Thank you very much for that comment.
I am the guy who posted this article, I have had shingles, and I had no idea that it is a risk factor for Bell's Palsy.
I have had the original shingles vaccine - no shingles since then.
The newest shingles vaccine (Shingrix?) is much more potent than the original shingles vaccine, so I may do a double dip on shingles vax.
I had the Shingrix several years ago. For me the side effects were strong, I spent a week afterwards in bed, like a really bad hangover.
However my MIL had shingles so I think it was a good tradeoff.
You’re welcome.
1 in 60 people will get Bell’s Palsy at some point in their life time.
Funny on the first day when I started to notice it’s effects was when I was using mouthwash and for some reason it kept squirting out of the corner of one side of my mouth.
So I blew it off as nothing.
The next morning……..I thought I was having a TIA (very localized stroke sort of) because my entire left side of my face was paralyzed.
Have a great night.