What are the dangers of untreated facial muscle spasm?

  Facial myoclonus is a common neurological disorder that affects the middle-aged and elderly. It is characterized by involuntary twitching of the facial muscles, mostly on one side of the face, and bilateral twitching is rare. It affects the patient’s appearance and mood, and has a great impact on work and life.  Facial myospasm does not usually heal on its own, and many patients start with the orbicularis oculi muscle, manifesting as “eyelid jumping”, which is also very easy to ignore, and if left untreated, continues to develop to the corners of the mouth twitching, and finally involves the whole face twitching. Therefore, facial muscle spasm must be treated in a timely and correct manner, not cured for a long time will bring great harm to patients, then, facial muscle spasm not cured for a long time will cause what harm to patients?  1, facial muscle spasm is not cured, will lead to patients depressed, depressed, often feel fatigue, and even uninterested in anything, become inferior, self-imposed, reluctant to socialize, lose confidence in life, the idea of light life.  2, long-term facial muscle spasm is prone to complications: the patient’s body related lesions, liver, kidney function, digestive system will be affected by it, over time, it will lead to brain, kidney, visceral failure, weakness of blood, yin and Yang imbalance, anemia, insomnia, depression, facial muscle contracture, joint band movement, ptosis, psychosis and other diseases, endangering personal health, endangering life.  3, facial muscle spasm is not cured for a long time, it will lead to the loss of active treatment, or urgent illness, try a variety of methods, and even prescriptions, which will not only fail to cure the disease, but also aggravate the disease, aggravate physical injury, aggravate the psychological burden of patients, aggravate the economic burden.  The facial muscle spasm is curable, the patient found symptoms, to pay attention to, to the regular hospital neurology or surgery, after diagnosis, the doctor will generally give early patients prescribed carbamazepine or oxcarbazepine drug treatment, most patients can be effective relief after taking the drug, a small number of patients can not tolerate drug side effects. For severe cases, surgical treatment is recommended, but the exact surgical treatment must be clearly identified.  According to clinical research, most patients with facial muscle spasms without obvious triggers are mostly caused by compression of the facial auditory nerve by tortuous intracranial vessels. According to this theory, clinical treatment with microvascular decompression is less invasive, does not damage the nerve, can preserve the function of the facial nerve, and can achieve a cure.