Canadian pop star Justin Bieber brought tears to his eyes when he announced that his face is partially paralyzed by a viral disease called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, caused by the same virus, chickenpox, which causes chickenpox. and tiles.
The virus that attacked the singer is a rare neurological disorder that occurs when the chickenpox virus infects a nerve in the head near the inner ear.
Ramsay Hunt syndrome can also cause hearing loss next to the affected face. Like Bieber, it can also cause weakness, facial fall, or paralysis on the side of the face that has been attacked by the virus.
This weakness can cause difficulty in closing one eye, making facial expressions, and eating, as the food may fall on the side of the mouth.
After having chickenpox as a child or shingles as an adult, the virus can remain dormant in the body. It is unknown why the virus reactivates and causes symptoms of Ramsay Hunt.
The virus can include a painful rash inside the ear canal and outside the ear, sometimes attacking the tongue and roof of the mouth, according to Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine. Due to the damage to the inner ear, people with this condition may also experience dizziness (feeling dizzy or things revolving around them), or tinnitus, a ringing in the ear.
Treatment, according to the CNN report, consists of steroids such as prednisone to reduce inflammation and pain medications. Antiviral medications that help with the herpes family, such as acyclovir or valaciclovir, can sometimes be prescribed. Total recovery is not secure. Some recover in a few months, though. The sooner it is captured, the more chances of recovery.
Hailey Bieber’s husband told fans on Friday in a YouTube video that the virus had attacked “my ear nerve, my facial nerves and made my face paralyze. You can see that this eye is not blinking. I can’t smile on that side of my face. This nostril won’t move. “
Justin Bieber assured fans that he would “improve” and that he was doing “facial exercises to get my face back to normal.”