Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol Palin, shared a video opening up about a terrifying health scare that has left her unable to control half of her face.
In a video shared to social media, Bristol revealed that she has been struggling with what the doctors believe to be Bell’s palsy, which is a condition where a person has sudden weakness or paralysis in their facial muscles.
In the video, you can clearly see that only half of her face is animated and the other half is completely emotionless.
“I woke up nine days ago with a little weird sensation in my face. My mouth was flowing this way and it just felt like a little off,” Briston recalled, “So I looked in the mirror, I’m like wow, this is looking a little weird. Within a couple hours, the entire left side of my face was numb and just paralyzed.”
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NEW: Bristol Palin, the daughter of Sarah Palin, says she has been suffering from a neurological disorder that is "pulling her face" to the left.
Palin says the facial paralysis started over a week ago, making her face numb.
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She said that the symptoms escalated quickly, leaving her unable to blink or move on the side of her face the was affected.
“I couldn’t really blink my eye, definitely had no movement on this side of my face. So crazy,” Bristol explained. “Went to the doctor, they ran tests, they did a CT scan, they put me on steroids, put me on other medications.
She added, “Nothing came back in all the results. They think it’s just a case of Bell’s palsy, maybe brought on by stress or lack of sleep.”
Despite seeking immediate medical attention, doctors were not able to determine a definite cause.