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Rear end collison whiplash and facial spasms
I had a car accident last week 9/26/11 which I was rear ended and hit into someone elses vehicle in front of me. Caused about 6500 damage to my CUV, she was going around 20mph I guess. I was fine at the scene but shortly after I started having a pain in my right shoulder, headache and neck pain. The same day I made an appt wiht my my primary care physician and she diagnosed me with whiplash. I was placed on pain meds as well as a muscle relaxer.
My headache has never really gone away, I have a dull ache thats constant. For the last 2 days I have experienced facial spasms on the right side of my face into my cheekbone. Its very visible and looks to be under my right eye. Can someone tell me what could possibly be going on here? I called the doc who sent me to the ER because she thought it wasnt normal. ER only did xrays on shoulder and neck to see if anything was broken and said they came back fine. He was stumped as to what was going on with my face. He told me to follow up with my dr. Can anyone give me an opinion, this sure does seem neurological to me!
My headache has never really gone away, I have a dull ache thats constant. For the last 2 days I have experienced facial spasms on the right side of my face into my cheekbone. Its very visible and looks to be under my right eye. Can someone tell me what could possibly be going on here? I called the doc who sent me to the ER because she thought it wasnt normal. ER only did xrays on shoulder and neck to see if anything was broken and said they came back fine. He was stumped as to what was going on with my face. He told me to follow up with my dr. Can anyone give me an opinion, this sure does seem neurological to me!
Hello, I m experiencing the same thing you have from a car accident. Since your injury was over 6 years ago, is everything better now? What was the root cause and treatment. Thanks! Darren 704-620-0500
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Hey guys I got into a car accident on January and I am having the same symptoms than you. Everything started about a week afer the accident with my right eyelid twitching really bad. After another week my right eyelid stopped twitching and then my left eyelid started to twitch. After another week my lips also started to twitch and now my nose started. I am really concerned about it, is this permanent ?
Thank you so much for your response! I feel relieved this isnt a permanent issue.
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Hey guys I got into a car accident on January and I am having the same symptoms than you. Everything started about a week afer the accident with my right eyelid twitching really bad. After another week my right eyelid stopped twitching and then my left eyelid started to twitch. After another week my lips also started to twitch and now my nose started. I am really concerned about it, is this permanent ?
Dear Carmen,
What is happening to you is you wrenched your neck badly in the car accident, which is referred to as whiplash. This is where your head is thrown forward and then backward with an unnatural force. When this happens, all your muscles and nerves and spine are pulled very hard out of position for a few seconds, and this hurts. Muscles can be torn or at least stretched, kind of like a sprain, nerves and spinal cord are yanked around and they will react by sending pain signals to the brain.
Muscles and nerves that are affected when the neck is wrenched like yours was, include all muscles and nerves in the vicinity, including those that go into the face. Your muscles are indeed spasming and that's what you're seeing under your eye. The particular nerve that generates your particular facial impulses is the trigemenal nerve.
After a car wreck, it takes people several weeks to really get over it. The part of your body that was affected the most, the upper neck area, is all inflammed, swollen, strained and sprained, tensed up, and until all the structures heal, it's going to give you that headache, give you those tics in your face, and continue to bother you a lot. Best thing you can do is have a friend or relative carefully rub out your shoulders and the back of your neck (not the sides), which the shoulders is what's giving you the headache, your neck is giving you those facial tics, and the more relaxed and less swollen the area gets that was strained, the better you're going to start feeling.
Since a week has gone by, cold packs won't be as effective as warm packs, but you can try either one to help with the pain, to help you relax. You could even go to a massage therapist, there is nothing better for a person than to have their backs completely rubbed out, or you could try an acupuncturist, which will help open the nerve pathways that are presently blocked by injury and swelling.
If you want to, you could visit a neurologist, so he can make sure you didn't completely ruin the nerve that goes into your face, altho I imagine he will say it is temporarily goofed up on account of your whiplash swolled up everything in the area, so it's going to take time for the swelling to go down and release that nerve from spasming. So, massage, heat, long soaks in the tub, rest your head and neck... your regular doc might order a soft collar to help support it, and in general take it easy for a while, and eventually your headache will go away and your face will quit jumping around. Let us know how things go.
GG
What is happening to you is you wrenched your neck badly in the car accident, which is referred to as whiplash. This is where your head is thrown forward and then backward with an unnatural force. When this happens, all your muscles and nerves and spine are pulled very hard out of position for a few seconds, and this hurts. Muscles can be torn or at least stretched, kind of like a sprain, nerves and spinal cord are yanked around and they will react by sending pain signals to the brain.
Muscles and nerves that are affected when the neck is wrenched like yours was, include all muscles and nerves in the vicinity, including those that go into the face. Your muscles are indeed spasming and that's what you're seeing under your eye. The particular nerve that generates your particular facial impulses is the trigemenal nerve.
After a car wreck, it takes people several weeks to really get over it. The part of your body that was affected the most, the upper neck area, is all inflammed, swollen, strained and sprained, tensed up, and until all the structures heal, it's going to give you that headache, give you those tics in your face, and continue to bother you a lot. Best thing you can do is have a friend or relative carefully rub out your shoulders and the back of your neck (not the sides), which the shoulders is what's giving you the headache, your neck is giving you those facial tics, and the more relaxed and less swollen the area gets that was strained, the better you're going to start feeling.
Since a week has gone by, cold packs won't be as effective as warm packs, but you can try either one to help with the pain, to help you relax. You could even go to a massage therapist, there is nothing better for a person than to have their backs completely rubbed out, or you could try an acupuncturist, which will help open the nerve pathways that are presently blocked by injury and swelling.
If you want to, you could visit a neurologist, so he can make sure you didn't completely ruin the nerve that goes into your face, altho I imagine he will say it is temporarily goofed up on account of your whiplash swolled up everything in the area, so it's going to take time for the swelling to go down and release that nerve from spasming. So, massage, heat, long soaks in the tub, rest your head and neck... your regular doc might order a soft collar to help support it, and in general take it easy for a while, and eventually your headache will go away and your face will quit jumping around. Let us know how things go.
GG
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Hey guys I got into a car accident on January and I am having the same symptoms than you. Everything started about a week afer the accident with my right eyelid twitching really bad. After another week my right eyelid stopped twitching and then my left eyelid started to twitch. After another week my lips also started to twitch and now my nose started. I am really concerned about it, is this permanent ?
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