Joel Embiid’s Face Paralysis (Bell’s Palsy)

They can't keep acting like nothing is wrong with Joel Embiid as we watch the signs of some type of facial weakness during the NBA playoffs.

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[BrianSuttererMD]

Important point: the facial weakness just means the facial nerve (cranial nerve 7) is affected. This can be from many things, but ‘bells palsy’ is the diagnosis when doctors can’t find a specific cause for why the nerve is affected. So this may be Bell’s palsy or something else they can identify as the trigger (virus, trauma, autoimmune, etc etc)

[ibot]

As a Sixers fan dont hold your breathe expecting transparency from their Medical department

[ShangosAx]

76ers just reported it’s Bell’s Palsy and he’s been getting treatment since Miami.

[francisco.garcia]

100% Bell's Palsy, I was diagnosed with the same issue 8 weeks ago. My face looks exactly the same. It's tough to fully close your affected eye, so I am shocked he is not wearing eye protection. Also, the cranial nerve 7 is connected to the nerve that produces eye tears, so your eye is constantly dry (you can easily scratch your cornea). Initial treatment is a combination of Prednisone and an antiviral called Valtrex. Total respect for Embiid. Bell's Palsy can be caused by Lyme disease, Cold Sore (Herpes simplex virus), Stress, Diabetes, and more. The funny thing is that there is no way to diagnose you with Bell's Palsy; they need to test for everything in the book that can cause face paralysis, and if everything comes back negative, then you will get the Bell's Palsy Diagnosis. 8 Weeks and counting hopefully Embiid heals without any issue.

[johnvu]

Damn. This guy still got 50 points with Bell's Palsy

[Onlybadtakes]

My buddy got Bell Palsy overnight, it was insane how suddenly one side of the face greatly weaken. Lucky, he recovered after a year or so

[justinb]

Reminds me of Jim Ross when he first dealt with Bell’s Palsy in WWF / WWE

[Blitzgib]

WOJ confirmed in twitter that its a bells palsey. Great analysis doc!

[PIBoost]

Every commentator who called him a coward for having his face in his hands after game 2 owes this man an apology. One leg/one eye and man is leaving everything out there

[chefsperspective]

As someone who has had Bell's palsy twice, from the images shown, it would appear that is what he is suffering from. Treatment is very simple and requires steroids to reduce the inflammation that is causing issues with the 7th cranial nerve. As long as he is receiving some sort of treatment the prognosis should be very good for a full recovery. This is something that you can still play with and still heal from at the same time.

[icydiamond]

The playoff game is still going on 😂 How do you even upload this

[FruitMonger]

This is one of the most intriguing subplots of the playoffs. I was rewinding/pausing whenever they showed close-ups of Embiid. How is he playing so well with this going on? How do they keep his eye hydrated? Why the silence? Itʻs all so bizarre.

[theNAUGLEisaBAUS]

i got this randomly in middle school waking up one morning the left side of my face felt paralyzed. it went away in about a week

[TheTyroneShow]

He dropped 50 with half a face and one leg, let Joel live brah

[miketexas]

Doctors are baffled. We're all in this together

[alexdelta]

So early I caught the typo! 😂Great content as always doc

[bilalmalik]

Hope and pray the big man receives a complete and speedy recovery. I got Bell's Palsy from a tick bite, Lyme disease, and it's not fun.

[joesalyers]

Bells Palsy maybe? Famous wrestling announcer Jim Ross struggled with it on and off for about 5 years but it was never noticeable until he had a bad case of it in 1998 and it finally caused permeant damage to his speech and facial muscles. Before 1998 Jim would just look a bit like he had a bad case of allergies and puffiness around on side of his face but his speech was never impaired.

[jld]

Thanks doc, I’d say u are brilliant coming up with your channel, to educate all who care to listen in the sports world.
Simply smart!!!

[yoblxde]

it look like he had the stuff justin bieber had.