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bells palsy, right side of face | From hughette [Log on to view profile]  | on 2005-03-02 |
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Two weeks ago I woke up with bells palsy.
1. symptoms, extreme fatigue, feeling of dread, right side "mumps" like feeling in right jaw and right ear, cannot close right eye, cannot smile on right side, cannot wrinkle nose on right side.
2. Two days before I got a chill while working outside in a cold wind. I was also rcovering from a cold, with cough symptoms which never went away for 6 weeks. Since getting the bells palsy and having acupuncture and nutritional supplements the cough is gone.
3. The parlysis has remained unchanged for 2 weeks but the nerve pain in the ear, around the ear, and darting sometimes to all my teeth on the right side and jaw is worse at night. As a matter of fact it is fine during the day. The pain is lessesning overall. at first I couldn't sleep at night, now i can, not much pain. The exception is if i go to visit a friend, within a half hour or less I feel exhausted from talk and my right eye starts to hurt and blur, no amount of false tears helps, and my speech slurs from the exertion of trying to speak. Want to sleep and be quiet.
4. it feels better in the morning or when I have energy, which I do sometimes, then crash again. it feels good when I sleep deeply with relaxation and quiet.
5.Sensitive to discord between people or any unkindness which I am overly sensitive to. Sensitive to wind and cold.
6. state of mind: fear of taxes, fear of paperwork, by fear I mean overwhelmed and panicky. I try to do a little at a time and be calm, cool, but it exhausts me and I want to avoid til I feel strong again. Then i feel i can do it. (even though I still don't like it) Guilt at being sick.
7. desires food must be light. get full easily. anything rich is too much. desire to be in warmth.
8.past diseases sciatica, still neck and back, iritis, car accident. Not much really, usually pretty strong.
9.don't take medicine but am allergic to penicillin.
10.took a year long course in homeopathy but don't remember much.
I was thinking of trying causticum or phosphorus, a friend said belladonna.
Thanks anyone, for your input. |
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| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From kuldeep [Log on to view profile] | on 2005-03-02 |
Take Causticum 200 two time a day. | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From ruth45 [Log on to view profile] | on 2005-03-02 |
My mother had bells palsy a few years ago and Causticum cured it. Best of luck. | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From hughette [Log on to view profile] | on 2005-03-02 |
Thankyou Ruth and Kuldeep for both suggesting causticum. All 3 of the health food stores near me did NOT have it but I'll take it as soon as I can.
Thanks
Hughette | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From hughette [Log on to view profile] | on 2005-03-04 |
Just thought I would report that I started with causticum 200 12 hours ago, will stick to 2 doses per day. How long should I continue if there is no change of symptoms? Perhaps I am over anxious for a sign of some kind. Thankyou Kuldeep and Ruth-45 for your response before.
Perhaps this is a change, or maybe coincidence, but my jaw feels slightly looser and like it wants to click but can't quite.
Thanks again.
Hughette | This thread continues beneath the following ad.
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| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From Yemanya [Log on to view profile] | on 2007-04-27 |
I am doing a presentation on snake remedies and some of the symptoms of some snakes remedies sound so similar to symptoms of bells palsy.
I had bells palsy as a child and it has left but just so i can include it in my presentation, could snake remedies such as Bothrops be used in Bells Palsy cases? Just a thought.
Thanks! | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From liborhurt [Log on to view profile] | on 2007-04-30 |
Am 18 yrs old, and i have had Bells palsy twice (how lucky).
If i was you, i would go to the doctor straight away, because these can drag on for ages. Get a blood test, and see if it is viral or bacterial, and get antivirals/antibiotics plus immuno-boosting-steroids. If you leave it for too long, the nerve may become severed, which takes a very long time to heal.
Good luck | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From Yemanya [Log on to view profile] | on 2007-05-02 |
Libohurt,
I wasnt sure what to make of your reply...
I dont know if you are aware of the detrimental effects of Steroids and Antibiotics.... but i seriously think you should look elsewhere for treatement! Just my opinion. | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From liborhurt [Log on to view profile] | on 2007-05-28 |
I know that antibiotics have a bad effect on the flora of the body, what am trying to say is that Bells palsy, if not treated well will develop into a more serious condition, where the neurones of the nerves may get permanently severed or damaged, so you'll be left with a permanent partial paralysis. I know that antibiotics kill alot of the commensals in the body, but these can regenerate. Besides, over time, with good lifestyle you can counter the detrimental effects. Afterall, antibiotics are produced by miroorganisms so they are natural, and their effect anihilate over time | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From Astra2012 [Log on to view profile] | on 2007-06-01 |
Libohurt: antibiotics can only kill susceptible bacteria, and I don't think Bell's p. is caused by bacteria at all (any liink to credible information?). Some drs prescribe antibiotics just to do something but it is not a cure! | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From Yemanya [Log on to view profile] | on 2007-06-02 |
Libohurt, i have also suffered from bells palsy and i came out of it without the use of steroids OR antibiotics.
