Folk remedies for facial muscle spasm have no corresponding scientific basis. The treatment of facial muscle spasm can usually use oral medication, local injection of drugs, surgery and other ways.
Facial muscle spasm is also known as facial muscle twitching. It is a peripheral neuropathy with paroxysmal involuntary twitching of one side of the facial muscles and no other positive signs of the nervous system. The cause of the disease is unknown. Most scholars believe that the occurrence of this disease is related to mechanical stimulation or compression of the facial nerve pathway, and a small portion is seen in patients with incomplete recovery from facial nerve palsy.
The disease is usually treated with oral medications (carbamazepine, etc.) or local injections (botulinum toxin A, etc.), and surgical treatments, such as microvascular decompression, may be given when the cause is clear and there is indeed nerve compression.
Suffering from facial muscle spasm is recommended to seek early medical treatment under the guidance of the doctor, and strictly comply with the doctor’s prescription medication. Do not blindly believe that there is no scientific basis for treatment, in order to avoid adverse consequences.