Nerve damage

[Matt]

Does anyone know how long it takes for nerve damage in the face to heal???

I got into a good read and write about four weeks ago and ended up gettig hit in the left side of my face with the butt of a pool cue. It sort of hit me on my left check.

Now four weeks on my left check still has no feeling, completely numb. Will i get the feeling back and if so how long????

Normally id just put it down as a war wound, shit happens, but im starting to think there maybe more serious damage...

[ni4ni]

Is "verve" a BRIT term for nerve?

[ni4ni]

may take a while- have you seen anyone?
MRI?

[Mooseman33]

could be the start of bells palsie...or however its spelled..

[Matt]

Is "verve" a BRIT term for nerve?

hahaha i just put it right lol...

No ive not seen anyone, doctors are for girls..

To be honest i should have gone but one of the guy's we were fighting ended up in a serious way and the police were involved so i kept away from the doctors...

[Matt]

could be the start of bells palsie...or however its spelled..

Whats that then???

[G4R]

Which side of the face is it?

[ni4ni]

you would notice...facial muscles make your face droop

[MuscleScience]

Whats that then???

LOL, I dont think its Bells Palsy. Bell's Palsy is a diagnosis of exclusion meaning that since you have a history of trauma that more than likely your nerve damage if thats what it is was caused by this. Bell's Palsy is generally considered to have no specific cause by its very definition. It is a neuropathy of the Facial Nerve or Cranial Nerve IIV that causes dropping of the face and paralysis of the muscles of facial expression. It carries very similar symptoms of stroke except that in Bells Palsy unlike in a stroke the forehead can not be wrinkled. That is if I remember right...

[ni4ni]

Bells palsy causes facial paralysis

[ni4ni]

mscience has the correct answer

[Matt]

Which side of the face is it?

Its the left side lol...

[Matt]

LOL, I dont think its Bells Palsy. Bell's Palsy is a diagnosis of exclusion meaning that since you have a history of trauma that more than likely your nerve damage if thats what it is was caused by this. Bell's Palsy is generally considered to have no specific cause by its very definition. It is a neuropathy of the Facial Nerve or Cranial Nerve IIV that causes dropping of the face and paralysis of the muscles of facial expression. It carries very similar symptoms of stroke except that in Bells Palsy unlike in a stroke the forehead can not be wrinkled. That is if I remember right...

Well im glad its not that then, do you know how long if ever it will be back to normal lol???

[ni4ni]

gonna depend on what was affected & how bad it was affected-
shit, id go see someone after 1month

[G4R]

There are actually two facial nerves, one on each side of the head. The facial nerve or 7th cranial nerve is known as a "cranial nerve" since it starts in the brain. It then sends branches out to the face, neck, salivary glands (secrete saliva into the mouth), and the outer ear. A normal functioning facial nerve allows us to move our face and neck (smile, frown, wrinkle our nose and forehead), secrete saliva, lets the front of the tongue "taste" food, and makes us cough when something is placed in the ear.

Anything that may cause swelling or pressure on the nerve can result in abnormal function.

Problems with the facial nerve result in weakness or paralysis of the face muscles and possibly, a loss of taste on the affected side. This nerve loss is one of the most disfiguring since it involves facial movement. Without the nerve connection (innervation) intact, the eye does not close, there is loss of facial muscle tone, and movement on the affected side is reduced or lost.

In other words.... please go get it checked out.

[Matt]

There are actually two facial nerves, one on each side of the head. The facial nerve or 7th cranial nerve is known as a "cranial nerve" since it starts in the brain. It then sends branches out to the face, neck, salivary glands (secrete saliva into the mouth), and the outer ear. A normal functioning facial nerve allows us to move our face and neck (smile, frown, wrinkle our nose and forehead), secrete saliva, lets the front of the tongue "taste" food, and makes us cough when something is placed in the ear.

Anything that may cause swelling or pressure on the nerve can result in abnormal function.

Problems with the facial nerve result in weakness or paralysis of the face muscles and possibly, a loss of taste on the affected side. This nerve loss is one of the most disfiguring since it involves facial movement. Without the nerve connection (innervation) intact, the eye does not close, there is loss of facial muscle tone, and movement on the affected side is reduced or lost.

In other words.... please go get it checked out.

I dont have any of the above lol, i can even move my check as normal, its just when i touch the affected area there is no feeling there. It feels like when your at the dentist and they give you that injection to numb everything...

[MuscleScience]

Sounds like you got hit by my Widowmaker punch MadMatt, You really should get it checked out. None of us here are qualified to diagnose a problem you are having. Well maybe if its between you and DSM, we could help with that problem.

[Immortal Soldier]

Snitches get stitches, Mad Matt had to learn it the hard way.

[Matt]

Sounds like you got hit by my Widowmaker punch MadMatt, You really should get it checked out. None of us here are qualified to diagnose a problem you are having. Well maybe if its between you and DSM, we could help with that problem.

It was a widowmaker but not a punch lol.

DSM ran off lol when it kicked off, he said he didnt want to break a nail...

[ni4ni]

It was a widowmaker but not a punch lol.

DSM ran off lol when it kicked off, he said he didnt want to break a nail...

poor DSM

[MuscleScience]

It was a widowmaker but not a punch lol.

DSM ran off lol when it kicked off, he said he didnt want to break a nail...

Were you defending his honor????

[ni4ni]

Yes he was...he just forget to mention that

[Matt]

Were you defending his honor????

hahaha lol..

The trouble all started when he was in the gents toilets, i did tell him not to touch what didnt belong to him...

[ninesecz]

i really think it depends on the individual! I have had nerve damage on the lower front left side of my jaw (just to the left of center on my bootom teeth) When i had my originals) and have had that for 16+ years! I bet a buddy of mine he could not knock me out with hi9s hardest punch bare nuckels! I won the bet but I still have some sensitive spota on my face from it!

[DSM4Life]

Have you tried eating some French Fries ?

[TITANIUM]

True.I have had trauma to different parts of my anatomy.Including the face.Bro,I have had somewhere between 35 and 40 operations.It's just remarkable I'm still walking around.
I would say, don't bother with your doc.There is nothing you can do to bring back nerve damage.It has been shown certain B vitamins aid in nerve regeneration.It may take a week,or a year, or never come back.
I doubt the later, but since you know the cause of the injury,that's it.If you woke up, or slowly developed it, I would tell you different.You'll be fine.Relax.

[MuscleScience]

hahaha lol..

The trouble all started when he was in the gents toilets, i did tell him not to touch what didnt belong to him...

My Mom use to tell me the same thing....

[Matt]

True.I have had trauma to different parts of my anatomy.Including the face.Bro,I have had somewhere between 35 and 40 operations.It's just remarkable I'm still walking around.
I would say, don't bother with your doc.There is nothing you can do to bring back nerve damage.It has been shown certain B vitamins aid in nerve regeneration.It may take a week,or a year, or never come back.
I doubt the later, but since you know the cause of the injury,that's it.If you woke up, or slowly developed it, I would tell you different.You'll be fine.Relax.

Lo that sounds like alot of good sense to me.

I just couldnt understand what a doctor could do with nerve damage...

[Bryan2]

Yeah I broke the jaw 6 yrs ago and have had like 4-5 surgeries on the face, still numb..... just one of those things you gotta live with


At first it feels like you just got shot with novacaine at the dentist.... but after a while you learn to block it out an its no biggie