What is jaw muscle spasm?

Jaw muscle spasms are common in life. In many cases, they are caused by low calcium. Blind treatment and solutions are not recommended. First, we must distinguish and understand the causes so that we can improve them correctly. However, calcium supplementation cannot be ignored.

1. Mechanical compression caused by blood vessel crossing can squeeze nerve fibers together, causing them to lose their myelin sheath and lead to a short circuit of the action current between nerve axons. This is the pathological mechanism that causes hemifacial muscle spasm.

2. It has been reported that 3D-TOF magnetic resonance angiography brainstem thin-layer scanning was used to examine patients with hemifacial muscle spasm, and it was found that 90% of the patients had vascular compression at the root of the facial nerve. A small number of cases may be caused by cerebellopontine angle tumors or vertebral artery aneurysms.

3. Another group of patients develop secondary facial muscle twitching on the affected side after recovering from idiopathic facial nerve paralysis. The pathogenesis is still unclear. It may be that the pathological changes of facial nerve demyelination caused by facial neuritis fail to return to normal after treatment, and partial demyelination still exists, making the electrical conduction of the facial nerve susceptible to generalization. Or facial neuritis may involve the nerve nuclei in the brainstem, forming similar epileptic lesions and producing paroxysmal twitching of the facial muscles.

4. Spasms of the facial muscles on the affected side may occur after trauma, tumor or surgery. This may be due to a short circuit between the facial nerve and other cranial nerves during its recovery process. When other nerves are excited, twitching of the facial muscles on one side may also occur.

5. Relieve diet

Vegetarian Cowpea Salad:

[Ingredients] 200 grams of cowpea, 50 grams of carrots, 15 grams of refined salt, 15 milligrams of soy sauce, 5 milligrams of sesame oil, and 5 grams of sesame paste.

[Preparation] Blanch the processed cowpeas in boiling water, soak them in cold water, take them out, cut them into sections and place them on a plate. Then put sesame paste, soy sauce, salt and sesame oil on the cowpea.

[Effects] Supplement necessary vitamins and trace elements.

Walnut cheese:

[Ingredients] 250 mg of milk, 200 g of glutinous rice, 50 g of walnut kernels, appropriate amount of red dates, 750 mg of water.

[Preparation] Peel the walnuts, soak the glutinous rice and red dates in water, peel off the skin and core of the red dates, mash them together with the walnut kernels, add 750 mg of water and milk, cook into porridge, add sugar when it is 70% cooked, and cook until done.

[Effects] Supplement nutrients such as protein and calcium.