Country Singer Preston Brust: My Battle With Bell's Palsy.

BELL'S palsy; EXERCISE

"I looked in the mirror and I just stopped dead in my tracks", says Brust, who with bandmate Chris Lucas makes up LoCash, the duo behind hits like "I Know Somebody" and "I Love This Life." DIAGNOSED WITH THE PARALYZING CONDITION FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE SINGER SHARES HIS STORY TO LET FELLOW SUFFERERS KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE BROTHERLY BOND WHAT IS BELL'S PALSY? B A viral inflammation of the facial nerve, Bell's palsy causes one-sided paralysis or weakness and has no known cure, says Dr. Scott Stephan, of the Facial Nerve Disorders Program at Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center. [Extracted from the article]

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