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Harry Taylor – The Gaurdian.co.uk June 10, 2022

Justin Bieber has cancelled a series of shows on his latest tour after a virus caused “full paralysis” on one side of his face.

The Canadian popstar said he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome after a virus had damaged the nerves in his ear. He said he was suffering a “pretty serious” case in a video he posted to his Instagram page.

The 28-year-old is currently on his Justice tour in North America and has cancelled performances in Toronto, Washington DC and New York.

He said: “It is from this virus that attacks the nerve in my ear in my facial nerves and has caused my face to have paralysis.

“As you can see, this eye is not blinking. I can’t smile on this side of my face. This nostril will not move, so there’s full paralysis on this side of my face.”

In the three-minute long video he tries to smile, blink and move his face but parts of his face would not react. He said he has been doing facial exercises to recover.

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Researchers suggest possible link between Ramsay Hunt syndrome and COVID-19 vaccine

hitc.com – June 11, 2022

The Postgraduate Medical Journal previously released an article under the Adverse Drug Reactions section on the website. It details the case of a 37-year-old man diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome shortly after getting a COVID-19 vaccine jab.

The authors of the article – Chariene Jane Woo, Oscar Hou In Chou and Bernard Man Yung Cheung – are researchers from the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Medicine.

The researchers reveal that they diagnosed a previously healthy 37-year-old man with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (RHS), two days after he got his first dose of the COVID vaccine.

The symptoms apparently began with fever and pain in the right ear. Soon, the patient developed vesicles in his right ear and canal. It then developed into tinnitus and led to a loss of hearing.

The patient also complained of facial palsy and numbness in the tongue.

‘As his symptoms developed 2 days after vaccination, we suspected the vaccination triggered RHS. This would be the first reported case of RHS after COVID-19 vaccination,’ the researchers write.

“Vaccine-related immunomodulation may be responsible for the RHS after vaccination,” the researchers state.

They conclude the article by saying: “HS is rare for patients under 60 years old with no previous history of HZ. Therefore, COVID-19 vaccination was likely to be the stress causing reactivation of VZV.

“What we have described is rare, and may be the missing link between COVID-19 vaccination and Bell’s palsy, providing a plausible explanation for the facial palsy.”

HITC cannot verify the legitimacy of the study. You can read PMJ’s full article here.

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