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Thats interesting, since there is a lot of research around face palsy & recovery in UK.

• _puk 2mo ago
  Yep. About 20 years ago my gran got to the facial palsy stage of Lyme's before it was even considered and diagnosed by a visiting locum doctor who'd grown up in another country. Antibiotics were given, her face recovered (albeit slowly). It's a horrendous disease.
  • KellyCriterion 2mo ago
    May I ask: Did the muscles on the side of the face with the affection also restore or does she have an muscle-atrophy until today on that side?
    • _puk 2mo ago
      The muscles came back over time. She had a droopy face that side for probably a year. But eventually you couldn't notice