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06-01-2008, 01:29 PM
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| | | my face is numb
this happens off and on but today its really bad. my left side of my face from my nose up to my eyes and part of my cheek is numb. is this common with being diabetic?
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06-01-2008, 01:35 PM
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| | | No it's not. Have you gotten that checked out by a doctor?
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06-01-2008, 01:42 PM
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| | | I had a few years ago but they basically said they didnt know why it happened. it hurtsssssssssssssssssssss. Maybe its sinus problems? but i've never really had problem with sinuses. They did give me some patches to put on my face that numbed it even more so it would not hurt. I guess i should go see if i have any more.
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06-01-2008, 02:36 PM
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| | Hi Trina,
Some years ago, I had two friends who worked with me who were experiencing numbness and a frozen feeling on one side of their faces. Strangely, it turned out to be the same thing in both of them, something called Bell's Palsy which is not communicable. I had never heard of it before that.
It is worthwhile to have your symptoms checked out by a doctor because there are conditions out there that have nothing to do with diabetes.  Maybe a neurologist since your cheek is feeling numb?
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06-01-2008, 03:41 PM
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| | | I knew everything is not because of being diabetic but wanted to see if others had it happen. I have been to Drs before got MRI Ct scan ect and they said they didnt know why. Its been yrs I guess I will go to another.
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06-01-2008, 03:43 PM
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| | | fast research showed this Diabetics are more than 4 times more likely to develop Bells palsy than the general population
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06-01-2008, 05:36 PM
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| | | "fast research showed this Diabetics are more than 4 times more likely to develop Bells palsy than the general population"
Yikes. I learn something new every day. Thanks Trina.
PS BP was just a thought. I sure hope you just have a pinched nerve or something instead.
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06-02-2008, 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by trinasangels  this happens off and on but today its really bad. my left side of my face from my nose up to my eyes and part of my cheek is numb. is this common with being diabetic? | Ho Trina, I hope that you're OK now. This disease is cruel to our lives and I hope that this will disappears.
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06-02-2008, 04:07 PM
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| | | much better today thanks! It is not numb today!!!! yay!
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06-02-2008, 06:09 PM
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| | | Trina
I suffer from trigeminal neuralgia... anything on my face or gums can set it off, a zit, a scald in my mouth a sore gum... I think it is any time there is any swelling that puts pressure on the trigeminal nerve which runs just about across the cheekbone...
It can be very painful as if I have grazed my face and sometimes little electric shocky feelings also the numbness.
touching it is painful too.. With me it can last up to a week and it sort of moves up my head and stops in the middle when it reaches the top of my skull. I find Aspirin quite effective and I do salt water rinses in case it's mouth infection causing it...
Once, a dentist gave me a very slow diluted novacaine injection near the nerve and that seemed to fix it for several months...
It is worst when it gets the outer corner of my eye or just near my ear.... it really sounds like what you are having, so next time you are at the dentist mention it.. they seem quite familiar with it.. In my case they said it may have been caused by a dentist actually damaging the nerve when giving me freezing (getting too close?)
good luck
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06-04-2008, 02:30 PM
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| | | I've had a bit of this before when my bg is high for too long. |
06-04-2008, 03:15 PM
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| | | Tina, does not sound like Bell's Palsy to me. With Bell's you get numbness and your face droops on one side. You have trouble closing the eye on the affected side.
It comes on quickly and stays with you for weeks. Then it goes away. It does not usually reoccur.
They say it happens more with diabetics but I don't remember anyone here ever mentioning it
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