What is hemifacial spasm

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Friend got the disease of facial spasm, can have the circumstance of facial muscle convulsion, so, what is facial spasm? Let's talk about it.

What is hemifacial spasm

Hemifacial spasm (HFS), also known as facial twitch, is characterized by involuntary twitch of one side of the face. Convulsions were paroxysmal and irregular, varying degrees, can be aggravated by fatigue, mental tension and autonomous movement. The onset of the disease starts from orbicularis oculi muscle, and then involves the whole face. The disease mostly occurs after middle age, common in women. The condition will vary from person to person, some conditions will be particularly serious, unable to speak, after the disease is mainly timely inspection and treatment, do not delay the situation.

As the initial symptom of hemifacial spasm is palpebral beat, folk also known as "left eye jump money, right eye jump disaster", so it generally won't cause people's attention, after a period of time developed into hemifacial spasm, even to the corner of the mouth, serious joint neck. There are two kinds of hemifacial spasm, one is primary hemifacial spasm, the other is secondary hemifacial spasm. The two types can be distinguished by symptoms. The primary type of facial spasm can also occur in a static state. The spasm is relieved after a few minutes and is not controlled. The facial spasm caused by the sequelae of facial paralysis is only produced by blinking and raising eyebrows.

Primary hemifacial spasm mostly occurs after middle age, and more women. At the beginning of the course of the disease, most of them were paroxysmal involuntary twitch of one orbicularis oculi muscle, which gradually extended to other facial muscles on one side of the face. The twitch of the corner of the mouth muscle was most easily noticed. In severe cases, the ipsilateral platysma muscle could be involved, but the frontal muscle was less involved. The degree of convulsion varies, which is paroxysmal, rapid and irregular. At the beginning, the convulsions were mild and lasted for only a few seconds. Later, they gradually lasted for a few minutes or longer, while the interval time was gradually shortened and the convulsions became more frequent.

matters needing attention

After getting the disease of hemifacial spasm, it is important to treat it in time. At ordinary times, we should also pay attention to conditioning, and the patients should also adjust their mood. At the same time, we can also treat it by massage or acupuncture.