Robert De Niro's 45-year-old girlfriend had her face paralyzed after giving birth: she couldn't eat and started stuttering

The favorite of the cult Hollywood actor Robert De Niro, who is 34 years younger than him, fitness trainer Tiffany Chen told about serious health problems. After the birth of her daughter, the woman felt strange changes with her face, which later led to paralysis.

So, doctors diagnosed the chosen one of the movie star with Bell's palsy. This is a temporary condition that affects the facial muscles and causes sagging or paralysis of one side of the face. In Chen's case, both sides were affected. Tiffany talked more about her condition in an exclusive interview with CBS Mornings (scroll to the bottom of the page to see photos and video).

After giving birth, Chen noticed strange tingling sensations on her tongue, which soon began to feel numb. At first, Robert De Niro's girlfriend decided to ignore the symptoms, but her condition soon became noticeably worse.

"I didn't know what I was feeling. But it was weird... It was like my face was melting on itself, " Tiffany shared.

A week after giving birth, the situation became unbearable. Chen decided that it was urgent to go to the doctors after she couldn't eat.

"I tried to eat. I tried to put a forkful of food in my mouth, but everything was falling down. I couldn't eat and then I started stuttering. I lost all facial functions when I got to the hospital," the woman said.

Such paralysis is caused by inflammation and swelling of the facial nerve. The exact cause of Chen's paralysis is unknown, but doctors believe it is related to viral infections.

Recall, in April this year, 79-year-old Robert De Niro became a father for the seventh time. He gave birth to a daughter. She was named Gia Virginia. All the details - in our material.

As OBOZREVATEL wrote, July 3, it became known about the death of Robert De Niro's grandson - 20-year-old Leonardo De Niro Rodriguez. The guy was found dead in the afternoon on Sunday, July 2, in a chair in a one-room apartment on Wall Street worth almost a million dollars (about 37 million hryvnia). About the probable causes of death - learn at the link here.

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