What should be checked for hemifacial spasm

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Facial spasm, often manifested as facial muscles out of control, may appear convulsions, stiff expression and other phenomena, many times facial spasm is caused by some bad habits in life, in order to reasonable treatment of facial spasm, let's talk about what should be checked for facial spasm.

What should be checked for hemifacial spasm

First: hemifacial spasm, also known as facial twitch, is manifested as 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.

Second: the disease occurs after middle age, common in women. As the cause of hemifacial spasm is that the root of facial nerve is compressed by abnormal blood vessels, and the anatomical structure and function of facial nerve and blood vessels are normal, there is no other abnormal findings in physical examination except for the involuntary twitch of one side of facial muscle array.

Third: in the aspect of special examination, abnormal blood vessels could be seen at the root of the facial nerve in some patients with head CT or MRI scanning, and no abnormality was found in others. Facial spasm belongs to facial nerve dysfunction, and surgical treatment is the most appropriate treatment. Therefore, it should be classified as functional neurosurgery or neurosurgery, and neurosurgery or functional neurosurgery should be registered.

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Another reason why patients feel that facial spasm can be controlled is because they are afraid of the presence of other factors.