One of my son's friends had it pop up suddenly at 25. It took a few months, but he is back to normal, like it never happened.

I had it about 10 years ago. Really sucked! My Dr said you need to treat it with steroids within the first few days or so or it might not completely go away. You might want to double check on that for yourself. Maybe get a second opinion? Unless any Pinside physicians can weigh in?
In any case, after a week of steroids, it pretty much went away. Looked for all the world like I had a stroke. It was a very unhappy time in my life! I can appreciate the difficulties stroke victims have much more after that experience!

Sounds like you're good to go!

She did a good job. Hopefully did the usual
checking of the heart, blood flow to carotid arteries etc.

Imagine it was unnerving, but as long as you are having no other symptoms, many recover fine with PT.

Not to be a downer, but a really good friend of mine from college got it 4 years ago and it never went away. I would for sure get second opinions and make sure you do everything possible early on to help it go away.

Many times its the result of a nova cane shot at the Dentist.

I got it back in the 90s. Scared the shit out of me the night I noticed I couldn’t move the left side of my face. Got to doc the next day waiting to hear the worse. Doctor diagnosed me with the “truckers disease”. First thought was dr.dude wtfare you talking about. He asked if I did anything out of the ordinary in the past few weeks. Told him I was riding roller coasters all last week..... and that’s all he needed to know. Remember him telling me the palsy can come on when the nerve endings in your skin gets over exposed to wind. Hence the trucker disease. They would get it a lot from driving windows down with the wind hitting there face. Strange Dr. visit but he was right. Went away on its own. Funny part was trying to explain what was wrong to my buddies... I sounded nuts and almost kinda agreed with them. No one heard of Bell’s palsy at the time...

Same week I got it Kramer got it on that weeks new Seinfeld episode ....I couldn’t have picked a better time to have “the cool new palsy” that Kramer got : )

Surprised I found the end of the episode clip. Couldn’t find where he tells Jerry and the gang what he has

I had it about 12 yrs ago! When I went to the doctor he said there's nothing he could do and just hope it goes away. It was the worst (eye wouldn't shut had to tape it with patch) and lasted a few months, was on my left side. I still have a side effect from it to this day where my left eye tears so people think i'm crying.

Good luck, hope it goes away.

My buddy has had it for ten months now, caused by undiagnosed Lyme disease. His eye and lower jaw are still screwed up, can't eat right or drink well from a glass. His taste returned, but still has bad tinnitus, and "voice to text" doesn't bode well for him. It's no joke for sure.

https://www.trucknews.com/features/understanding-bell-s-palsy/

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please don’t take that clip in bad taste. That’s not my intent at all. Just googled this link and seems like that doctor did know what he was talking about. I’m sure u will be fine. Mine went away in a few weeks with no medication. Sure yours will too. Good luck.

Shingles, chicken Pox, inflamed nerve endings. Not surprised. I had a boat trailer winch handle unwind quickly and hit me, knocking me to my knees after striking me below the eye. Now one side of my face is much different from the other. I can compensate for photos but sometimes it never goes away.

I had a coworker get hit with it about 9 months ago. It was a tick/Lyme disease that caused it as well. The testing often comes back negative for Lyme's because the bacteria in your blood often doesn't show up until later.

My dad had it at the age of 36 (he was a truck driver). He recovered somewhat, but he always looked different when observed in the mirror and photos. It didn’t really bother him. Oh yeah, he also had shingles.

It's also a somewhat common side effect to Lyme disease, so be aware of that. My wife had Bells in 2017 and was tested and positively identified as having lyme; fine now with antibiotics treated promptly.

Yeah, it should go away with time. Bell's palsy is inflammation of the 7th cranial nerve or facial nerve that controls the muscles of the face. Mostly it is thought to be caused by a viral infection that causes the nerve to be inflamed but sometimes we don't know why it happens.

Bottom line is it will go away in the vast majority of cases but sometimes can take a while.

I had it when I first got diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I hope you have a MRI planned. As there is something going on in your brain.

I don't want to alarm you, but it's not normal. As it could be many other worse things.
And better safe than sorry.

Funny you should mention that. Mine started the same night (or the next day I can't remember) after I was at my dentist for a root canal. My Dentist played dumb when I called him, but my regular Dr said it can be caused by dental work, stress, or many other things, but that the earlier it is treated, the better the chances for it completely going away.

A good friend called me years ago on a Saturday morning claiming half of his face was still "asleep". I figured he might have had a stroke of some kind. He wasn't really concerned too much about it. His father is a doctor and we found out it was Bells Palsy. He eventually was fine. Scary for a little while.

That's it!!! Totally sucks! Fortunately, you should see some improvement after a few days on the steroids.

An MRI is not needed for a routine case of Bell’s palsy. The issue is with the facial nerve, not the brain.

Bell’s palsy is a diagnosis of exclusion. Other etiologies if a seventh cranial nerve palsy should be ruled out first.

Got it about 17 years ago. I had a very hard time sleeping, due to steroids, and eye wouldn't close. Had to put vasoline on my eye at night. Lasted a couple weeks. My daughters thought it was very funny, my smiles, talking and everything was out of wack. you'll be better soon.

My wife got it when she got Lyme disease

Yeah! It was so hard to eat and drink, I lost some weight. The worst part was the ppl around me thought it was funny watching me trying to eat n drink! I relate it to trying to throw a ball while your arm is asleep, not a good result. Unless someone gets this they have no fn clue. Hope you have a speedy recovery w/ no side-effects.

See there is an upside to everything. Just keep smiling inside and you will be fine.

Yup. Had it many years ago due to Lyme disease. Doctor prescribed a steroid for it, and it took quite some time to overcome. To this day, I feel like it's maybe just 95% normal.
I've heard of people getting it from anything from driving with the window open, to chewing ice cubes.