June 11, 2022

"What is Ramsay Hunt syndrome, the condition affecting Justin Bieber?"

WaPo explains:

Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that can occur in people who were previously infected with chickenpox. If the dormant varicella-zoster virus is reactivated, leading to shingles, it can affect the facial nerve and may lead to facial paralysis and hearing loss.... [P]rompt treatment can make a significant difference to a patient’s outcome, with about 70 percent of those who receive antiviral medication within three days of developing symptoms making a full recovery... Mild cases can resolve within a few weeks... but more severe damage to the nerve leads to a longer recovery time and lower chances of a complete return to health. 

Justin calmly explains his condition:

11 comments:

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

To quick points. He mentioned God... and the memes makers just got new material.

Yancey Ward said...

When did he get the COVID vaccine or booster last? Lots of people report shingles soon after the jab.

David O said...

I know what you're thinking, but the most important thing to know is this has absolutely nothing to do with a certain totally safe and effective medication that might or might not have been introduced in early 2021. Because if it did have something to do with a certain totally safe and effective medication, the government would have told us by now.

Lyle said...

I got shingles in my twenties. It's not just a disease of the elderly. I did not have this syndrome though. Hoping for a speedy and full recovery for Mr. Bieber.

tim in vermont said...

[P]rompt treatment can make a significant difference to a patient’s outcome

Too bad he was a Canadian then.

Ray - SoCal said...

My thought was the same as Yancy...

A quick search got this, predating Bieber's announcement.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

From Jan 2022
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8450380/! National Library of Medicine

From Nov 2021
Varicella zoster virus-induced neurological disease after COVID-19 vaccination: a retrospective monocentric study
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-021-10849-3
Springer Link

It seems the amount of "just coincidences" increases with every shot. It does not seem this is being tracked, and/or the data is being made hard to get.

A thought experiment - What's going to happen as those getting shots 4+ have more coincidences happen to them?

They will probably explain it would have been so much worse if we had not gotten shot number X. That is what I am heard from a family member who got the boosters 3 and 4, and got some bad side effects. Shots 1 and 2 they were fine with.

michaele said...

This has to be a devastating affliction for anyone but especially someone who is so prominently in the public eye. I wonder if the paralysis aspect means he doesn't have physical pain. About 15 years ago, I had a very bad case of shingles that started along my left eyebrow and encircled back to surround my left ear. My husband had some valacyclovir on hand for cold sores and I took 2 pills right away since the weird itchy stabby pain thing hit on a Sat night. I was fortunate I self diagnosed it as possible shingles and we had the valacyclovir on hand. When I went to a doctor on Mon., it was confirmed as shingles and I was told I was lucky it didn't affect my optic nerve. For the next two weeks, the pain was like I had stuck my head down in an angry yellow jacket nest.

Mike Sylwester said...

YouTube used to have a video proving that Justin Bieber is a biological female. The video pointed out many female features of his physical structure -- the shapes and lengths of various bones. I was convinced totally.

I was going to link to that video here, but that YouTube account has been terminated.

I searched YouTube for another video making a similar argument, but I found only this.

Mike Sylwester said...

Following up my own comment at 8:16 AM
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In November 2018 I published on my Dirty Dancing blog an article titled Homosexual Aspects of "Dirty Dancing" -- Part 1. (I have not published Part 2 yet.)

In that 2018 blog article, I linked to a lot of videos on the YouTube account of Michelle Xx. In general, her videos argue that there is a secret conspiracy in Hollywood to promote celebrities who have changed their sexes.

One of those videos proved (I was convinced) that Justin Bieber is a biological female. When I tried, however, to link to that video here today, I got an error message that that YouTube account has been terminated.

About a year ago -- in about mid-2021 -- a YouTube account for a Michelle XX (not Xx) has been created, and it includes many (not all) of the previous account's videos. In particular, I could not find the Justin Bieber video in the new account.

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walter said...

Perfectly normal...as is his wife's clot/stroke.
Jabtastic!

walter said...

Mike,
The Beebs has had some pretty ripped phases.
I can't imagine beleebing that.