Cranial Mononeuropathy VII
Alternate Names : Facial Nerve Palsy, Neuropathy - Facial
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Symptoms & Signs
- Face feels stiff
- Face feels pulled to one side
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Difficulty eating (items fall out of the weak corner of the mouth)
- Change in facial appearance
- Facial droop
- Difficulty with facial expressions, grimacing
- Difficulty with fine facial movements
- Paralysis of one side of the face
- Difficulty closing one eye
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Impairment of taste
- Sensitivity to sound (hyperacusis)
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Headache
- Increased loudness of sound in one ear
- Pain behind the ear (mastoid) (for Bell's palsy)
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