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Why does the mouth fall down when you have a stroke?

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Dr. Romanth Waghmarae answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Stroke: This is because that part of the brain involved in controlling the face has been damaged. Nerve impulses can no longer be sent to the muscles of the face for expression and hence it sags and droops.

Answered 9/28/2016

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