Symptoms of Bell's Palsy to watch out for amid I'm A Celeb Tulisa's diagnosis

I'm A Celebrity prima Tulisa has antecedently opened up astir being diagnosed with Bell's Palsy. ITV's Dr Amir Khan has present shared the symptoms of the information to ticker retired for

Tulisa Contostavlos has been making waves this week arsenic she joins the formed of this year's I'm A Celebrity.

After tuning into the ITV show, galore fans person speculated that the N-Dubz vocalist has had cosmetic surgery. However, the erstwhile X Factor justice has antecedently clarified that her determination to acquisition procedures was owed to a aesculapian condition.

In a chat with ex-Love Island contestant Olivia Atwood connected her 'So Wrong It's Right' podcast, 36-year-old Tulisa disclosed that she opted for country and fillers aft being diagnosed with Bell's Palsy.

But what precisely is this condition? And what are its symptoms and triggers? ITV's Dr Amir Khan has shed airy connected the taxable successful a TikTok video.

Speaking to his 246,000 followers, helium explained: "Let's speech astir Bell's Palsy. It's 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 nervus which controls these muscles successful our faces becomes inflamed, swollen, oregon compressed."

On the taxable of what triggers it, Dr Khan stated that the "exact origin is unknown" but it's "most apt to beryllium triggered by a viral infection". He pointed retired that the astir communal culprits are the cold sore virus, chickenhearted pox microorganism oregon the EpsteinBarr virus.

"These viruses usually prevarication dormant wrong of us, but tin beryllium woken up by triggers," helium added. According to the aesculapian expert, these triggers see stress, illness, and deficiency of sleep.

Discussing the symptoms of Bell's Palsy, the doc highlighted that determination are "a batch of them," with communal ones including an inability to rise the eyebrow oregon adjacent the oculus connected the affected side. He noted that the affected oculus mightiness droop and the aforesaid could hap to 1 broadside of the mouth. Dr Khan besides mentioned different symptoms specified arsenic drooling, localised pain, and headaches.

He pointed retired that the hazard of processing Bell's Palsy is higher for those who are pregnant, person diabetes, oregon a household past of the condition. The doc explained that portion there's nary circumstantial trial for Bell's Palsy, tests whitethorn beryllium conducted to exclude different imaginable conditions.

On attraction options, Dr Khan said: "Most 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."He added that doctors whitethorn prescribe steroids oregon anti-viral medication, though grounds for the second is "limited".

In his video conclusion, Dr Khan advised: "If you're worried, talk to a healthcare professional."

Reflecting connected her ain acquisition with Bell's Palsy, Tulisa told Olivia Attwood: "When I was astir 24, I had my archetypal Bell's Palsy attack, I was sat astatine location and I had this monolithic burst of inflammation."

The vocalist described experiencing swelling connected 1 broadside of her look accompanied by "tingling sensations similar small ants crawling successful [her] face".

Tulisa has opened up astir a harrowing acquisition wherever she was treated with steroid injections for facial swelling, which subsequently led to fractional of her look drooping. The aftermath was truthful terrible that it near her confined to her location for months owed to self-consciousness astir her looks.

She shared: "I had a monolithic burst of inflammation and it went down but my full look dropped... I couldn't determination it, my look remained similar that for 7 months, I didn't spell out, I conscionable hid successful the house."

The vocalist explained that arsenic her look began to sag, she recovered herself trapped successful a "vicious cycle" of utilizing fillers to reconstruct immoderate semblance of "symmetry" to her features.