During the National Day, 11-year-old girl Jiajia (pseudonym) followed her family to the amusement park to play and experienced roller coasters and other amusement projects. After returning home in the evening, Jiajia's mouth was crooked, her eyes couldn't close, and she drooled involuntarily, and then went to the hospital for treatment, and was diagnosed with right peripheral facial nerve palsy, which is commonly known as "facial paralysis". As soon as the incident came out, the related topic #Girl was blown into facial paralysis by the wind on a roller coaster# immediately caused heated discussions on social platforms.
Question: Why does the blowing become "facial paralysis"? How can it be prevented?
AI answers:
Facial paralysis, also known as "facial nerve palsy" or "facial neuritis", is a disease in which facial muscles are paralyzed due to damage to the facial nerve. When the facial nerve loses function due to various reasons, there are manifestations such as the inability of the facial expression muscles to contract, the disappearance of frontal lines (forehead lines), the drooping eyelids but the inability to close the eyes, the disappearance or shallowness of the nasolabial folds, and the downward movement of the corners of the mouth.
Blowing wind is not the root cause of facial paralysis, but blowing on the face for a long time is one of the more common causes of facial paralysis. Some patients develop the disease when they are blown by local wind or catch a cold, which may be related to the spasm of the blood vessels of the local vegetative nerve due to cold, resulting in ischemia, edema, and compression of the distribution area of the facial nerve.
According to the different parts of facial nerve injury, facial paralysis can be divided into central facial paralysis and peripheral facial paralysis, and facial paralysis induced by blowing wind on the face for a long time belongs to peripheral facial paralysis.
To prevent facial paralysis in daily life, the following points should be noted:
1. Avoid air conditioners and fans blowing directly on the face; In summer, air conditioning is 26°C is the most suitable, and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should not be too large; Do not blow the air conditioner immediately after sweating, drunk, or after washing your hair; Prevent colds.
2. Have a regular work and rest, avoid staying up late, and maintain adequate sleep.
3. Combine work and rest, avoid all kinds of mental stimulation and excessive fatigue, and reduce psychological pressure.
4. Eat more fruits and vegetables, drink more water, and avoid irritating foods such as cold, greasy, and spicy.
5. Strengthen exercise (change dry clothes in time after exercise) to increase resistance.
Facial paralysis has a certain degree of self-healing, but for most patients, timely and systematic treatment is very necessary. Especially for patients with severe illness, if they do not receive timely and correct treatment in the early stage of illness, there is a possibility of complications and sequelae. If you find that you have facial paralysis symptoms, you must seek medical attention in time and treat it as soon as possible.
Editor: Wu Yifan, Ren Shiyin, Intern: Zhao Ling
Coordinator: Yan Haiyan, Hu Rui
Second instance Liu Juan
Third trial Min Jie