Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!world!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!IABF%SNYCENVM.BITNET@oac.ucla.edu From: IABF%SNYCENVM.BITNET@oac.ucla.edu (Amy Francis) Newsgroups: sci.med.aids Subject: Re: (2590) Bell's Palsy and HIV Message-ID: <39944@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 9 Oct 90 15:45:26 GMT Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Organization: State University of New York - Central Administration Lines: 55 Approved: phil@wubios.wustl.edu Note: Copyright 1990 by Daniel R. Greening. Permission granted for Note: non-commercial reproduction. Archive-number: 2599 On Thu, 4 Oct 90 11:18:05 pdt Support Account for SCI.MED.AIDS said: >>From: "KELLY C. MYRICK-HAYNES KEANY" >Newsgroups: sci.med.aids >Approved: phil@wubios.wustl.edu >Subject: Bell's Palsy and HIV >Date: Thu, 4 Oct 90 12:47 EST >Note: Copyright 1990 by Daniel R. Greening. Permission granted for >Note: non-commercial reproduction. >Archive-number: 2590 > >A person I know was just diagnosed with Bell's Palsy, an inflammation of the >7th cranial nerve, causing paralysis and possibly pain ot one side of the face. >>From what I've read, it seems that Bell's is "ideopathic", stress-related and >acute; symptoms usually disappears by 6 months after diagnosis, with >medication, although many cases show recovery without any treatment. >He's a hemophiliac and HIV+; he's on AZT. The usual treatment for Bell's >Palsy is corticosteroids; I understand this is not good for persons with HIV to >take. > >Has anyone heard of other HIV+ persons getting Bell's Palsy? Can it be >considered a first symptom in a heretofore clinically asymptomatic person? >Why are steroids contraindicated for person with HIV? Are any other treatments >available for Bell's? > >Thanks in advance-- >--kelly > Kelly, I don't know anything about Bell's Palsy and HIV, but I *did* have a friend who got Bell's Palsy. He went to an MD who suggested surgery. My friend was really scared as his face (and the entire right side of his body was affected) He thought he had had a stroke. Anyway, he ended up trying a chiroprator who had had experience with BP and within five visits my friend's BP was 'cured' or alleviated. MD's usually will not EVER send anyone to a chiropractor because the AMA doesn't recognize it as legitimate (the AMA also does not recognize homeopathic medicine or accupuncture or anything that may draw business away from doctors) The Chiropractor told my friend that he had treated six cases of BP and 'cured' five of them (the sixth had already been operated on and the Chiroprator was unable to help her). Before your friend goes under the knife have him/her see a Chiropractor who has had experience with BP, (don't go to any chiropractor that doesn't take x-rays of your back and neck before adjustments) It may be that your friend jarred his/her neck or hit his/her head and it caused a sublixation that is causing or aggravating the BP. At least if it doesn't help, you have tried a non-surgical route before committing yourself to surgery. REMEMBER, surgeons solve your problems with 'knives' and atleast a chiropractor will try to solve your problem with adjustments. And, if it doesn't work, you can always go under the knife later. But, if you have surgery and it doesn't work there's a chance of screwing up your back/neck so that it can NEVER be put right again or you may require more surgery. Good luck to your friend.