Can facial spasm be treated with acupuncture?

When we do an exercise excessively, muscle cramps are likely to occur. What we need most at this time is to take a rest and massage the muscles properly, which will be relieved after a period of time. Of course, the human face also has muscles, so facial muscle spasms can feel quite uncomfortable, especially in women, who suffer from facial muscle spasms very often. So can acupuncture be used for facial spasm?

Facial muscle spasm is a chronic progressive disease with no proven treatment.

Suggestions: It is recommended that you continue with acupuncture treatment, but the effect of acupuncture on this disease is not very obvious. It is recommended that you cooperate with massage and other treatments.

Clinical manifestations

The disease mostly occurs in middle-aged women. The onset is usually paroxysmal mild twitching of the orbicularis oculi muscle of the lower eyelid, which gradually spreads to one side of the face, with twitching of the muscles at the corner of the mouth being the most obvious. The severity of twitches varies, and they become more severe when you are nervous, emotionally excited, or tired, and disappear when you are quiet or sleeping. In a few severe cases, facial muscle twitching can affect the entire facial muscles on one side. Convulsions are usually limited to one side; bilateral convulsions are very rare.

pathology

The disease develops slowly and progressively and generally does not resolve spontaneously. Some patients experience paralysis and atrophy of the muscles on the affected side in the late stages, and convulsions also stop. In the early stages of the disease, when facial muscle twitching is limited to the orbicularis oculi muscle, it should be differentiated from functional eyelid spasm, which does not extend to the lower face and is often bilateral. When facial muscle spasms are accompanied by other cranial nerve damage, or limb dysfunction, or involuntary limb movements, intracranial lesions should be considered and the patient needs to go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.

Hemifacial spasm is mainly treated with drugs, such as phenytoin sodium, chlordiazepoxide, and diazepam. And combined with physical therapy. Symptoms of mild patients may be slightly alleviated after treatment. For severe cases, when drug treatment is ineffective, facial nerve block surgery can be used.

Facial spasms can be cured.

Precautions

1. Eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans and fish.

2. Keep a happy and relaxed mood, balance work and rest, and get enough sleep.

3. Reduce external stimuli, such as television, computer, ultraviolet rays, etc.

4. Patients should be careful not to wash their faces with cold water. When it is windy, rainy or cold, they should keep their head and face warm.

5. Appropriately increase the intake of B vitamins