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What Causes Non-movement Of Right Side Lip After Injury?
hi doctor since i was been throw with an 750ml bottle my muscel on the rightvswelling up and i was been stich now after 3week my muscel still pain and i cant laught or smile like the first my right lip is not moveing up when i talk or smile i cant see my teeth the right side of my lip and am in shame please doctor what is it
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
Hello,
It is little difficult to understand the description you have given but I am assuming that you were injured with a bottle in the right lip area and ever since you have felt loss of movements of that side of the upper lip and the area is painful.
As you were injured in the lip area, it is possible that the nerve supplying the right side of the upper lip (right labial nerve) is damaged or it might have been damaged while the surgeon sutured the area. Unfortunately, nothing can be done in that case and you will have to wait for few weeks to few months for the nerve to regenerate and start the sensation in the lip again. Feeling pain is also normal as you have been injured and then have got sutures in the area. As the site will heal, the pain will reduce till it will disappear. Also, as 3 weeks have passed since the sutures, you should go to the specialist treating you for follow up appointment where healing progression can be checked.
After the pain is relieved, you can massage the lip to get the sensations back soon. For now, you can apply ice over the area to have relief in pain.
In addition, you can take Ibuprofen 400 mg or Ketorolac 10 mg up to thrice a day for pain relief.
I hope this information helps you. Thank you for choosing HCM. I wish you recover soon.
Best,
Dr. Viraj Shah
It is little difficult to understand the description you have given but I am assuming that you were injured with a bottle in the right lip area and ever since you have felt loss of movements of that side of the upper lip and the area is painful.
As you were injured in the lip area, it is possible that the nerve supplying the right side of the upper lip (right labial nerve) is damaged or it might have been damaged while the surgeon sutured the area. Unfortunately, nothing can be done in that case and you will have to wait for few weeks to few months for the nerve to regenerate and start the sensation in the lip again. Feeling pain is also normal as you have been injured and then have got sutures in the area. As the site will heal, the pain will reduce till it will disappear. Also, as 3 weeks have passed since the sutures, you should go to the specialist treating you for follow up appointment where healing progression can be checked.
After the pain is relieved, you can massage the lip to get the sensations back soon. For now, you can apply ice over the area to have relief in pain.
In addition, you can take Ibuprofen 400 mg or Ketorolac 10 mg up to thrice a day for pain relief.
I hope this information helps you. Thank you for choosing HCM. I wish you recover soon.
Best,
Dr. Viraj Shah
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