I am an ortho/neuro RN and have seen Intramuscular injections of botox given for this reason. Botox ofcourse causes muscle paralysis.
hemiplegia, affecting one side of the body
The underlying cause of alternating hemiplegia is unknown. Benign nocturnal alternating hemiplegia of childhood is thought to be a variant of migraine headache.
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What causes your spasm in the left side of your face is called "Hemifacial Spasm". It usually begins with a twitching of your left eye and later would progress to affect your face and mouth. It has something to do with the 7th cranial nerve located near the back of your ear. Treatment includes Botox or surgery known as MVD (a brain surgery).
we can use Mestinon and apoclonidin
we can use Mestinon and apoclonidin
Alternating hemiplegia is a very rare condition characterized by recurrent episodes of temporary paralysis.
dense left hemiplegia- total weakness of left side of the body (hemiplegia) where the power of the affected side(left) muscles tends to be 0 .i.e, no movements at all...
There is no cure for either form of alternating hemiplegia. A drug called flunarizine has been used to treat the more severe type of alternating hemiplegia, in an effort to decrease the frequency of hemiplegic episodes.
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Hemiplegia is almost always caused by brain damage on the side opposite the paralysis, often from a stroke.
Over 20 years and millions of patients, there has not been a single death attributable directly to the use of cosmetic Botox.