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Facial paralysis

"The term facial palsy generally refers to weakness of the facial muscles, mainly resulting from temporary or permanent damage to the facial nerve.

"When a facial nerve is either non-functioning or missing, the muscles in the face do not receive the necessary signals in order to function properly. This results in paralysis of the affected part of the face, which can affect movement of the eye(s) and/or the mouth, as well as other areas."

Source: Facial Palsy UK

www.facialpalsy.org.uk

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Find your local support group: www.facialpalsy.org.uk/support/local-groups
• The Cheshire & Mersey group meets at The Brain Charity

Changing Faces: supports people who have any condition that affects their appearance
www.changingfaces.org.uk
Tel. 0300 012 0275
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Facial Paralysis (MedlinePlus)
https://tinyurl.com/y96xfcmr

Facial palsy (Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
https://tinyurl.com/yd73lvks

The library at the Brain Charity has a range of resources on Facial Palsy and on a wide range of disability related issues.

Fibro Action UK (FMA UK)
www.fmauk.org
Helpline 0300 999 3333
Welfare Benefits helpliine 0300 999 0055

www.ukfibromyalgia.com

https://tinyurl.com/yany82ot

The library at The Brain Charity has a range of resources on Fibromyalgia and on a wide range of disability-related issues.

Visit our library to read Living with Fibromyalgia by Christine Craggs-Hinton. Or have a look in your local library for this book.

"Fragile X is a genetic condition that affects both boys and girls, although boys are often more severely affected.

"It can cause a range of issues with language, emotions, attention, behaviour and social interaction.

."Fragile X is the most common inherited cause of learning disability.

"Of the people who have Fragile X, nearly all boys will have a learning disability but only a third of girls. The learning disability could be mild, moderate or severe, which will affect the amount of support the person needs day-to-day."

Source: Mencap
https://tinyurl.com/y4ysnrm8

Fragile X syndrome (Contact, charity for families with disabled children)
https://tinyurl.com/yx4dc6zo

Fragile X syndrome (Mencap)
https://tinyurl.com/ybcy67e8

The library at The Brain Charity has a range of resources on Fibromyalgia and on a wide range of disability-related issues.

Visit our library to read Understanding Fragile X Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Professionals by Isabel Fernández Carvajal. Or have a look in your local library for this book.

Fronto-temporal dementias include Pick's Disease. These dementias commonly affect people of working age.

The disease is difficult to diagnose because the sufferer is younger than expected, and displays different symptoms. Diagnosis takes up to three years.

Explaining dementia to children and young people (Alzheimer's Society)
https://tinyurl.com/y4bcceg4

Resources for Children and Young People (Dementia UK)
www.dementiauk.org/children-and-young-people

Frontotemporal dementia - Diagnosis (NHS Choices)
https://tinyurl.com/yd4sa8fd

Alcohol and the brain (Alcohol Concern)
www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/arbd

The library at The Brain Charity has a range of resources on Fronto-temporarl Dementia and on a wide range of disability-related issues.

Visit our library to read our copy of the book What if it's not Alzheimer's? : a caregiver's guide to dementia by Gary Radin and Lisa Radin.

"Approximately one-sixth of all patients seen by the neurology service will receive a diagnosis of functional neurological symptoms. This condition is also called 'medically unexplained neurological symptoms'.

"This common condition covers a range of symptoms but most often people experience changes in their ability to move and feel their limbs. People may experience difficulty with walking, balance, problems controlling and moving arms and legs, and experience odd or unpleasant sensations in the body like tingling or pain. Symptoms may fluctuate or be there most of the time causing a lot of distress.

"A good way to help understand functional neurological symptoms is to consider what happens when a computer breaks down. When a computer breaks down, it is usually due to a problem in the software (the programme that makes the computer work) and not the hardware (the computer chips and wires). Similarly, you can think of functional neurological symptoms as a problem where the hardware of your body (brain, spine and nerves) is not damaged, but the software of your body is not working as well as it should."

Source: NHS Greater Glagow and Clyde

FND Action
registered charity
c/o Involve Kent, 39-48 Marsham Street
Maidstone, Kent ME14 1HH
www.fndaction.org.uk
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Find your local support group: www.fndaction.org.uk/useful-links/#

FND Hope UK
registered charity, part of international FND Hope
21 Chetwode, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 1QN
https://tinyurl.com/ux7a2xt

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND):  a patient's guide
https://tinyurl.com/y8xrlyzg

Functional Neurological Disorders [includes'What are functional seizures?'], NHS Sheffield Teaching Hospitals website)
https://tinyurl.com/y8vck5ey

FND Magazine: online quarterly magazine of FND Hope
https://tinyurl.com/y9pq4ecy

Functional Neurological Disorder (Patient UK website)
https://tinyurl.com/y4qdfpwu

Functional Neurological Disorder (U.S. National Organization for Rare Disorders)
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/fnd

The library at The Brain Charity has a range of resources on Functional Neurological Disorder and on a wide range of disability-related issues.

This includes copies of the FND Hope booklet 'Functional neurological disorder'.