Bell's Palsy

[Guest guest]

Here’s a good article I have about Bell’s

Palsy.

Carol

Bell’s Palsy and Natural Healing

Bell's palsy is the paralysis of muscles on one side of the

face as a result of impaired facial nerve conduction. This can happen from

nerve or nerve root irritation or injury. The good news is that most people

affected by Bell's palsy improve and completely recover. The likelihood of

complete recovery depends upon the extent of nerve damage.

Causes of Bell’s

Palsy:

What triggers the nerve impairment is not known, but the condition is presumed

to involve swelling of the nerve due to injury/trauma, extended exposure to

cold, a virus, an immune condition, a deficiency of blood (due to functional

constriction or actual obstruction of a blood vessel), or pressure on the

facial nerve as it goes through the narrow confines of the temporal bone.

Bell's palsy is also called truck driver's syndrome, since it can occur after

driving with the car window down, allowing the wind to continually hit one side

of the face.

Symptoms:

Pain behind the ear on one side of the face often appears first. Facial

weakness soon develops, which can lead to sudden paralysis on one side of the

face. That side of the face with the paralysis can become flat and

expressionless, and the other side may appear a little distorted. Often the

patient cannot close the eye on the affected side of the face. Because of

paralysis, chewing may become difficult on the affected side of the face.

Taste, salivation, and tear formation may also be affected.

Natural supplements that may help:

1) Systemic enzyme therapy (enzymes used on empty

stomach) is used to reduce the facial pain, swelling, and inflammation and to

stimulate the immune system. Enzymes improve circulation, help speed tissue

repair, bring nutrients to the damaged area, remove waste products, and enhance

wellness in general.

Digestive enzyme therapy is used to improve the digestion of food, reduce

stress on the gastrointestinal mucosa, help maintain normal pH levels, detoxify

the body (which decreases the drain on our body's enzymes), and promote the

growth of healthy intestinal flora, thereby strengthening the body's immune

system.

2) The use of probiotics and

wild crafted blue green algae may maximize enzyme activity. They can also

improve the absorption and bioavailability of various nutrients and decrease

the drain on the body's own digestive enzymes.

3) Metabolic enzymes from wheat sprouts can supply the

body with superoxide dismutase,

catalase and glutathione peroxidase.

These metabolic enzymes help fight inflammation and are considered potent

antioxidants that can reduce free radical damage.

The above information came from this

following book:

Cichoke, J. (1999).

The Complete Book of Enzymes Therapy. Garden City Park, NY:

Avery Publishing Group. pgs. 134-135.

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[Guest guest]

the nerve damage causes numbing,tingleing and pain. the nerves around the lips

are the most sensitive nerves in the body, I can usually tell when I've been

exposed to a toxin no matter what other effects it's causes as usually my lips

start tingleing and numbing immeditly.

some times this goes much further.

some toxin exposures can bring back numbing,tingleing and the pain involved

,not only in my face but my whole body, and for several days to even a week+, I

cant stand to even be touched because it hurts and I just acke all over.

some can even bring back twitching,the muscle spasms,jerking of the lower

extremes and other effects and think goodness I dont have to go through that

very often, not fun. just exactly what I suffered through during my WDB

exposures with the CNS and PNS damage. probaly why I had a hard them walking or

wobbleing for quite a while.

webbles wobble but they dont fall down, but sometimes I fell because my feet

were not working like normal, neither was much of anything else.

what can you do about it? practice advoidance and hope that you dont have to get

around anything that causes these effects to come back.

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> Does anyone have any idea if mold poisoning is related to Bell's Palsy

(idiopathic facial paralysis)?

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> I've had feelings of my arms or lips/tongue being paralyzed myself, so I

wonder if that problem could be mold-related as well.

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> If so, what might one consider doing about it?

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> Thanks,

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