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Diagnosed With Bells Palsy With Symptoms Of Blinking Of Eyes And Dry Eyes With History Of Paintball Hit In The Eye. Is This Serious?
My son was just diagnosed with Bells Palsy, he is 32 years old. He says he blinks his eye a lot and puts eye drops in it so it does not dry out, and it will clear up by itself. Several years ago he had a paintball hit his eye and was treated by a specialist. He almost lose his vision but luckily did not. I'm just wondering if he should contact the specialist and let him know what he was diagnosed with or am I worrying too much. Also a friend told him he should do mouth exercises for the Bells Palsy, is that necessary? Thanks
Thu, 9 Jan 2014
hi
with bellspalsy problem is that the nerve supplying face muscles becomes impotent for a while and those muscles are paralysed. this paralysis causes symptoms like inability to close eyelids fully, deviation of mouth, loss of wrinkles on one side etc. for eyes, drops are good and blinking helps. i would recommend taping the lids with a plaster tape every night before going to sleep, as putting drops during sleep hours is next to impossible. there is no relation to old injury and bells palsy now as bells palsy affects only eyelids. exercises wont help much. i would advice it to be left alone and he will be recovering or totally recovered in 8 months.
with bellspalsy problem is that the nerve supplying face muscles becomes impotent for a while and those muscles are paralysed. this paralysis causes symptoms like inability to close eyelids fully, deviation of mouth, loss of wrinkles on one side etc. for eyes, drops are good and blinking helps. i would recommend taping the lids with a plaster tape every night before going to sleep, as putting drops during sleep hours is next to impossible. there is no relation to old injury and bells palsy now as bells palsy affects only eyelids. exercises wont help much. i would advice it to be left alone and he will be recovering or totally recovered in 8 months.
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