Facial paralysis can be roughly divided into two categories: one is central facial paralysis; One is peripheral facial neuritis, also known as Bell paralysis. For young people, the facial paralysis is basically Bell paralysis (of course, there are a few other reasons, which need to be diagnosed by doctors).

Bell's paralysis is a serious symptom (uncontrolled facial muscles, crooked mouth, unable to close eyelids, unable to frown, etc.), which will cause great psychological stress to patients. But in fact, this disease is quite common (the incidence rate is about one in ten thousand), and it is a self-limiting disease (that is, the disease can stop automatically after it develops to a certain extent, and gradually recover, and it does not need special treatment, but only needs symptomatic treatment or no treatment, and it can be cured by autoimmunity), and its prognosis is very good. According to the data of clinical research, even without any treatment, 85% of Bell palsy patients began to recover after 3 weeks, and the remaining 15% began to recover after 3 ~ 6 months. 71% patients will recover completely and 12% will recover partially. Almost all patients with incomplete paralysis recovered completely after one month.

then I want to talk about my personal experience. I also had Bell palsy, and I didn't pay attention to it at the beginning, and I didn't see a doctor until a week after the onset. Then he was hospitalized and treated with hormone (prednisone) and corresponding drugs for nourishing nerves (vitamin B1 and vitamin B12). Within two weeks after the onset, facial muscles were basically out of control, as if they did not belong to themselves, but after two weeks, they felt that they began to improve gradually; Three weeks after the onset, facial muscles basically recovered (self-feeling recovered by 9%, eyes closed, nose shrugged and frown were basically fine, but the strength was not as strong as usual, and the upper lip was a little crooked when she pursed her lips hard), and then she was discharged from the hospital, and only a little vitamin B1 was prescribed orally. After another week, that is, about a month after the onset, my self-feeling has recovered more than 95%, and my facial muscles are basically under control.

Finally, summarize how to face this disease. First of all, the most important thing is not to be nervous, because the data from clinical research and my own personal experience show that this disease is not to be afraid at all, it is not a serious problem, and relaxing is conducive to recovery; Secondly, it is necessary to treat it actively. Although it is a self-healing disease, taking hormone therapy in the early stage has a positive effect on relieving facial nerve edema and improving facial muscle function. Then we must not be impatient, because the course of the disease is relatively long, generally speaking, it takes two to three weeks to recover. Some people find that the disease has not improved after ten days of onset, and they think that it is incurable. They start to worry about it at random, and they resort to various folk remedies to treat it, which disrupts the original medical plan and is not conducive to the recovery of the disease. One more thing to point out is that acupuncture is not necessary, and there is a risk of damaging facial nerves by sticking needles in the face, so we must be cautious.