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Is there any good method to treat facial paralysis?

Treatment of facial paralysis:

1, drug therapy

Generally, drugs such as nutrient nerve (B vitamins) are used to improve local blood circulation, reduce facial nerve edema and promote functional recovery.

2, Chinese medicine treatment

Try not to give patients electroacupuncture, excessive electric massage, over-frequency stimulation and other treatments. At the same time, acupuncture treatment can be combined with traditional Chinese medicine fumigation and nerve nourishing drugs, which is helpful to nerve recovery.

3. Botulinum toxin type A injection

When the sequela of facial paralysis manifests as hemifacial spasm, botulinum toxin A can be injected at the spasm site, and the injection should be carried out under the guidance of electromyography as far as possible. Most patients can achieve satisfactory results, but some patients will relapse after 3 ~ 6 months of injection of botulinum toxin A, and the second injection is still effective.

4. Surgical therapy

Plastic surgery can be used for patients with sequelae of facial paralysis who are ineffective in conservative treatment. At present, the latest application method at home and abroad is small muscle free transplantation, which has the advantages of no facial bloated deformity and secondary obstacle of donor site, less injury, less pain for patients, short course of disease, short-term static effect and long-term dynamic effect.

5, massage therapy

Twist four white dots.

This point is located in the depression of suborbital foramen, with the pupil straight down. Twist sibai point with your index finger, and gradually apply pressure while twisting, 1~2 minutes.

Wheel scraping eyelid

Scrape the upper and lower eyelids 50 times from the inner canthus outward with the rib surface of the index finger and middle finger of both hands, and then gently rub the eyelids for 20-30 turns.

Wipe your nose with your fingers

Rub the rib surface of the index finger of both hands down from both sides of the nose root to the Xiang Ying point on both sides of the nose wing for 50 times, and gently press 1~2 minutes at this point (the Xiang Ying point is 0.5cm next to the nose wing). Press from light to heavy.

Palm, cheek, cart and cellar point

Stick the thenar muscle of the ipsilateral hand on the cheekbone point (the high point of masticatory muscle) of the affected side, and move it to Cang Di point (0.5cm away from the corner of the mouth) while kneading, and go back and forth for 50 times.