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Face nerve problems
lmurray69:
Well Kidos I am 36 days out and dont know what to do.. I called the Doc at hei and they put me on the 2 pills steroids and femvil something like that. well I am done taking that and I am still having the numbness and timgles in my cheeks. the eyes I am looseing vision in.. on the an side.. is this normal. The eye is closeing but dry when i wake up. I cant see much..
nancyann:
Hi Linda,
Sounds like your nerve went thru the ringer...
Give it time ..... there's probably still swelling going on... making it feel weird.
the dry eye could be due to the nerve regenerating, that area in your face, it still needs to get on board.
I'd use eye lubricant (systane eye drops or refresh p.m. lubricant ) so your eye doesn't dry out
(gotta protect the cornea.... remember ?).
Trouble seeing, without it being due to lubricant ? I'd call your doc, go to see an optomologist.
Best wishes sister, Nancy
Battyp:
I agree with nancy. You must use eye drops as you're eye can look like it's closing (mine did) but I started having trouble with mine and went to the eye dr and found out it wasn't closing all the way with every blink which did lead to some dryness. I used systane and refresh to help keep my eye lubed. It takes a long time for the nerves to regenerate, I've been told it only grows an inch a month and thats a good month. So give it some time. Can you feel your face if you touch it?
Obita:
Hi Linda:
You probably don't need to worry about the face stuff.....twitching, crawling, numbness is all normal. My drs. told me that any feelings were good news.
About the eye thing......do as Nancy said. Get to the eye doctor and keep it real moist with lacrilube until you can get there. I scratched my cornea and you don't want to do that. Try putting lacrilube in at night and then covering the whole eye area with a piece of saran wrap the size of an egg....it worked great for me - kinda like a eye patch only much more comfortable. It stayed moist all night.
Kathy
Palace:
Hi
I'm no expert on that but, I would "get on that" ASAP so, no permanent damage is done.  (making sure the eye doesn't dry out and talk with the doctor right away.......when you can.....VIA phone, or whatever. ÂÂ
Just a concerned ANer but not a panic-person,
Pal
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