[1인 가구 헬스케어] Advisory for’facial asymmetry’ for single youth households

During your daily life, you may have experienced trembling around your eyes or mouth for no reason. In this case, most of them are low in magnesium, so you can eat nuts such as peanuts or walnuts, or you can rest because of stress.

It is not misinformation. In fact, when magnesium is deficient, symptoms such as tremors, insomnia, nervous paresthesia, glare, fatigue, hair loss, decreased appetite, decreased bone density, seizures, and epilepsy appear. In addition, shaking of the face, such as around the eyes or around the mouth, is one of the symptoms you experience when you are tired.

However, even though these symptoms persist for a long time, the ease of dismissing that it is not a big deal can lead to disease.

If left untreated, facial cramps gradually develop into scary symptoms. It starts around the eyes, the under eyes tremble, and the Han Chinese eyes sometimes close by themselves. Afterwards, it spreads around the mouth, and one lip rises upward repeatedly. In severe cases, the shape of the face can become asymmetric, so initial treatment is important.

The reason for this is that blood vessels in the brain press on the facial nerve. It is known mainly as a disease that middle-aged people in their 40s to 60s suffer from. As we get older, the blood vessels that press on the face become longer and thicker.

However, the number of patients with facial cramps is increasing in the 20s and 30s. According to data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of patients who visited the hospital with facial nerve disorders (disease code G51) in their 20s, 182,177, and 30,6837 as of 2015, as of 2019, 21,2051, and 30s in their 20s. The number of people in their 20s increased by about 16% and those in their 30s by 8% in 5 years.

It is analyzed that the number of patients with facial cramps increased as 2030 generations received excessive psychological pressure due to social anxiety, employment, and stress. Especially, in the case of single-younger households, the level of stress is relatively severe and it is difficult to take care of health, so they are more likely to be exposed to these risks.

For example, Jung Min-hee (33), an office worker living in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, was recently diagnosed with facial cramps. Jung’s eyes trembled, but because he couldn’t sleep a lot because he was doing a lot of work at the end of the year, he handed it over lightly. Then, I felt seriousness only when I was criticized for’why are you frowning so much?’ After eating nuts and buying high-dose magnesium at a pharmacy, Jung, who was to no avail, hurried to the hospital when his facial muscles became stiff as if he was paralyzed. Eventually, he was diagnosed with facial cramps and had to undergo microvascular decompression.

Gang-Joon Yoon, a neurosurgeon, president of Gangnam Peter Hospital, said, “If the tremor does not stop for more than a month even if you take enough rest and rest with magnesium intake, you need to find a neurosurgeon to get an accurate diagnosis and get treatment according to the cause.” If the symptoms are neglected, one muscle of the face and the other muscle of the face develop asymmetrically, and the shape of the face can also change to asymmetrical, so initial treatment is important,” he advised.

What are some ways to prevent facial cramps?

First of all, it is good to improve your lifestyle. Make sure you don’t accumulate physical fatigue and relieve mental tension. It is good to control triggers such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, and avoid heavy drinking, smoking, and caffeine intake. It is also good to eat enough vitamin-rich fruits.

It is also recommended to perform facial muscle exercises. These include winking, whistling, chewing gum, laughing with open mouth, and massaging around your eyes.

Treatments include medication and botox injections. Botox can provide temporary relief, but cure is difficult. There are also concerns about side effects. Surgery is microvascular decompression, which relieves pressure on the facial nerve vessels. The recurrence rate is known to be around 10%.

CEO Kang-Jun Yoon said, “Some patients hesitate to perform facial spasm surgery because of the burden of’brain surgery’, but if you receive surgery from an experienced doctor, you don’t have to worry too much because you can return to your daily life.” I recommend that you receive treatment after consulting.”

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