HOWEVER, cold trauma is known to give advantage to many viruses in entering the nose, lungs and likely ear canal... and, asleep, it's harder for the body to warm the ear as fast as the wind is cooling it.
Flu, varicella and herpes virus abound, so ear-canal trauma cannot responsibly be ignored as the most commonly mentioned precipitating event ... wisely deemed a risk, setting up a "perfect storm" for Bell's Palsy.
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HOWEVER, cold trauma is known to give advantage to many viruses in entering the nose, lungs and likely ear canal... and, asleep, it's harder for the body to warm the ear as fast as the wind is cooling it.
Flu, varicella and herpes virus abound, so ear-canal trauma cannot responsibly be ignored as the most commonly mentioned precipitating event ... wisely deemed a risk, setting up a "perfect storm" for Bell's Palsy.
May 5, 2017 - 4:29pmThis Comment
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