Although the exact reason Bell's palsy occurs isn't clear, it's often related to having a viral infection. Viruses that have been linked to Bell's palsy include viruses that cause:
Cold sores and genital herpes, also known as herpes simplex.
Chickenpox and shingles, also known as herpes zoster.
Infectious mononucleosis, caused by the Epstein-Barr virus.
Cytomegalovirus infections.
Respiratory illnesses, caused by adenoviruses.
German measles, also known as rubella.
Mumps, caused by the mumps virus.
Flu, also known as influenza B.
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease, caused by a coxsackievirus.
I wonder which of these are her brand of "being sick?"
The treatment for Bell's Palsy, if you catch it early enough, is to give a large dose of steroids (anti-inflammatory type, not anabolic - think cortisone, not tren) to try to reverse the paralysis quicker.
Which doesn't fit as well with the whole viral causative agent model. If it were purely infectious, you'd give early antivirals like we do for shingles, herpes and HIV.
In fact, giving steroids to a viral infection would be counterintuitive because it would suppress the immune response and allow the viral invasion to spread further.
TL; DR - They don't know what's happening or what they are doing when it comes to Bell's Palsy.
According to the Mayo Clinic
I wonder which of these are her brand of "being sick?"
The treatment for Bell's Palsy, if you catch it early enough, is to give a large dose of steroids (anti-inflammatory type, not anabolic - think cortisone, not tren) to try to reverse the paralysis quicker.
Which doesn't fit as well with the whole viral causative agent model. If it were purely infectious, you'd give early antivirals like we do for shingles, herpes and HIV.
In fact, giving steroids to a viral infection would be counterintuitive because it would suppress the immune response and allow the viral invasion to spread further.
TL; DR - They don't know what's happening or what they are doing when it comes to Bell's Palsy.
I like how they don't mention vaccines as a cause, despite vaccines probably being the biggest cause of it.