I believe that many people think of stroke, the head can subconsciously think of the situation of crooked mouth drooling, sometimes some people wake up, find that they also have such a problem, suddenly feel that the sky has fallen, they actually had a stroke! In fact, this is not the case, sometimes such a situation is not necessarily a stroke, but a high incidence of disease in the spring, facial paralysis.
What is facial paralysis?
Facial paralysis is a common clinical disease, no matter what age people may appear facial paralysis, generally often show symptoms are crooked mouth and eyes, drooling, facial stiffness and so on. Facial paralysis generally does not endanger the patient's life, but will have a great impact on the patient's normal life, patients generally even normal eyebrows, drumming action is difficult to carry out, the impact on the body is also relatively large, recovery also needs a certain amount of time, generally different from person to person, sometimes also need to cooperate with drugs for treatment. Therefore, when facial paralysis occurs, we must treat it in time and do not delay the best time for medical treatment.
Why is spring the season for the high incidence of facial paralysis?
Because spring has a very obvious feature, that is, the temperature difference between morning and evening is relatively large, such as morning and evening, the temperature is generally relatively low, and even let people have a feeling of still in winter. At noon, as long as the sun shines in the air, the temperature will rise rapidly, and this drastic temperature difference change, coupled with not paying attention to warmth at night, is prone to facial paralysis.
The main reason is that when it comes to the evening, the human body enters the state of sleep, the muscles and pores of the whole body are in a relatively relaxed state, and the temperature in the spring evening is still relatively low, but it is not that many people in winter actually do their own warm work. When the human body is affected by wind and cold, the microcirculation in the body will cause spasms in the local nerves and blood vessels of the human body due to cold stimulation, which will lead to problems such as facial ischemia, and eventually lead to facial paralysis.
Many people confuse facial paralysis with stroke, but in fact, the two are completely different conditions. Compared with stroke, facial paralysis is still a relatively mild disease, generally does not directly threaten life, and can be relieved by itself in many cases. However, stroke is a relatively serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, once the attack is likely to bring irreversible damage to the human body, and may even threaten life, so we must pay attention to the distinction.
Facial paralysis and stroke are very similar, how should we distinguish between these two diseases?
Pathogenesis: facial paralysis is generally due to facial muscle paralysis caused by facial nerve inflammation, while stroke is generally a disease caused by acute cerebral hemorrhage, and the abnormalities produced by the body at the time of onset are far from limited to the face.
Symptoms: The main symptom of facial paralysis is the crooked mouth and eyes, unilateral facial paralysis will lead to the disappearance of frontal lines, and sometimes lead to pain behind the ears. When stroke occurs, although the face will also be crooked, the forehead lines will not disappear, and there will be almost no changes. And stroke is generally accompanied by numbness in the hands and feet, language nerve disorders, and some can also lead to incontinence. In general, the symptoms of facial paralysis are limited to the face, and the frontal striations will disappear, while stroke is an abnormality in many parts of the body, and the frontal striations will not disappear.
People with disease: The incidence of facial paralysis generally has no age limit, young people or the elderly may become ill, and even some children may have facial paralysis. However, the incidence of stroke is common in middle-aged and elderly people, and many of them are suffering from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, which can also be used to distinguish points.
Recovery: The condition of facial paralysis is generally relatively mild, and it can fully return to normal within one day or even a few hours through treatment, and sometimes even if there is no treatment, it can be recovered normally. However, stroke is a relatively serious disease, which may cause permanent damage to the body after the onset of the disease, and it is generally difficult to recover and is likely to lead to lifelong sequelae.
Although facial paralysis does not directly threaten our lives, it is also very painful when it occurs, and it will affect our normal life. Therefore, we should pay attention to early prevention to avoid causing us to wake up with facial paralysis and affecting our quality of life.
How can we prevent facial paralysis?
Minimize exposure to wind
Many people with facial paralysis are paralyzed by wind and cold, so they should choose a warm and comfortable room when sleeping at night, if the wind is strong or the outdoor temperature is low, try to avoid the habit of sleeping through the window. If it is summer, you should ensure that the air conditioning temperature is above 26 degrees, and you should ensure that the air conditioning cold air or electric fan does not blow directly at people, otherwise it may cause a stroke due to cold.
Pay attention to rest
When the human body is too tired, it is also prone to facial paralysis. Therefore, in daily life, you should ensure your rest time, sleep about eight hours a day, and maintain your mental state, which can also prevent the appearance of facial paralysis to a certain extent.
Enhance physical fitness
People with weaker physiques and poorer physiques are generally more likely to have strokes. Therefore, to ensure regular exercise, to ensure that enough nutritional supplements to enhance physical fitness, eat more meat, eggs and milk per week exercise for more than 150 minutes, is a more suitable exercise, enhance the way of physique.
Stroke and facial paralysis are two completely different diseases, so we must pay attention to the distinction. The harm of stroke is very large, and the damage caused to the human body is also great, and it is necessary to seek medical treatment at the first time. Although the condition of facial paralysis is possible to alleviate on its own, for the sake of physical health, you should go to the hospital for further diagnosis and treatment in time, otherwise it will be too late when it is time to cause damage to the body.
Resources:
"Recently, facial paralysis patients are all troubled by the wind", Shanxi Evening News2018-09-03
"Common Causes and Treatment of Facial Paralysis" MedSci Metz2019-08-17