Antibiotics i have never heard of being natural... i know that tea tree oil is a natural antibiotic but something tells me western medicine would not use this in their "therapy".
And also Bells Palsy is a condition that effects the 7th Cranial Nerve. Bacterial infections CAN CAUSE Bells Palsy, but I really have never heard of Bells Palsy actually BEING bacterial.
If the cause of the condition is treated (not the symptoms which is the case with antibiotics and steroids) then the condition will be cured. Even stress can bring Bells Palsy on, somehow i dont think steroids or antibiotics can take away a persons stressful lifestyle.
Also, steroids and antibiotics are not only bad for the body and its own natural healing mechanisms, but they also have harmful residue and side effects. How can something so amazingly self healing such as the human body be helped with the use of such detrimental "treatment"???
On my original post, my presentation has already been and gone, if anyone would like to see it, please post! | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From liborhurt [Log on to view profile] | on 2008-01-15 |
Well... on some of the matters you are putting words in my mouth. You said you have never heard of a person having bells palsy because of a bacterial infection, well guess what...now you have =D, i have!! Think about it, it starts as a ear infection, and then as the bacteria replicate, they constrict the nerve, also they get into the blood system, depositing more around your body.
Antibiotics, ARE natural, perhaps you should go and research how they are made, they are a natural bacterial/fungal way of elimintating competition. The bacteria or fungi are grown in large vessels and then the antibiotic is extracted. You say that antibiotics have bad effects on the body, as it leaves all kinds of chemicals behhind, i wont argue this. Its the same with everything, if you have something herbal, although good, there are some bad chemicals in there, and ions which alter the natural system of the body. Even something as simple as a tea bag, has lots of residue, which is why you have your liver and kidneys ^^.
Some people havce stated that their bells palsy went without the use of antibiotics, this is simply your immune system dealing with it. However if the system is under stress, its immune capacity is greatly reduced (look up homestasis), and therefore it wont be able to deal with the bacteria/virions as effectively allowing them to replicate.
Antiobiotics affect all of the bacteria in your body, some are however immune, or gain immunity (which can happen if you dont finish your antibiotic course).
This includes the bacteria in your gut, which help you fight against the harmful ones, (you have a sort of symbiotic relationship).
Ever since antibiotics have been introduced into medicine, mortality has reduced and the average life span has increased, the body sometimes needs help. Although i have to say that you have to be carefull with overusing antiobiotics. Use them only for worse cases. As the bacteria could develop immunity. An extreme case of this is MRSA, even though this only affects open wounds, a large array of antiobiotics wont work on it. | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From Astra2012 [Log on to view profile] | on 2008-01-15 |
Yemanya: I would love to see your presentation! And I'm sure more people here are more than interested! Could you post it somehow?
libohurt - bacteria got resistant to primary antibiotics produced by fungi - now medicine uses synthetic derivatives. | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From Yemanya [Log on to view profile] | on 2008-01-16 |
LOL, Astra you beat me to it hehe i was about to say that about antibiotics... maybe in some antibiotics some of the constituents are FROM natural sources, but they are not natural themselves.
As for your bacterial infection. You are right, now i have heard of someone getting bells pausy from bacterial infection... though i never doubted you, i simply have never heard of it before, and seeing as i still have no proof and dont know you from a bar of soap i have every right to still question your story, but that is my opinion.
As for my presentation, i am not sure how i could post it up... I will have to have a look around and see if i can some how Astra, thanks so much for the interest!!
Blessedbe
Yemanya | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From Astra2012 [Log on to view profile] | on 2008-01-16 |
Thanks for saying that I'm right (my ego grows huge here) but it wasn't I who said it (or posted any story) - in fact I also have never heard about bell's being caused by bacterial infection and frankly I find it hard to believe.
Anyway - I might change my mind after seeing some credible proof- I don't think so. (but if anyone wants his yeast to grow better he might use antibiotics to kill bacteria in GI tract).
Hmm... since I'm not the one who was right I hope you still want to post your presentation somehow. | | |
| Re: bells palsy, right side of face | From Anita1 [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-07-14 |
While a person may have a bacteria in his body - antibiotics will not get rid of Bell's Palsy.
Causticum is the usual remedy for helping your body get rid of Bell's.
Causticum 200C twice a day - taken until you get rid of it - will help heal you faster. | This thread continues beneath the following ad.
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