Hi David, If it were me I would be taking anti-inflammatories. Steroids are a last resort in my book. If this is caused by a viral or bacterial infection you need your immune system to work at it's best. Steroids suppress the immune system.. I am not suggesting that this is your case, but one of the things said to cause bells palsy is HIV and AIDS. Imagine what would happen if you give an immune suppressant to someone with an already compromised immune system.
Take a look at this link below. http://www.neurologychannel.com/bellspalsy/ http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068866/ I am not a doc, it is just my opinion and I am not telling you to stop any meds the doc has given you. I would keep taking whatever he has given you and go back and express the concern for the steroids. The use of steroids in Bells Palsy is said to aid the fullest recovery from the attack, but even then, it is still controversial. The other meds are possibly anti-virals. All the best and I hope you get better soon, Dave. -----Original Message----- From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 18 October 2004 03:36 To: [email protected] Subject: CS>Bells Palsy I had scary thing happen to me today... the left side of my face stopped working... I can't blink my eye, the left side of my mouth kind of droops, and if I drink something I better keep it on the right side of my mouth or it is dribbled down my shirt. Anyway I thought I was having a stroke so I went to the emergency room and they did a cat scan and all the other things I have never had before and they tell me I have bells palsy. The good news is it that for most people it goes away within a couple months or so. They don't really know what causes it but some papers they gave me says that they think it might be caused by a virus. Has anyone in this group experienced Bells Palsy or know the best way to treat it in a holistic manner? They gave me steroids and and some other poison I really don't want to take. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! David -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
