Justin Bieber has lately delayed a series of concerts due to an illness that directly affects the mobility of part of his face. In a video broadcast on Instagram, the Canadian singer has conveyed that he will postpone more concerts due to facial paralysis.
"As you can see, this eye does not blink, I cannot smile on this side of my face, this nostril does not move. So there is complete paralysis on this side of my face," he has delivered on his social networks.
Therefore, he wanted to send a message to his fans: "This is quite serious, as you can see, I wish it wasn't like that but obviously my body is telling me that I have to slow down and I hope you understand."
Bieber began his Justice World Tour in February, and was scheduled to finish the first leg in North America in July. Initially, the tour was scheduled to last until March 2023. However, the Canadian singer's disease will alter his tour schedule. After this confession, the artist has guaranteed that he will take some time to "rest and relax and return to being 100% to be able to do what I was born to do."
Of course, he has disclosed that he will have to make a sequence of facial movements over the next few days to regain full mobility of his face from him. Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that happens when the varicella-zoster virus infects a nerve in the head near the inner ear.
After suffering from chickenpox as a child or shingles as an adult, the virus can remain dormant in the body. To this day, it is still unknown why the virus reactivates and causes Ramsay Hunt symptoms.
This incapacitating syndrome, in addition to paralysis, can also cause vertigo, dizziness, balance and hearing problems, as well as changes in the voice, Bieber's main work tool.
Therapy includes steroids, such as prednisone, to subside inflammation and pain medication. Antiviral medications that help the herpes family, such as acyclovir or valacyclovir, may sometimes be prescribed.
Full recovery is a matter of time. If treatment is started within three days of diagnosis, partial paralysis is 75% resolved. The problem is to catch it after these days, since the possibilities of recovering mobility are increasingly reduced.
