facial paralysis
Face won't move
Facial paralysis is loss of voluntary movement in the muscles of the face, typically on one side.
It can result from nerve damage, stroke, infection, or conditions like Bell's palsy.
The affected side may droop, and the person may be unable to smile, close an eye, or raise an eyebrow: The facial paralysis made it difficult for him to drink without spilling.
- Bell's palsySudden unilateral facial paralysis
- mouthOral opening
- jawBone holding teeth
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- cranial nervesTwelve brainstem-emerging neural pairs
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- neurological symptomsnumbness, tremor, aphasia, ataxia, weakness
- Paralysisparaplegia, quadriplegia, hemiplegia, tetraplegia, monoplegia
- birth injuriescerebral palsy, HIE, broken collarbone, oxygen deprivation, skull fracture
- Facial ParalysisBell's palsy
- Physical Anomaliescleft lip, cleft palate, clubfoot, birthmark, heterochromia
- neurologybrain, neuron, neurons, synapse, synapses