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So Bell’s palsy is not caused by swelling of the facial nerve in the labyrinthine segment caused most commonly by HSV? Well, shit. Guess I’ll have to go back to medical school, redo my residency and board certification. Good to know.
Then there should be a far more global deficit beyond isolated palsy of a single cranial nerve bro. Also upper motor neurons in the cerebral cortex give a spastic paralysis unlike lower motor neurons in distal branches of nerves which give a flaccid paralysis like in Bell’s palsy. Go sell your “it affects the whole brain” nonsense to someone who doesn’t have the background or experience I do. Ever seen someone with encephalitis? It ain’t pretty. That’s not what’s being described at all.
Well in that case, apologies.
Cheers!
Amen and agreed. Felt a shift in spirit from dread to hope to courage in past day or so.