How to treat facial paralysis

Update Date: 2023-01-04 Source: Network

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Facial paralysis is not uncommon in our daily life. Some people call it askew mouth disease. In fact, it is a kind of discrimination against facial paralysis patients. In our life, we should give more care and encouragement to facial paralysis patients instead of ridiculing or discriminating against them. In fact, now the treatment of facial paralysis has a great development, as long as active treatment, facial paralysis is likely to be cured. And facial paralysis itself has a certain degree of self-healing, so after the disease should not abandon themselves, should actively face the disease to be treated.

How to treat facial paralysis

First: the treatment of facial paralysis can choose acupuncture, this treatment is very particular about the technique, so the treatment must choose a regular hospital operation. Acupuncture treatment of facial paralysis mainly uses the theory of dispelling wind and dredging collaterals. There are many acupoints for treatment, such as Fengchi, Yingxiang, Taichong, etc.

Second: in addition to acupuncture, surgery is more common in the treatment of facial paralysis. Surgical treatment can be divided into static and dynamic. The so-called static treatment is the use of fascia lata for facial transplantation, this treatment can make the patient's facial expression become symmetrical, but the activity function of the affected side can not be fully restored.

Third: the dynamic surgical treatment of facial paralysis needs to be done in two stages. In the first stage, the transplanted nerve will grow slowly after 6 months to about a year. The second stage is the muscle transplantation with blood vessels and nerves, and the facial expression can be basically recovered 3 months to about a year after the end of the second stage.

matters needing attention

Patients with facial paralysis should pay attention to that if the disease is diagnosed as caused by virus infection, antiviral drugs should be used as soon as possible, and hormone therapy can also be considered. Do not delay the best period of treatment because the initial symptoms are not serious.