NBA 星／主役にする Joel Embiid is 診断するd with Bell's palsy after 苦しむing from 'bad migraines' this season... but he still puts up 50 points in the 76ers' プレーオフ 勝利，勝つ over the Knicks: 'I'm going to keep fighting through anything'

  • NBA 星／主役にする Joel Embiid has 明らかにする／漏らすd he's been 診断するd with Bell's palsy?
  • Facial paralysis has 影響する／感情d him since before this season's play-in tournament
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By Max Winters

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Philadelphia 76ers?星／主役にする Joel Embiid has been 診断するd with Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has 影響する／感情d him since before this season's play-in tournament.

Embiid wore sunglasses to the podium after he 得点する／非難する／２０d 50 points in the Sixers' Game 3 勝利，勝つ over the New York Knicks on Thursday night and said he's dealt with さまざまな symptoms such as blurred 見通し and 乾燥した，日照りの 注目する，もくろむs.

He 明らかにする／漏らすd he first started noticing the affliction about a 'day or two' before the Sixers played the Miami Heat on April 17 in the play-in tournament. Embiid had 23 points and 15 回復するs in the 勝利，勝つ that sent the Sixers to the プレーオフs.


Embiid complained of migraines but 'thought it was nothing' before he finally 通知するd doctors he wasn't feeling 井戸／弁護士席.

'My 団体／死体 was just, I was just not feeling it,' Embiid said.?

NBA star Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis

NBA 星／主役にする Joel Embiid has been 診断するd with Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis

Embiid wore sunglasses to the podium after hitting 50 points in the Sixers' win over the Knicks

Embiid wore sunglasses to the podium after hitting 50 points in the Sixers' 勝利，勝つ over the Knicks

'Yes, it's pretty annoying. My left 味方する of my 直面する, my mouth and my 注目する，もくろむ. It's been 堅い. But I'm not a quitter. I'm going to keep fighting through anything.?

'It's unfortunate, that's the way I look at it. But it's not an excuse. I've got to keep 押し進めるing.'

Last season's NBA 最高殊勲選手, Embiid was 13 of 19 from the 床に打ち倒す, made 19 of 21 解放する／自由な throws and 攻撃する，衝突する five 3-pointers in Game 3. The Knicks lead the series 2-1 and Game 4 is Sunday in Philadelphia.

Embiid had been wearing sunglasses throughout the series and 行為／行うd a Game 2 postgame interview with his 長，率いる 負かす／撃墜する in 前線 of his locker to hide his symptoms.

Embiid said he has no 時刻表／予定表 on how long it may take to 回復する from Bell's palsy.

'It hasn't really やむを得ず gotten better,' he said.

'With the conversations that I've had, it could be weeks, it could be months. I just hope that it stays like this.?

'I've got a beautiful 直面する. I don't like when my mouth is looking the other way. Unfortunate 状況／情勢 but everything happens for a 推論する／理由.'

WHAT IS BELL'S PALSY?

Bell's palsy is a 条件 that 原因（となる）s 一時的な 証拠不十分 or paralysis of the muscles in one 味方する of the 直面する.

It is a rare 条件 which is believed to 影響する／感情 around 40,000 people each year.?

It is believed to occur when the 神経 that 支配（する）／統制するs the muscles in your 直面する becomes compressed.

The exact 原因（となる） is unknown, although it's thought to be because the facial 神経 becomes inflamed, かもしれない 予定 to a viral 感染. Variants of the herpes ウイルス may be responsib le.

Around seven out of 10 people with Bell's palsy make a 完全にする 回復, with or without 治療.

Most people notice an 改良 in their symptoms after about two to three weeks. However, a 完全にする 回復 can take between three and six months.?

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