The 28-year-old claimed in an Instagram video that the condition is caused by Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
As you can observe this eye
is not blinking. This side of my face I can’t even smile… “That is, there is total anaesthesia on this part of my face,” he added.
The Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a shingles outbreak that occurs on facial nerves close to the ears, the medical professionals explain.
Just this week, Bieber’s Justice World Tour, which kicked off in February, revealed that three of the tour dates would be rescheduled.
“It is from this virus that attacks the nerve in my ear and my facial nerves and has caused my face to have paralysis,” the Canada born singer said in the three minute video pointing at the right hand side of his face.
He asked his fans to remain patient, and about his impending shows, he said: “I, physically, of course, can’t do them.”
He also raised smile and blinked his eyes, telling his 240 million followers how the right side of his face remained immobile.
‘This’, truthfully is pretty serious you get the picture’. As much as I would like this not to be the course, to be honest with you, my body is advising me that it is high time I reduced work tempo,” he stated. “I hope you guys understand.
I will be mere lying down and to be calmly preparing for a new, better future for me, to be okay and be a hundred percent once again to do what I was put on this earth to do.
For his part, Bieber said that he has recently been practicing facial exercises to get rid of the condition but he was not sure when he would fully regain his normal face.
He was supposed to perform in Washington DC and Toronto this week, and he also had shows lined up in New York and Los Angeles within the next days.
According to the Mayo Clinic in the US: ”Apart from the shingles rash which is extremely uncomfortable, Ramsay Hunt syndrome may lead to paralysis of the face, as well as deafness in the ear affected.”
According to Mayo Clinic, while for the majority of individuals Ramsay Hunt disorder is not permanent, the consequences of the symptoms could be permanent.
This the organisation notes makes it difficult for the patients to close one of the eyelids and will lead to eye pain and blurry vision More so, it is common to patients that are above 60 years of age.
His wife, Hailey Bieber, was hospitalized in March after she suffered a blood clot in the brain.
Later in an interview she admitted to having a stroke and also having surgery done to correct a hole in the heart.
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