According to Australian media reports on April 3, an Australian woman suddenly collapsed four days after giving birth to her second child. She has made many efforts to restore facial function, and now it has improved a lot. Local doctors say pregnant women with this facial paralysis are the most likely to be recruited.
Anthea Spark
Anthea Spark is reportedly from Melbourne, Australia. On April 3, local time, she told her story in an interview with local media. Anthea said she is a mom of two. The eldest daughter is called Olivia, the younger daughter is called Sophia, and the second daughter was born on August 28, 2015. However, a week before Anthea gave birth to Sophia, she told the doctor that she had been cold for several weeks and that she did not know if she would be able to give birth smoothly. Fortunately, Sophia was born smoothly, and there were no special circumstances.
After Sophia was born, Anthea held her in the room, family and friends came to see the cute newborn baby, and a friend came to see Anthea with spaghetti. But when Anthea ate her first bite of pasta with a fork, she suddenly stopped. She said in an interview: "I can't move the food in my mouth from the left to the right. It's really weird, but I just thought I was too tired. ”
Over the next few days, Anthea began to notice a twitch on the left side of her face. The day before Anthea and her child were about to be discharged from the hospital, she woke up early in the morning to feed the baby. Then she sat up from the bed and took a sip of water, but instead of being swallowed by Anthea, it flowed down her mouth. Anthea hurried to the bathroom and looked in the mirror, and she found that the left side of her face was completely out of control. Her left eye was open, her tongue was numb, and her left body didn't seem to be able to exert itself.
Initially, Anthea thought she had suffered a stroke. Later, the doctor told her that it was not a stroke, but Bell's paralysis. This is a sudden illness of unknown origin, and pregnant women are at higher risk of developing this disease. Anthea's husband couldn't believe it, and he thought his wife might be too tired, but the time that followed proved that Anthea was really sick.
After getting the diagnosis, doctors told Anthea that she might not recover. However, Anthea refused and began to seek treatment. She has done acupuncture and massage, and after two years of treatment, her facial function has recovered 60%. Anthea says she doesn't stay on the negative side, but looks forward. Now, she's also building a Bell's Paralysis group online to help patients like her.