Bells palsy pain

hello!

id like to first say that i have been diagnosed with bells palsy on 4/28/2018 i am one of the few that has had a severe case i also experienced pain near my ear and jawnever had pain like that in my life Unfortunately it is normal. The pain that you are experiencing is caused by your nerves since thUnfortunately it is normal. The pain that you are experiencing is caused by your nerves since they have been affected causing the Bell’s palsy. your 7th cranial nerve to be exact there is nothing that helped me with that pain once the nerve starts to heal the pain subsides

i am happy to say that after a year of this nightmare, my pain is gone and i have about 85% movement i am still healingmy only advice is to rest and place a heating pad on your face i am here for you for emotional support if you need mealways remember.... this too shall pass xoxoxo

i've had Bells Palsy twice. The first episode I had was only partial paralysis and no pain at all. The second was complete paralysis and the pain was awful. I would say the nerve pain varies based on the severity of the paralysis. The pain was mostly in my jaw, by my ear, and my cheek. Felt like I got punched in the face.

Make sure you take the steroids and antivirals. I also took gabapentin which is for nerve pain but it didn't do anything for me. Acupuncture and warm compresses helped though. I also increased my vitamin intake. They believe there is a link between vitamin deficiencies and neurological disorders. I increased vitamin B and D as well as niacin.

The pain you are experiencing is a part of this nasty disease. It affects people differently. Hopefully it won't last too long for you. Keep your eye covered at night and fight through this.

I didn't have pain but it took 9 months to recover although I still have swelling around the eye. I'm replying so that I can tell you what really helped me. You should exercise the face muscles every day. I saw a video on u tube that I emulated. Go to a chiropractor who will give you many exercises to do. I wish someone had told me this.

Hello I have had it for three months and two weeks now. Yes within first few weeks I had severe pain around my ear and down the neck, for which I was advised to take ibuprofen. It went away for a while and no longer pained me. My face looked more even around week five, though I still have trouble fully closing my eye, some words still sound like I have bad pronunciation, chewing is still very much a one sided effort and I feel the weight one my right side jaw area. However at this time now 3mths 2wks in, though the bells is not so visual now. I still feel the odd pain sensation around the bones on my cheek from the ear down to the chinny chin chin.. It can be intense and stop me in my tracks, a severe deep aching feeling and slightly bruised to touch. To help at this time the doc has prescribed me Amitriptyline to use once at night when I feel the ache coming on.

Just to note I had Bells when I was kid, either 9 or 10 yrs old, my and I mother cannot remember exactly, we do remember it only last just over two weeks then. I did not have it a severe as this time. Trouble eating, hearing dulled, keeping food/liquids in, taste buds severely affected, chewing difficult, watery eye (morning) or stiff dry eye (late noon, end of day). I will be having an MRI, by the time of my appt, four months in to check for deep tissue nerve damage. Fingers crossed all is ok, as this does feel really weird at times, though I do feel that something deeper is going on at this time.

I would be interested to hear how your MRI turns out. Did they see anything out of the ordinary?