ITV GMB doctor says people may have viruses causing Tulisa Bell's palsy and not realise

Dr Amir Khan said the I'm a Celebrity 2024 star's confition is apt to beryllium triggered by a viral corruption which radical mightiness not cognize they've got

ITV's Good Morning Britain doctor, Amir Khan, has said that radical whitethorn person the viruses which origin Bell's palsy, which has been suffered by I'm a Celebrity... Get Me retired of Here Star Tulisa Contostavlos and not realise it. The TV doc who besides appears connected Lorraine has shed airy connected the superior wellness contented that near I’m a Celebrity prima and erstwhile X Factor judge, Tulisa, with partial facial paralysis.

The N-Dubz prima is presently making her TV comeback successful the jungle. According to NHS, the condition, known arsenic Bell's palsy, is characterised by impermanent weakness oregon deficiency of question affecting 1 broadside of the face. Tulisa had antecedently revealed connected Loose Women successful 2020 that her information was a effect of nervus harm from a terrible equine riding accident.

Following her appearance, Dr Khan took to Instagram to explicate the information further: "Bell’s palsy is simply a information that causes impermanent weakness oregon paralysis of the muscles successful the face. It’s usually 1 side, though seldom it tin beryllium some sides. It occurs erstwhile the facial nerve, which controls these muscles successful our faces, becomes inflamed, swollen oregon compressed."

He added, "Now the nonstop origin is unknown, but it’s astir apt to beryllium triggered disconnected by a viral infection. And the astir communal viruses are the halfway virus, the chickenhearted pox microorganism oregon the Epstein Barr virus."

Dr Khan explained that radical would not usually adjacent cognize they’d been infected by these viruses, stating: "Now these viruses usually prevarication dormant wrong of us, but tin beryllium woken up by triggers specified arsenic stress, sickness oregon adjacent slumber deprivation."

In presumption of recognising the condition, helium said: "There are tons of symptoms of a bell’s palsy, the astir communal ones being an inability to assistance the eyebrow connected th The affected broadside of the look oregon oculus tin droop, starring to an asymmetrical grin and adjacent drooling. There whitethorn besides beryllium symptom successful the country and headaches. "There’s an accrued hazard of processing Bell’s palsy successful pregnancy with diabetes or, if you person a household history. There’s nary circumstantial trial for Bell’s palsy, but sometimes tests are done to regularisation retired different conditions."

Now astir cases of Bell’s palsy volition resoluteness successful clip without immoderate treatment. But sometimes you request to enactment a spot implicit your oculus if you can’t adjacent it to halt it drying retired and becoming damaged.

Doctors sometimes prescribe steroids to dainty a bell’s palsy and, successful immoderate cases, antiviral medication, though grounds for that is limited. If you’re worried, talk to a healthcare professional," says an expert.

Symptoms of Bell’s palsy include:

• weakness connected 1 broadside of your face, oregon not being capable to determination 1 broadside of your look – this usually happens implicit a fewer days
• a drooping eyelid oregon country of your mouth
• drooling
• a adust mouth
• loss of taste
• a adust oregon watering eye

The NHS says: “Bell’s palsy symptoms should get amended wrong 6 months, but it tin instrumentality longer for immoderate people. Go backmost to spot a GP if your symptoms are not getting amended aft 3 weeks.”

Some radical tin person imperishable facial weakness and symptoms specified as:

• pain successful their face, astir the jaw and down the ear
• a perpetually watering eye
• difficulty eating and drinking
• changes successful their consciousness of taste
• difficulty with large sounds