neurological health issue

[Gaby]

Does it matter if it's a viral versus a bacterial infection? I don't see that forget-me-not clarified it was viral. I guess it's typically not known, and in that area of the body assumed to be viral?

When it comes to facial paralysis, it is typically viral. But when it comes to the ketogenic diet, it deals with both bacterial or viral infections.

 

[Gaby]

It's not clear, what it is. I spoke to the doctor by phone and he wants me to go to the neurological outpatient clinic for making an MRT of my head. :/ If I understood him correctly, the blood test showed no signs of an inflammation so far. I'm not sure. I need to ask him again. It scares me a little. It's also getting quite expensive. I try not to imagine all the bad things, that might happen. Those machines and these medical technocrats scare me.

Well, facial paralysis can be of central or peripheral origins. It depends on the clinical manifestations, for instance, whether you can wrinkle your front or not.

One step at a time. Continue reading the ketogenic thread, knowledge empowers you and you would feel less scared. See medical technologies as tools which can give you more useful information on how to deal with your problem. You are not at their mercy. Yes, it can get expensive, but your health is the best investment there is.

Bugs are getting nastier, along with environmental changes. We can only prepare for the worst, hope for the best, and take what comes. What we eat has never been more important.

 

[Mrs. Peel]

If you want to simplify things, KD can be 0 fats, moderate protein consumption (25 grams per meal average), and lots and lots of animal fats - no vegetable oils at all! - including daily consumption of bone broth to help with the transition. But you have to understand why you are doing all these, what symptoms you might experience, how to transition smoothly, etc, so do the required reading first. You can stop the vegetable oils right now however, with no adverse effects.

Edit: fixed quotation boxes

Did you mean 0 "carbs" instead? :)

 

[Gaby]

It's not clear, what it is. I spoke to the doctor by phone and he wants me to go to the neurological outpatient clinic for making an MRT of my head. :/ If I understood him correctly, the blood test showed no signs of an inflammation so far. I'm not sure. I need to ask him again. It scares me a little. It's also getting quite expensive. I try not to imagine all the bad things, that might happen. Those machines and these medical technocrats scare me.

Well, facial paralysis can be of central or peripheral origins. It depends on the clinical manifestations, for instance, whether you can wrinkle your front or not.

Keep in mind as well that response to cortisone therapy is fairly quick. If your doctor is assuming you are taking the prednisolone pills and you are still not getting better, it will be reasonable for him to worry and ask for more tests.

 

[Alana]

If you want to simplify things, KD can be 0 fats, moderate protein consumption (25 grams per meal average), and lots and lots of animal fats - no vegetable oils at all! - including daily consumption of bone broth to help with the transition. But you have to understand why you are doing all these, what symptoms you might experience, how to transition smoothly, etc, so do the required reading first. You can stop the vegetable oils right now however, with no adverse effects.

Edit: fixed quotation boxes

Did you mean 0 "carbs" instead? :)

YES!

Edit: Fixed original post. Thanks Ms Peel :)

 

[anart]

for instance, whether you can wrinkle your front or not.

Do you mean forehead?

 

[Gaby]

for instance, whether you can wrinkle your front or not.

Do you mean forehead?

Yeah, that is right, the forehead.

 

[Faith]

I can wrinkle the unaffected side of my forehead, but not the affected one, which qualifies for peripheral facial paralysis, if I'm not mistaking.


EDIT: modified the sentence to make it more clearly

 

[Gaby]

I can wrinkle the unaffected side of my forehead, which qualifies for peripheral facial paralysis, if I'm not mistaking.

That is right.

It sounds counter-intuitive, but due to anatomical characteristics, if you are able to wrinkle your forehead with your affected side, it is central. If you can not wrinkle your forehead with your affected side, it is peripheral.

 

[Faith]

Keep in mind as well that response to cortisone therapy is fairly quick. If your doctor is assuming you are taking the prednisolone pills and you are still not getting better, it will be reasonable for him to worry and ask for more tests.

Today is the first day I am taking the pills.

 

[Faith]

One step at a time. Continue reading the ketogenic thread, knowledge empowers you and you would feel less scared. See medical technologies as tools which can give you more useful information on how to deal with your problem. You are not at their mercy. Yes, it can get expensive, but your health is the best investment there is.

Thanks Psyche. I guess I'm a little afraid of my own truth, what ever that might be. I must pay 600 euros and my health insurance pays the rest. To me 600 is a lot of money, but I find a way. It's more important to get healthy.

 

[Gaby]

Thanks Psyche. I guess I'm a little afraid of my own truth, what ever that might be. I must pay 600 euros and my health insurance pays the rest. To me 600 is a lot of money, but I find a way. It's more important to get healthy.

Jeez! I guess I'm used to countries where you don't have to pay for these tests. Well, perhaps you can work on getting better and ask the doctor if it is absolutely necessary to do it now or perhaps in a week or so depending on how you do.

 

[Hesper]

Viral infections are getting nastier by the minute around all the world.

Yes, it's strange since I've never heard of this before and now I hear about your case, forget-me-not, and a fellow student of mine who has come down with the same problem. It's causing her a lot of grief so I hope that you're doing all right. As you said before, she has turned into "two-face." Your mitochondria are under attack and need your conscious help, as above so below!

Thanks Psyche. I guess I'm a little afraid of my own truth, what ever that might be. I must pay 600 euros and my health insurance pays the rest. To me 600 is a lot of money, but I find a way. It's more important to get healthy.

Jeez! I guess I'm used to countries where you don't have to pay for these tests. Well, perhaps you can work on getting better and ask the doctor if it is absolutely necessary to do it now or perhaps in a week or so depending on how you do.

Yeah that's awful. Are there any social programs that can help you pay for the tests if you need them? There's usually money hiding somewhere, OSIT

 

[Faith]

I'm doing some research. Maybe there are some additional supplements, that might help the healing process like vitamin-B-comlex. I'm also worried about borreolosis because in that case, antibiotics must be prescribed immediately to avoid irreversible damage. I have to wait for the complete laboratory values of the blood sample till Monday. I call the doctor tomorrow morning asking him if the procedure can be accelerated or if he can prescribe me antibiotics preemptively. I haven't used antibiotics for quite some time, since ten or twelve years.

As to the health insurance it's a long story why I was forced into a cheap private one. The statutory one would have been far better, but due to some changes in the legislation and the fact that I am a freelancer forced me to take that private health insurance. Being an illustrator is of little help here. It was quite difficult to get one at all.

Your mitochondria are under attack and need your conscious help, as above so below!

The ketogenic diet thread!

 

[Faith]

Here is a little update on my condition. On Friday I went to the lab myself and got the results, which showed a positive scan for borreliosis bacteria. So I went to the hospital immediately. The cerebrospinal puncture showed that I am definitely suffering from borreliosis. I stayed in hospital for three days getting antibiotics intravenously, which helped a lot. The palsy is decreasing from day to day. The neurologist expects full recovery of the facial nerve. When they tested the nerves capacity they got 2.3 for the healthy one and 1.9 for the affected one, which is a pretty promissing result. I need to continue this form of therapy for two weeks. I also need to continue protecting the eye at night. Today I was released from hospital. :)