Two Australian women diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome share their experience of the rare condition that has been thrust into the spotlight by singer Justin Bieber.
Ramsay Hunt syndrome is often misdiagnosed as Bell's palsy because of the facial paralysis, and not all patients immediately present with a rash.Mikaela Pretorius was 35 weeks pregnant with her second child in November 2014 when she developed a really bad headache.
She spent three days in hospital and was warned the steroids she was on to treat the infection could make her go into early labour."My right side of my face has some movement, like I can blink again, but it's not the same. "The more severe the damage, the longer it will take to recover, and the lower the chance that you will completely regain normal function," the organisation says."If they had it in their ear, their face might have recovered but their hearing hasn't, their balance hasn't," she said.The mother-of-two has botox injections every three months to "even out" her face.
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