Bell's Palsy

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In January, 2000 while visiting our daughter and family in Germany, I woke up with the left side of my face paralyzed. Frightened of what was happening we went to a German Emergency Room. I was treated immediately, ct scanned then told by a neurologist to see a plastic surgeon the next day. I did and he prescribed 250 mg of steroid by iv to start, I received iv steroid for 5 days, then gradually was weaned off them. I have only one reminder - a paralyzed nerve in the floor of my mouth which I d...Read the full article