Drooping of one side of face
Facial paralysis is a clinical finding in which a person's facial muscles are unable to be moved or move with less strength. This is often an issue with the nerve of the facial muscles or with a stroke.
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A 18-year old female asked:
Why is one side of my face so droopy from the other?
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A 37-year old asked:
Why would the right side of my face be drooping?
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A 30-year old female asked about a 29-year old male:
My boyfriend has been having issues with the right side of his head for many years, its bigger then the other side and droopy?
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A 20-year old female asked about a 62-year old female:
My mom said 1 side of her face looked like it was drooping, but I didn't think so. If so, & no other symptoms occurred, could that even be a stroke?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Odd feeling in back of head, dizziness and one eye drooping?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Can't get any answers from drs . Numbness for 6 months face head neck & weakness in arm & drooping right side of face. Please help ? I
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A female asked:
Had a droopy eye on right side after a month giving birth to my child. My right side face cheeks gets bigger eyebrow starts to droop smile slanted. Y?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Fell of chair Couldn't get words out,son said side of face drooping,couldn't move left arm,for days later slavering out side of mouth, what wrong help?
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A member asked:
Pregnant (18 wks) and right side of head and face numb, no facial drooping. Also dizziness. ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Im 22 year old I'm migraine patient my left side of head always hurts some time it get numb and left side of face also drooping and the medicine i take is solpadeine?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Left side face & left side tongue went numb 2wks ago & again today. Only last few hrs with no pain, no face drooping. Wisdom teeth out 10yrs ago. Why?
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A 20-year old male asked:
4 days ago during a panic attack, side of face and hand went numb. Went away when I calmed down. Could this have been TIA? No face drooping
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A 36-year old female asked:
Right- sided head pain for 2 months. Does not go away. Feeling of numbness on that side. No facial drooping/palsy. Had MRI & MRA (no contrast), normal. Affects vision and goes down to neck. What to do now?
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A 64-year old female asked:
The retina specialist says I have Exposure Keratopathy and is sending me to an eye surgeon, what can I expect? What kind of surgery might be done? Partial paralysis this side of my face. Eyebrow lift done but need again as drooping blocks vision?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Numbness and tension headache on right side of head for ten days. ER CT scan negative, dxd migraine. Symptoms still persist MRI scheduled for Nov 2nd. No slurring, dilated pupils, drooping. Wait for MRI or go back to ER?
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A 33-year old male asked:
5 month headache only affects right side of head, face, and eye. Heaviness in face with new symptom of drooping eyelid when symptoms are severe. Currently on sumatriptan and 50mg of topamax. I have had CT and MRI. Whats next?
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A 35-year old female asked:
I do get a droopy face on my left side on a regular basis but not the jaw Pain. It's become unbearable. Please help?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Tightness right side of my face. Eye feels droopy but it's not visible. Usually happens in the morning but goes away around noon. Anxiety? Stress?
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A 50-year old female asked about a 79-year old female:
If not a stroke as MRI states, what cd be the cause of sudden immobility of left arm and leg and speech impediment ,left side of face is droopy. Tnks?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Hey doc!! Plz help me I'm 18 and I noticed that my face is uneven, like the right side of my face is lower than the other side and it made my eye, cheek and mouth corner droopy is there something natural I can do like not a facelift or injections?
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A female asked:
I got hit on right side of face , earlobe is droopy, thickened skin, numb and floppy . Jaw and ear area sore . Is this damage permanent ?
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A 20-year old female asked:
How to get face droopy ness back to normal after stroke other than surgery?
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A 25-year old female asked:
If you seeked no doctor attention, how long after your face began drooping would you die of a stroke? Could you still be alive 12, 24or48hours later ?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Suffering from head aches, especially a sharp pain behind my left eye (like "Brain Freeze" just worse) accompanied by swelling of the left eye and a drooping eyelid. Had a black out 2 days ago, and since then the eye started to droop.
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A 24-year old female asked:
Have right eye drooping and nerve/head pain, fatigue, body aches. AchR was low positive and ANA positive. Doc says not myasthenia or MS as SFEMG, EMG, head MRI/MRA, thymoma scan and LEMS serology were ok. Second AchR was negative. What could it be?
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A 61-year old male asked:
Botox type injections into static frown lines caused major droopy eye lids. I suppose that ultherapy or peleve would do the same for my whole face?
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A member asked:
My 2 year old nephew has the following symptoms: pale face, droopy eyes, abnormal stool, vomitting. What could this be?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Why are my lips (and surrounding area) tingling (More buzzing, than pins & needles).They dont hurt, arent numb, & arent droopy. It started laying down with a weird full ear feeling, & tingling all over my face. Also, my neck hurts, if that matters?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Today my face felt numb and droopy my eyes are dilated and my extremities were numb and i could not move them. Why does the ER say I am okay?
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A 27-year old female asked:
My face is numb. I cant feel lips or cheeks . im 27 female. My legs are heavy. Have headaches regularly. Felt like my mouth was droopy but was not?
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