jvree
12-23-2006, 12:28 PM
About 6 weeks ago I noticed a strange feeling on the right side of my face. It felt like my right eye lid was heavy or still half asleep. It went away after a couple of hours but came back periodically. I saw my general physician and he prescribed antibiotics thinking it could be the start of a sinus infection. When there was no change after 5 days of antibiotics, he referred me to a neurologist. My neurologist did what I guess are the standard first visit tests and told me it may be a virus. To be safe, he wants me to get an MRI, which I am doing next week.
I have been trying to track my symptoms. There is no pain, just a numbness/pressure feeling. Usually, I feel it anywhere from different points of my right eye (from the outside corner, to the eye lid), on my right cheek and around my ear, the right side of my head and/or the right side of my neck. Again, there is no pain. It feels like there should be some drooping, but there is none. In the mirror, my face looks normal even when the feeling is most prominent. No vision problems either.
It also seems like lying on my right side brings it on. I usually have it the first few hours after I wake up (especially if I wake up on my right side) and it will come on if I lay on my couch on my right side after about 15 minutes.
I workout with weights pretty regularly and often tweek various parts of my back. I thought it might be the byproduct of a back or nect injury.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
I have been trying to track my symptoms. There is no pain, just a numbness/pressure feeling. Usually, I feel it anywhere from different points of my right eye (from the outside corner, to the eye lid), on my right cheek and around my ear, the right side of my head and/or the right side of my neck. Again, there is no pain. It feels like there should be some drooping, but there is none. In the mirror, my face looks normal even when the feeling is most prominent. No vision problems either.
It also seems like lying on my right side brings it on. I usually have it the first few hours after I wake up (especially if I wake up on my right side) and it will come on if I lay on my couch on my right side after about 15 minutes.
I workout with weights pretty regularly and often tweek various parts of my back. I thought it might be the byproduct of a back or nect injury.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.