My daughter has bells palsy should i send her to school?

she has not been at school for 2 weeks now and its still there im worried about her work but i know what high school is like for teasing what should i do?

Contact your doctor and your school board. Sometimes the school board will provide tutoring with a doctor's excuse in situations like this. But she will have to go out and face the world. A little education to the student body before she comes back to school may be what is needed. The paralysis in my sister's face took some time to go away and she had to wear an eye patch for some time. It does resolve, but not over night. It takes weeks and months for those muscles to get back to normal. Hiding from the world may not be the solution here. Maybe the school nurse could do an informative program to prepare the student body for how she looks and that this can effect anybody, so teasing is not an option. Good Luck.

Maybe you should leave it up to your daughter. She probably realizes that the kids are going to be rough on her. If she is up to the challenge, let her go. If she is reluctant, then let her stay at home. Kids can keep up with schoolwork if they keep in daily contact with their teachers, so her work doesn't have to suffer if she makes an effort to keep up.

you can but i wouldnt i would get a doctors note and get her work from school untill shes better..... hope she feels better

The condition could be permanent.
I know that you don't want to hear this.

My ex wife got Bells Palsy during her pregnancy. It went away as soon as she gave birth.

Bells Palsy is just a fancy way to say that the doctors have NO clue as to what is wrong. They know that it probably isn't a stroke, but knowing what it isn't, isn't the same as knowing what it is.
Bells Palsy is a partial facial paralysis with no evident cause. Not knowing the cause means that the condition could be permanent.

Your daughter may need to accept this condition as not a temporary thing. She needs to go to school, if her health is good. She should also get some counseling if the condition is lasting. Chances are that this will clear up, but it may be a long time.

Good luck, I truly feel for you little girl. It is a terribly hard thing she is going through.

As hard as it will be for her she will probably need to go. Ive had Bells Palsy and know that it can take months for the paralysis to go away. When it does start to come back it is at a snails pace and gets in no big hurry.

That being said I know it has to be hard on a kid to face peers at school. Tell your daughter that sometimes the strongest prayers come from people we dont even know. Ill remember her in mine.

I wanted to also mention vitamin b-12 therapy. I did not see any improvement in my bells palsy until I started using it. I have met many that swear by it. If your interested heres a link with a bit of info about it. Cant hurt to ask about anyway.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

If you haven't already, you should check out the Bell's Palsy Infosite - both the FAQs and forum are excellent resources to find out more about this condition, as well as connect with other people who currently have (or had) BP.

Unfortunately, no one can tell you exactly how long it will take your daughter to recover from BP. No 2 cases are exactly alike, and the recovery time varies from person to person, depending on how severely damaged the 7th cranial nerve was. Generally speaking, the less paralysis/facial weakness experienced to begin with, the quicker the recovery. It's important to note that a large majority will recover within 3 months.

My case was somewhat atypical. I had bilateral BP i.e. both sides of my face were affected within 72 hours of each other, and recovery is still ongoing (I'm going on 14 months at about 95% recovered).

I think it was a good idea to keep her home for at least a couple of weeks after initial onset of BP - the first stages of BP recovery can be *very* fatiguing as the damaged nerve heals and regenerates, and it's important for your daughter to get as much rest as possible during this time. Depending on how much she's improved since, she should probably decide if she wants to go back to school or not, with some helpful parental guidance from you, of course.

Whatever the decision, it's important to protect your daughter's eye on the BP side if she can't fully close her eye. Make sure her eye is lubricated at all times with eyedrops during the day, and wear a patch or tape the eye shut at night.

Good luck to your daughter's recovery, and I hope you do check out the BP infosite. There is a wealth of information there that I've only been able to touch on with this reply.