It is in my cheek area,
below my eye and above my jaw line.
The good news is that my
wife tells me that she cannot see it, but I don’t get the sense that she is
really looking.
Don’t get me wrong…she
cares. Plus I don’t usually tell her when weird things are going on.
It doesn’t hurt, but by
no means does it feel pleasant. It is very uncomfortable.
Imagine if you can…
Getting a “Charlie Horse”…aka
leg cramp.
Sometimes there is this
moment when you can feel the sensation of pre-cramping, where the muscles
twitch as the “Charlie Horse” tries to take hold.
If you can imagine that…then
you know what my face feels like.
If you can’t…LUCKY
YOU!!!!!
Some doctors argue whether
or not it is not MS related, but MS is one of the few diseases that cause
facial twitching.
All doctors agree that
facial twitching can occur in people living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Watch me get all
scientific…Hemifacial Spasm…
According to Neurologist…Dr.
Darshan Shah…
“Facial nerve abnormalities are a symptom of
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and can cause weakness of one side of the face, facial
muscle spasm or twitching.”
Here are what some other
experts have to say:
General Information
- Hemifacial spasm involves
muscles spasms on one side of the face caused by compression of a facial
nerve by a blood vessel, most often an artery. On occasion, benign tumors,
certain vascular malformations, multiple sclerosis or adhesions will cause
hemi-facial spasm.
Symptoms
- This condition primarily
consists of involuntary, painless and intermittent contractions of the
muscles of the face on one side. The spasms may be limited to the upper or
lower half only, and excess tearing may occur.
- The condition usually begins
with occasional contractions of the muscles around the eyes and slowly
progresses to involve the entire half of the face.
- Symptoms may be present
during sleep.
Diagnosis
- In addition to clinical
findings of symptoms, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scan is
recommended for most patients to rule out the possibility of tumor or
vascular malformation.
Treatment
- Relief from hemifacial spasm
generally requires surgery. The surgical procedure of choice involves
microvascular surgery to physically move the offending blood vessel off of
the nerve.
- Early, mild cases may be
managed with observation.
- Local injection of botulinum
toxin into the affected muscles may be effective in some patients.
Hemifacial spasm, also
known as tic convulsif, is a condition that
causes frequent “tics,” or muscle spasms, on one side of the face. These tics
are usually not painful, although they can be uncomfortable, and they are
usually not life-threatening. But they are distressing to the patient, and as
the condition worsens the tics can become more and more frequent and intrusive…
…hemifacial spasm is
caused by any one of a number of possible irritants to a facial nerve.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve, while hemifacial
spasm is centered on the seventh cranial nerve. Hemifacial spasm is most
commonly caused by a small blood vessel (usually an artery) compressing the
facial nerve at the brainstem. In rare cases it may be caused by an injury to
the nerve, by a vascular malformation, by multiple sclerosis, or by a benign
tumor or lesion pressing on the nerve.
Numbness, tingling, twitching and pain
symptoms of multiple sclerosis
·
Tingling, burning or feelings of crawling
movement in the arms and legs
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Painful muscle spasms
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Facial pain
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Facial muscle twitching
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Facial weakness
