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Paralysis on one side of face
Facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma is the loss of controllable (voluntary) muscle movement in an infant's face due to pressure on the facial nerve just before or at the time of delivery.
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A 25-year old male asked:
Have Bell's palsy, one month so far but noticed my eye brow on side of paralysis is higher than the normal side of face. Is this common or normal?
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A 20-year old female asked:
If I had Bells Palsy once on one side of my face, how likely is it for me to get Bells Palsy again?
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A 36-year old asked:
Are there any exercises to work the muscles on one side of the face if you had bell's palsy?
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A 47-year old asked:
How can one cure a bells palsy headache affecting right side of head just above the neck on the affected side?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can palsy (like facial palsy which can cause the muscles on one side of the face to go limp) be inherited?
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A 30-year old asked:
My husband's right side of the face has been dropping and his cheeks feel flat. Is this some form of paralysis?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Hey in the case of left side paralysis because of falling and hit the head is there any surgery i can perform that assist my left side?
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A 36-year old asked:
What can cause right side facial paralysis, right side lower head pains and a temperature?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Hi I have Facial paralysis in my right side of my face. My medicine program finished 2 days ago and have very pain in my right side for 2 days.
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A 22-year old male asked:
Facial paralysis/droopin/bell's palsy and dizziness when touching side of face?
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A 39-year old male asked:
Pinched nerve in the spine can cause temp face paralysis Bell Palsy? Started sleeping on right side and started moving left face.Inflammation? Chiro?
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A female asked:
My bf was diag'd w shingles in his ear & ball palsy. He has partial face paralysis but now feels tingling on the other side; could it become paralzyed?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Is getting sharp pains on the right side of my head over getting mad n my jaw getting stuck a sign of facial paralysis or stroke? Also my eye twitches
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A 24-year old male asked:
Hi, I recently had a sleep paralysis episode where my arms went numb and back of my head and sides too, and I felt thorrbing pressure on the back and middle of my head, I'm 21 and I got really scared that I might get a stroke or aneurysm?
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A 24-year old female asked:
1yr ago I sustained a TBI resulting from a rollover crash resulting in 16 staples to the left side of the head, double vision, paralysis, and spatial incoherence for 1mo.Now I have headaches where my left temple swells and I can hear fluid in my neck?
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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 31-year old asked:
Can bell's palsy affect both sides of the face?
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A female asked:
Hi I am 4 months into bells palsy and my face is back to normal I know its not quite right yet as I still tend to dribble from the left side of my mou?
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A 50-year old asked:
Bells palsy on right side of my face, what to do?
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A 41-year old asked:
I have bells palsy in the left side of face and when feeling returns i feel pain. Is this normal?
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A 50-year old asked:
Can bell's palsy affect both sides of the face and create problems with eating and swallowing?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Front of face got hit. Right side of face looks like Bell's palsy from irritated nerve. Will my face go back to normal?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have bell's palsy on the left side of my face but on that same side I have a lot of pain on that whole side what is going on and what should I do?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Hello, I was diagnosed with Bells palsy in the left side of my face last week and now Ive noticed a loss of feeling in the left side of my body as well. Could this be a side effect of the disease?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Why is my head twitching on the left side? Could it be from my bells palsy 7 years ago?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you tell me if it's common with bells palsy for the affected side of your face and neck to ache?
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A 45-year old asked:
I had a tooth filled, then a few days later face became paralyzed on that side. Dr. Said bells palsy. What is that?
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A 20-year old male asked:
After going through bells palsy on right side i got crocodile tears for about 10 months now it was ok for almost 9 months it would tear while i ate nothing else but now my head starts hurting after tearing on the effected side which goes down the ear?
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A female asked:
I'm coming up on a year recovering from bells palsy. Left side if face still not working completely, eye partially closed. What can i do?
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A 36-year old female asked:
I have a burning sensation in the left side of my head and tingling sensation in left cheek. also had Bell's palsy a couple years ago. Diagnosis?
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