Bell's palsy
Alternate Names : Facial palsy, Idiopathic peripheral facial palsy
Symptoms & Signs
Symptoms usually start suddenly, and range from mild to severe. They may include: - Change in facial expression (for example, grimacing)
- Difficulty with eating and drinking
- Drooling due to lack of control over muscles of the face
- Droopy eyelid or corner of mouth
- Dry eye or mouth
- Face feels stiff or pulled to one side
- Facial paralysis of one side of the face, makes it hard to close one eye
- Headache
- Loss of sense of taste
- Pain behind or in front of the ear
- Sensitivity to sound (hyperacusis) on the affected side of the face
- Twitching in face
- Weakness in face
Diagnosis & Tests
Other causes of cranial mononeuropathy VII, such as head injury and tumor, need to be ruled out.
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