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I have numb feeling on the left side of my face since 5 days, like air trapped, around my ears and front/back of the head, which comes and goes.

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Dr. Felix Brizuela answered

Specializes in Neurology

Trigeminal neuralgia: you have inflamation of the nerve going to your face. this is ususally caused by a virus, sometimes the herpes zoster virus. did you have a rash here? this usually goies away with a course of steroids

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 5/17/2016

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