Bell's Palsy

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“It comes like a stroke and affects one side of your face. When we were preparing to go to the UK on a trip for British International Film Festival, I came down with something called Bell’s Palsy. Bell’s palsy is a condition that causes sudden weakness in the muscle on one part of the face.

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So I decided to take time off and sort out that problem that needed my face to be in top shape. After that when we were preparing to go to the UK on a trip to British International Film Festival. He said: “Yes, I have been off the scene for a while after we did the promotional tour for 76 and we went to the Toronto film festival.

“We were preparing to go for a trip to the UK for the British International film festival and I was suffering from something called Bell's palsy, it comes like ...

I decided to take time off to go sort out the problem,” he said. Nollywood actor Chidi Mokeme has revealed why he took a break from acting. Why I took a break from acting – Actor Chidi Mokeme

Chidi Mokeme has revealed that he was battling Bell's Palsy and this made him stay away from the movie scene. The veteran actor explained that the illness ...

Bell’s Palsy is a condition that causes sudden weakness in the muscles on one side of the face. Bell’s palsy may be a reaction to a viral infection. In most cases, the weakness is temporary and significantly improves over weeks.

Veteran Nigerian actor, Chidi Mokeme, has spoken about the Bell's Palsy ailment he is suffering from. Chidi Mokeme disclosed that the illness kept him away ...

I will take time off to try and sort out that problem. So, as an actor if you come down with something that affects your face, you can imagine what I must have been going through that time. “I thought it was something I could move around with, I tried to come for the Lagos premier of 76 at the time but the attention was sort of focused on the face rather than the premier, then I knew it’s not something that I could work with.

Chidi Mokeme, who clocked 50 in March 2022, said the illness struck him when he was on a promotional tour for the 2016 military movie, '76'.

I take this as a job. I will take time off to try and sort out that problem that needs my face to be in top shape,” the actor added. So I just knew that all I had to do was focus on God, who has been the one doing everything. So I kept my focus on God,” the multilinguist said. Bell’s Palsy is a condition that causes sudden weakness in the muscles on one side of the face. In most cases, the weakness is temporary and significantly improves over weeks.

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