Thread by @forrestmaready

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"Crossed" or "lazy" eyes following vaccination is common & documented with scientific literature. If the 6th cranial nerve becomes weak, the eye turns inward.

Recurrent 6th nerve palsy in a child following different live attenuated vaccines: case report:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

A "lazy" eye is caused when the 3rd cranial nerve gets weak, turning that eye outward. 3rd cranial nerve palsy following vaccination is common & documented within scientific literature:

Partial third nerve palsy after Measles Mumps Rubella vaccination
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Sometimes vaccines can damage the part of the 7th cranial nerve that controls your zygomatic muscle. If one side is damaged, you won't be able to smile on that side as well. Common, documented:

The Relationship Between Facial Nerve Palsy and Vaccination:
n.neurology.org/content/90/15_…

You'll notice this problem almost always affects the left side. This means an affected smile will normally have the right side up and left side down because of zygomatic weakness.

Transient facial palsy following administration of Hepatitis B vaccine:
nature.com/articles/sj.bd…

Sometimes, a vaccine will affect the right side instead of the left. This isn't nearly as common, but you will see it every now and again.

Bell’s Palsy as a Possible Complication of Hepatitis B Vaccination in A Child
bioline.org.br/pdf?hn09071

The 7th cranial nerve controls other muscles in your face. Sometimes, instead of affecting your smile, damage will cause muscle weakness in the lower lip, causing it to droop.

Bell's Palsy after Gardasil Vaccine:
aaopt.org/detail/knowled…

It's not just your eyes and mouth. There are many other cranial nerves that can be affected by vaccines. In fact, it's ANY of them.

If your 11th cranial nerve develops a problem, you won't be able to hold your head up straight—called torticollis.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Doctors will say your baby has a "shortened muscle" in their neck, apparently the only place in their body where this problem ever happens.

If your baby received a Hepatitis B vaccine shortly after birth, no one will have any idea whether this was actually congenital or not.

Cranial nerve palsies cluster together. Damage to one area of the brainstem almost always affects an adjacent area.

This baby is wearing a helmet to correct for plagiocephaly associated with torticollis. Look at their smile. Want to guess which side was damaged?

This girl is wearing a corrective brace for her torticollis. She has weakness on the left side of her neck.

Now look at her eyes. She is looking off to her right, but because her left brainstem is damaged, her left eye cannot move inward like her right.

They cluster together.

Brainstem injury can manifest itself in other problems beyond the aesthetic. Subconsciously, we realize this. Without meaning to, we associate these issues I've just mentioned with mental disorders.

This cartoon drawing of someone mean to look like they are in an insane asylum depicts 3rd, 7th, and 12th cranial nerve palsies. 3rd = esotropic strabismus (their eyes turn out). 7th = crooked smile. 12th = Hypoglossal nerve palsy that causes their tongue to hang out.

I haven't mentioned the 12th cranial nerve palsy yet, but although most doctors never realize it, it is often the cause of feeding problems with infants who suddenly lose the ability to latch.

Infant tongue protrusion isn't a playful gesture but a chronic tongue weakness.

Stock image called "Crazy Cuckoo Man."
6th cranial nerve palsy = esotropic strabismus (eye turned in).
12th cranial nerve palsy = tongue protrusion.

This man is faking mental illness, and without knowing it, instinctively mimics brainstem & cranial nerve damage.

11th cranial nerve palsy = torticollis.
This man is faking mental illness, and without knowing it, instinctively mimics brainstem & cranial nerve damage.

The older actor on the left is faking mental illness. The younger actor on the right is copying him.

Without them even knowing it, they are instinctively mimicking the signs of 11th cranial nerve palsy, or torticollis.

These are just the physical signs of cranial nerve palsy anyone can learn to spot from pictures. There are many others, and understanding how to recognize them will help anyone understand what might have happened to their child.

Here are 7 common ones.

If you'd like to know more about all of the different signs and explanations of cranial nerve damage, I've written a fascinating book about this phenomenon. It's called "Crooked" and it's currently on sale on Amazon:
amazon.com/gp/product/198…

One more thing. Full disclosure: I have the common left side facial weakness. My smile goes up on the right, down on the left. I was fully vaccinated. You will see it in my videos when I smile. I'm not trying to smirk, I just have left side weakness.