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Bell Palsy

Alternate Names : Facial Nerve Weakness, Facial Nerve Palsy

Bell Palsy | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring | Pictures and Images | Attribution


What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?

Symptoms include:

  • decreased sense of taste
  • difficulty chewing on the affected side
  • drooling
  • dropping of the mouth at one corner
  • excess or decreased tearing
  • fear that a stroke has occurred
  • hypersensitivity to sound in the affected ear
  • inability to blink or close the eye on the affected side
  • pain in the face or ear
  • twitching of muscles on the affected side

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    Bell Palsy: Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors

    		 

    Bell Palsy: Diagnosis & Tests

    Author: Dr. Karen Wolfe, MBBS, MA
    Reviewer: Kathleen A. MacNaughton, RN, BSN
    Date Reviewed: 06/15/02






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