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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / December 2006Uneven facial health
I'm twenty three, and one side of my face seems less healthy than the other in manifold ways. The eye on the bad side is goes red\dark more than the other, whenever anything happen to make eyes go red\dark (tiredness, irritation, etc). That whole side of the face looks five years older, and\or, less well slept, and lacks the same healthy glow as the other side. The eye stuff seemed to start six months ago when I had an extreme headache and blocked tubes. Note that I do not look altogether tired and my eyed are mostly fine - it's just that the condition of one side is always several times worse than the other. Why is that? ~Iain > I'm twenty three, and one side of my face seems less healthy than the > other in manifold ways. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > - it's just that the condition of one side is always several times > worse than the other. Why is that? I can thing of several reasons. So can your doctor. Please ask him or her. Your doctor can examine you and get a full history, something we can't do here. Jeff > ~Iain > > I'm twenty three, and one side of my face seems less healthy than the > > other in manifold ways. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Your doctor can examine you and get a full history, something we can't do > here. You couldn't maybe moot them? It just seems such a petty thing to bother the NHS about -- nothing seems wrong -- just uneven. ~Iain >> > I'm twenty three, and one side of my face seems less healthy than the >> > other in manifold ways. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > You couldn't maybe moot them? It just seems such a petty thing to > bother the NHS about -- nothing seems wrong -- just uneven. OK. The things that concern me is that this all started after you had a headache and blocked tubes. I am not sure what you mean by blocked tubes. NHS sounds British, so you might means sinuses or ear tubes or somethng. That brings to mind temporal arteritis, and autoimmune condition. I guess other autoimmune conditions can cause this, like lupus, which has definite skin changes associtated with this, but almost always they occur on both sides of the face, not just one. Something that affects one eye and not the other seems odd. This can also be something that in neurological, affecting the nerves. Again, there are not things we can diagnose over the internet. You probably don't have them. But, if you are concerned enough to ask us, I think you should be asking your doctor. You should be seeing your primary care doctor (possibly an internist, family doc or gyncologist) at least once a year, anyway. I am not sure what is standard in England. And when you talk about things more or less suddenly changing on one side of your face, now seems wrong. Plus, if it is nothing, it is better you hear that from your own doc, who you probably need to see in the next few months, anyway. Jeff Jeff > ~Iain > I can thing of several reasons. So can your doctor. Please ask him or her. > Your doctor can examine you and get a full history, something we can't do > here. This could be the answer to every medical question in every newsgroup. The guy knows he can go to his doctor. What you wrote was not helpful. Maybe he can't afford a doctor. Maybe he's in a 3rd world country with no health care. I also have noticed an uneveness in my own body as far as health. For me one side seems to have more problems than the otherside. An example, I have persistant nail fungus on the left hand, but not the right one. And a corn on the soul of my left foot. And when I feel a cold coming on, my left side is more sensitive, than my right. I was wondering the same thing.. why? > > I can thing of several reasons. So can your doctor. Please ask him or her. > > Your doctor can examine you and get a full history, something we can't do [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Maybe he can't afford a doctor. Maybe he's in a 3rd world country with > no health care. >I also have noticed an uneveness in my own body as far as health. For > me one side seems to have more problems than the otherside. An example, > I have persistant nail fungus on the left hand, but not the right one. > And a corn on the soul of my left foot. And when I feel a cold coming > on, my left side is more sensitive, than my right. I was wondering the > same thing.. why? In your case, I suspect it is just luck. I suspect that you have three problems, and by chance, they all happen to be on the left side. However, your left side has one thing in common: It is control by the right side of the brain. Maybe there is some different about the two sides of the brain that causes this. I suspect that the corn has something to do with the way you walk. I am not sure about the sensitivity when you get a cold, though. What concerned me most about the OP was the suddeness it appeared. I wou;dn't be surprised if it wasn't so sudden, but the OP only noticed when the OP thought it appeared. Either way, I think it is best a doctor look at her. Jeff >> > I can thing of several reasons. So can your doctor. Please ask him or >> > her. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> Maybe he can't afford a doctor. Maybe he's in a 3rd world country with >> no health care. > >I also have noticed an uneveness in my own body as far as health. For > > me one side seems to have more problems than the otherside. An example, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > the OP thought it appeared. Either way, I think it is best a doctor look at > her. I should clarify some things: The whole thing is subtle and it is a just a comparative observation -- I can't find fault with either side of the face, except that one side looks a few years older and and a couple of hours less well slept, the respective eye "showing" the effects of tireness and irritation more than the other. It all seemed to start when I had what felt like a blocked head and a severe headache on my left-hand side of my head, cause my left eye to go slightly bloodshot. It faded, but since then I have been aware of that eye being the "bad looking" one. Maybe I've always been like that and it took a bad headache to reveal it? ~Iain I've had this happen to me twice. It was also my left eye that turned red. I found it strange that only my left eye turned red. And this happened after I woke up too early, and had too little sleep. I also had a headache. I related this to lowered immunity due to the lack of sufficient sleep, stress at work etc. After a good night's rest though, my eye went back to normal. I wonder if there is a medical explanation as to why only one eye would be affected.... http://www.powertolife.com/blog.html > It all seemed to start when I had what felt like a blocked head and a > severe headache on my left-hand side of my head, cause my left eye to > go slightly bloodshot. It faded, but since then I have been aware of > that eye being the "bad looking" one. > I've had this happen to me twice. It was also my left eye that turned > red. I found it strange that only my left eye turned red. And this [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I wonder if there is a medical explanation as to why only one eye would > be affected.... More sleep makes the eye go back to normal, and the side of the face with the bad eye is the same side that looks older\less slept. In other words, one side of the face shows the benefit of sleep more than the other. ~Iain " This could be the answer to every medical question in every newsgroup. [go see doctor] " ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Which the MDA finds very profitable. =================================== " The guy knows he can go to his doctor. What you wrote was not helpful. Maybe he can't afford a doctor. Maybe he's in a 3rd world country with no health care. " ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Or maybe he knows how inept doctors can be. (especially with unorthodox health problems) |
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