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Friday, July 9, 2004
Bell's Palsy: Stricken Without Warning, Saving Face, The Significance of the Human Smile
Trauma out of the blue, it can affect anyone, at any time. Imagine waking up one day unable to move one side of your face, it is drooping to one side. More than anything, it is nerve-racking, literally!
For a long time the origin of Bell’s Palsy (BP) was unknown, however scientists believe that BP results from a viral infection that inflames the facial nerve.
The condition was termed as an idiopathic facial paralysis.
Pathologists use the term ‘idiopathic’ to describe an ailment whose cause is not well understood, and which is treated by addressing the symptoms rather than the underlying problems.
The term ‘idiopathic’ also refers to any condition that is personal and distinct.
BP is thought to be caused by a viral infection of the facial nerve (7th cranial nerve).
However, BP has many other ‘possible’ causes such as trauma, nervous system disease, metabolic, tumors, or toxins.
BP is a non-progressive, non-contagious, neurological condition that presents the severe, yet temporary, onset of weakness on one side of the face.
When the muscles are paralyzed, you cannot smile, you drool slightly, you sometimes bite your cheek when you chew, you cannot close your eye, and quite possibly slurring of your words.
There is often numbness or pain in the ear, face, neck, or tongue in 50% of the patients.
This rare disorder afflicts about 40,000 Americans each year.
Approximately half of all newly diagnosed BP patients recover in a short period of time, the remaining recover within a year.
The recurrence rate is between 10-20%.
Signs and symptoms-preceded by fever, pain behind the ear, stiff neck, weakness, numbness or stiffness of the affected side.
Causes
Diagnosis
Possible complications
Probable outcome
Treatment, medications, acupuncture, e-stim,
Cure rate
For a long time the origin of Bell’s Palsy (BP) was unknown, however scientists believe that BP results from a viral infection that inflames the facial nerve.
The condition was termed as an idiopathic facial paralysis.
Pathologists use the term ‘idiopathic’ to describe an ailment whose cause is not well understood, and which is treated by addressing the symptoms rather than the underlying problems.
The term ‘idiopathic’ also refers to any condition that is personal and distinct.
BP is thought to be caused by a viral infection of the facial nerve (7th cranial nerve).
However, BP has many other ‘possible’ causes such as trauma, nervous system disease, metabolic, tumors, or toxins.
BP is a non-progressive, non-contagious, neurological condition that presents the severe, yet temporary, onset of weakness on one side of the face.
When the muscles are paralyzed, you cannot smile, you drool slightly, you sometimes bite your cheek when you chew, you cannot close your eye, and quite possibly slurring of your words.
There is often numbness or pain in the ear, face, neck, or tongue in 50% of the patients.
This rare disorder afflicts about 40,000 Americans each year.
Approximately half of all newly diagnosed BP patients recover in a short period of time, the remaining recover within a year.
The recurrence rate is between 10-20%.
Signs and symptoms-preceded by fever, pain behind the ear, stiff neck, weakness, numbness or stiffness of the affected side.
Causes
Diagnosis
Possible complications
Probable outcome
Treatment, medications, acupuncture, e-stim,
Cure rate
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Somewhere in My Heart
Somewhere in My Heart
There was a time in my life that I was happy and felt the love that others speak of. Seems so long ago and such a sad time now.
I loved a man who was all anyone could ask for in their life. He gave to me a brief time of passion and bliss that I will never again experience. A love story not so unlike that of many others with the ending… oh well… I am getting ahead of myself.
He was the one person in the world I had come to trust and I loved …still do with all my heart. I believed in him as I had never believed in another. I knew he would always be there for me.
He was gentle and kind, passionate and tender. He knew how to calm my fears, how to hold me in his arms and take away any pain I was feeling. He was a man with a beauty deep inside him I had never seen nor felt before.
I wanted nothing more in this world then to spend the rest of my life, be that a day, or years with this man. I know he loved me in his own certain way. He was the one that could calm my fears and make me feel as if nothing else mattered. He was a perfect friend and lover, companion and confidante. A connection that went beyond words or physical being, a soul connection that brought two people together and bound them.We talked about so many things our fears and dreams. Each day we spent together was like an unbelievable experience. I had someone who listened, someone who cared… someone who I could trust and hold within my heart.
I sometimes sit back and remember the times that we shared and miss him beyond belief… but… I also remember the happy times and grin.I still don’t understand why we couldn’t be more than what we were; I suppose I never will so I have to just accept things as they are. I believe I am still in his heart even though that may be only wishful believing on my part. Or maybe it’s a need I can’t let go of for I think I would be terribly saddened if I was not.All good things come to an end. I am a changed person now; and I owe that all to him. The night that we last saw one another a part of me died. The pain of letting him go is far beyond that of any I have ever experienced. I never knew you could die over and over and still live to see the sun set. I pray he loves me somewhere deep inside his heart. I would have died for him and have in a way… for he is all I ever wanted or needed in my life.
There was a time in my life that I was happy and felt the love that others speak of. Seems so long ago and such a sad time now.
I loved a man who was all anyone could ask for in their life. He gave to me a brief time of passion and bliss that I will never again experience. A love story not so unlike that of many others with the ending… oh well… I am getting ahead of myself.
He was the one person in the world I had come to trust and I loved …still do with all my heart. I believed in him as I had never believed in another. I knew he would always be there for me.
He was gentle and kind, passionate and tender. He knew how to calm my fears, how to hold me in his arms and take away any pain I was feeling. He was a man with a beauty deep inside him I had never seen nor felt before.
I wanted nothing more in this world then to spend the rest of my life, be that a day, or years with this man. I know he loved me in his own certain way. He was the one that could calm my fears and make me feel as if nothing else mattered. He was a perfect friend and lover, companion and confidante. A connection that went beyond words or physical being, a soul connection that brought two people together and bound them.We talked about so many things our fears and dreams. Each day we spent together was like an unbelievable experience. I had someone who listened, someone who cared… someone who I could trust and hold within my heart.
I sometimes sit back and remember the times that we shared and miss him beyond belief… but… I also remember the happy times and grin.I still don’t understand why we couldn’t be more than what we were; I suppose I never will so I have to just accept things as they are. I believe I am still in his heart even though that may be only wishful believing on my part. Or maybe it’s a need I can’t let go of for I think I would be terribly saddened if I was not.All good things come to an end. I am a changed person now; and I owe that all to him. The night that we last saw one another a part of me died. The pain of letting him go is far beyond that of any I have ever experienced. I never knew you could die over and over and still live to see the sun set. I pray he loves me somewhere deep inside his heart. I would have died for him and have in a way… for he is all I ever wanted or needed in my life.
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