the ears, caused by wind.
4. Neurogenic facial palsy:
Due to cerebrovascular disease, intracranial, non-traumatic neurogenic causes, such as cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, cerebral thrombosis and so on. Facial palsy caused by brain tumors is also a categorical category of neurogenic facial palsy.
3. What is the treatment of facial paralysis?
Western medicine treats facial paralysis
1. Surgical treatment of facial paralysis
2. Medication for facial paralysis
Traditional Chinese medicine for facial paralysis
1. Self-rehabilitation training
2. Acupuncture treatment of facial paralysis