olly
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- Joined
- Jan 10, 2008
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- 2,743
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2007
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- uk
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- uk
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- uk
after a long absense the dreaded facial spasms have started to return the past few weeks.
always the right side from cheek down,hense hemifacial.
thankfully they are not as severe as they get were they pull my mouth to one side.
so,i think i am going to have to bite the bullet and get checked out,maybe more tests and get the swallowing issues sorted at the same time.
i hate all the hospital/test stuff but i dont want to endure the torture of the spasms if they do get severe again........been taking extra baclofen to try and fend them off.
i can definatly feel a constant tightness in the lower facial muscles on my right side,every so ofton a twitching spasm.
i dont think other pls'ers have mentioned if they get these,maybe many are not at the bulbar stage yet.
i was trying to find a connection between the spasms and pls/umn's ...........i did find it plus some other intresting stuff ......video.
i read alot on hemifacial spasms in the past and articles kept saying it starts with the eyes,never had twitching/spasm problems around the eye area.
in the below info/video i found out that the umn's only directly effect the face from the cheek down..........a umn lesion would only effect the cheek down..........would you believe it.
video1.......gives a simple easy to understand explanation of the umn pathway.
video 2........this explain umn lesions as well as lmn lesions involving the facial muscles.....and i think may explain the hemifacial spasms i have.
http://wn.com/upper_motor_neurones
always the right side from cheek down,hense hemifacial.
thankfully they are not as severe as they get were they pull my mouth to one side.
so,i think i am going to have to bite the bullet and get checked out,maybe more tests and get the swallowing issues sorted at the same time.
i hate all the hospital/test stuff but i dont want to endure the torture of the spasms if they do get severe again........been taking extra baclofen to try and fend them off.
i can definatly feel a constant tightness in the lower facial muscles on my right side,every so ofton a twitching spasm.
i dont think other pls'ers have mentioned if they get these,maybe many are not at the bulbar stage yet.
i was trying to find a connection between the spasms and pls/umn's ...........i did find it plus some other intresting stuff ......video.
i read alot on hemifacial spasms in the past and articles kept saying it starts with the eyes,never had twitching/spasm problems around the eye area.
in the below info/video i found out that the umn's only directly effect the face from the cheek down..........a umn lesion would only effect the cheek down..........would you believe it.
video1.......gives a simple easy to understand explanation of the umn pathway.
video 2........this explain umn lesions as well as lmn lesions involving the facial muscles.....and i think may explain the hemifacial spasms i have.
http://wn.com/upper_motor_neurones