my step sister had a bout with it when she was in the last trimester with my niece..hers was caused by swelling of the maxiofacial(sp )nerve that runs through the face..the doctors can prescribe antibiotics if needed and noninflammatory meds,,

Hi Kathy , I Had bell palsy, around 8 years ago, It came on all the sudden , started noticing my tougue feeling funny, my face was tiggly, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time I guess you would say, I was staying with my mother at the KU Medical Center while she was fighting cancer, So when her Dr came in I asked him, why my face was feeling so funny, He asked me to lift my eye brows, and then said you have bell palsy, come to my office in the morning, A Ear, nose and throat doctor is what he was, they did a series of test, like check to see if the tear duct was working, and stuff like that, Started me on Steriods right away, and by a week or two it was over, and never has returned, I do know it was a very scary feeling, You should not wait to see dr, I think the quicker you treat it the better chances of getting it to go away , I do hope things get better soon, If your eye is not watering, You might want to use saline eye drops to keep it moist, and they suggested I tape my left eye shut at night to sleep, I'm here if you have any questions, best of luck ,,, hugs..S

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your funny jwalsh.."puffy cheecks"..i'm chuckling out of one side of my face since the other side doesn't work...i look like shrek lol

I am less than two weeks with this. Had it when I was 20. Can’t remember it being this bad. It has helped me reading this about the pain loss of taste(loosing weight) and not sleeping. Just don’t feel like doing anything