Crocodiles tend to shed tears when they eat, and legend has it that crocodiles find out in their conscience and cry for small animals that become their own food. Not long ago, there was a patient in Wuhan who was also quite magical, and he would cry whenever he ate, was it also because of sadness?
In the ward, the doctor gave Mr. Zhang a package of beef jerky, and just after chewing it for a while, the change appeared.
Cheng Mianzheng, director of the Department of Tear Tunnel Oncology of Wuhan Egger Eye Hospital, said: "As long as he chews, the secretion of tears will increase immediately when he chews, and the amount of left tear secretion is 3 times higher than that of the contralateral side." ”
The problem of tears in Mr. Zhang's left eye has appeared since last year. Every time he ate a little longer, his cheeks would burst into tears. It brings great inconvenience to life. According to the doctor, Mr. Zhang's problem is called "crocodile tear syndrome", which is closely related to the facial paralysis he has experienced before.
Cheng Mianzheng, director of the Department of Tear Tunnel Orbital Oncology of Wuhan Egger Eye Hospital, said: "Mainly the fibers of the facial nerve, the fibers secreted by the innervated masticatory muscles and salivary glands in the process of recovery from facial nerve paralysis, went to the tear glands, did not go to its original position." ”
In the end, the experts through surgery to cut off the nerves growing on Mr. Zhang's tear glands and the symptoms have improved significantly. According to experts, after the appearance of facial paralysis, if treatment is delayed or the condition is more serious, there may be sequelae of "crocodile tear syndrome".
Song Aiqun, deputy chief physician of the Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said: "Facial paralysis, like stroke, is a disease that pays attention to the timing of treatment, and the spasm of the vascular around the facial nerve leads to local congestion and edema of the facial nerve, only the sooner the nerve degeneration is controlled, the better the later treatment effect." ”
(Source: Hubei Jingshi Editor: Xia Dingwei)