Bell's palsy
Bell's palsy
Bell’s palsy, also known as acute peripheral facial palsy of unknown cause, can occur at any age. With Bell’s palsy, your face droops on one side or, rarely, both sides.
Bell’s palsy is a condition that causes a temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles in the face. It can occur when the nerve that controls your facial muscles becomes inflamed, swollen, or compressed. The condition causes one side of your face to droop or become stiff. You may have difficulty smiling or closing your eye on the affected side.
Bell’s palsy occurs when the seventh cranial nerve becomes swollen or compressed, resulting in facial weakness or paralysis.
Causes
- Cold sores and genital herpes (herpes simplex)
- Chickenpox and shingles (herpes zoster)
- Infectious mononucleosis (Epstein-Barr)
- Cytomegalovirus infections
- Respiratory illnesses (adenovirus)
- German measles (rubella)
- Mumps (mumps virus)
- Flu (influenza B)
- Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (coxsackievirus)
- Myasthenia gravis
- Multiple sclerosis
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Sarcoidosis
- Lyme disease
- Toxins
- Injury
Symptoms
- Rapid onset of mild weakness to total paralysis on one side of your face — occurring within hours to days
- Facial droop and difficulty making facial expressions, such as closing your eye or smiling
- Drooling
- Difficulty pronouncing certain words
- Pain around the jaw or in or behind your ear on the affected side
- Increased sensitivity to sound on the affected side
- Difficulty eating and drinking
- Headache
- A loss of taste
- Changes in the amount of tears and saliva you produce
- Muscle twitches in the face
- Irritation of the eye on the involved side
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