Re: Bells Palsy


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Posted by DS on February 25, 2004 at 01:02:16:

In Reply to: Bells Palsy posted by Joe S. No. 2 on February 25, 2004 at 00:04:59:

Go to a doctor immediately!

If you take steroids within the first day or two, you can reduce damage to the 7th cranial nerve.

Contact Mike Huff, trumpet teacher at Mississippi State University (do a google search for his address or contact me through email). Mike just went through it and is having a fairly speedy recovery. He was lucky enough to receive treatment early.

Electric stimulation of the mucscles has kept his face in shape. It took a couple months before he could make a decent embouchure. After his sound started coming back, he still had problems with leaks, but this is on Trumpet. Tuba may be easier as the air is under lower pressure.

You should be able to make a full recovery.

Good luck, and go to a doctor fast!


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