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<blockquote data-quote="JEVapa" data-source="post: 4119862" data-attributes="member: 41176"><p>Bell's is almost always 2° some kind of disease process...usually viral but can really be ANYTHING that causes impingement or swelling of nerve tissues. I've had it, it sucks. </p><p></p><p>Your friend's was 2° to a tumor it seems. That doesn't mean anything other than it was probably 2° to a tumor. But it might have been 2° to a viral infection and a follow up found the tumor. You just don't know and you probably will never know. </p><p>There is no known cause for Bell's and you can't do anything about it except to let it run it's course. </p><p>I had to dig in my Merck to make sure I wasn't blowing smoke</p><p></p><p>Contrary to popular opinion, medicine is more of an art. Everybody is different and docs aren't mechanics. But since everyone seems to think that docs are people mechanics and medicine a defined science, they sue the crap out of them and cause them to get insured by places like Lloyd's of London. This in turn causes them to be reluctant to do real medicine and instead go through batteries of tests and varied opinions from colleagues and charge the living dogs*** out of insurance to cover their asses because the probable malpractice suit that some slug is gonna bring on them. Most of these "victims" have multiple scripts and doctors for the same ailments and the docs are always all f'd up. </p><p>But hey, doctors are not as smart as the patient and they only want to stick it to them. lol That's why the week I retired, was the last week I ever did any medicine and canked all efforts to pursue any civilian APP route. F that. Night vision and weapons are much more satisfying than dealing with whiny pts. Have a nice day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JEVapa, post: 4119862, member: 41176"] Bell's is almost always 2° some kind of disease process...usually viral but can really be ANYTHING that causes impingement or swelling of nerve tissues. I've had it, it sucks. Your friend's was 2° to a tumor it seems. That doesn't mean anything other than it was probably 2° to a tumor. But it might have been 2° to a viral infection and a follow up found the tumor. You just don't know and you probably will never know. There is no known cause for Bell's and you can't do anything about it except to let it run it's course. I had to dig in my Merck to make sure I wasn't blowing smoke Contrary to popular opinion, medicine is more of an art. Everybody is different and docs aren't mechanics. But since everyone seems to think that docs are people mechanics and medicine a defined science, they sue the crap out of them and cause them to get insured by places like Lloyd's of London. This in turn causes them to be reluctant to do real medicine and instead go through batteries of tests and varied opinions from colleagues and charge the living dogs*** out of insurance to cover their asses because the probable malpractice suit that some slug is gonna bring on them. Most of these "victims" have multiple scripts and doctors for the same ailments and the docs are always all f'd up. But hey, doctors are not as smart as the patient and they only want to stick it to them. lol That's why the week I retired, was the last week I ever did any medicine and canked all efforts to pursue any civilian APP route. F that. Night vision and weapons are much more satisfying than dealing with whiny pts. Have a nice day. [/QUOTE]
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