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Facial paralysis - a Ramsay Hunt syndrome

In layman terms, we call this affliction shingles. Shingles is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). This is a herpes family virus. If you never have chicken pox before, you don't have to worry about this. Shingles are very painful as it affects the nerves.

The percursor infection is chicken pox which is caused by the same VZV. Although shingles can occur anywhere on your body, it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or the right side of your torso. I recall old grandmother's tales of this eruption on the body as a 'snake' (due to it's linear structure) and how villagers were terrified if it coils around the body, an event which spells death. Actually, this idea of wrapping around the body never occurs. VZV traverse a band of nerves, which is localised on either side of the body.

A shingles outbreak may affect the facial nerve near one of your ears. This can cause facial paralysis and hearing loss in the affected ear. This form of outbreak is called Ramsay Hunt syndrome.

There is risk of permanent facial muscle weakness and deafness from Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Signs and symptoms are:

* Facial weakness or paralysis on the same side as the affected ear
* Ear pain
* Hearing loss
* Ringing in your ears (tinnitus)
* Difficulty closing one eye
* A sensation of spinning or moving (vertigo)
* A change in taste perception or loss of taste * Dry mouth and eyes

As chickenpox is very contagious, most people have this in their childhood years. For example, in US, 90% of the Americans have had chickenpox. When you have chickenpox, you develop antibodies that keep VZV to lie dormant in your dorsal root ganglion (some part of your nerves). The viruses may be re-activated to cause shingles outbreak.

How does VZV get re-activated?  When you loose cellular immunity as you age, when you have medical conditions or take medications that suppress the immune system. Hormonal fluctuations due to post-pregnancy and menopause may also cause the re-activation. Thus it is normal to see shingles in older folks when their acquired immunity diminishes. Are the genetic vaccines for Covid19 a problem? Very much so because one of the adverse effects of the jab is AID - acquired immunity deficiency. There are various viruses that are dormant in our body, either held in check by innate immunity or acquired antibodies. AID caused by the jab diminishes your immunity, causing viruses that have remained dormant to re-activate. One of these candidates is VZV. These are facts, not mis-information.

Read: New studies that prove the genetic vaccines cause the brain disease Creutxfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) which is a death sentence.

This young man is Justin Bieber, the famous pop star. He informed his fans recently he has been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome and had to cancel his world tour. What could possibly be the cause? Obviously, he has had chickenpox before. He is 28, obviously his VZV re-activation is not a case of diminished immunity due to old age. He has no prior medical condition for which he was taking medications. He certainly was never pregnant (although we are told in the Biden era, American males can get pregnant) nor is he in his menopause years. Hmmmm I wonder what is the elephant in the room.

When mis-fortune strikes, it often comes in multitudes. A few months back, Justin's wife, 25 year old model Hailey Bieber, was hospitalised and diagnosed with blood clots in her brain.

Doctors are of course, puzzled what caused their ailments. It seems like there are 2 elephants in the Bieber household. But when such events happen to celebrities, would it help to educate their fan base to beware of elephants? Nah... they are more concerned when will his world tour be on again.