Symptoms of Bell's Palsy
Symptoms of Bell's Palsy
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Medical Books Excerpts
- Drooling
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Drooling
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Drooling
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Drooling
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Bell's palsy:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Bell’s palsy usually produces unilateral facial weakness, occasionally with aching pain around the angle of the jaw or behind the ear. On the weak side, the mouth droops (causing the patient to drool saliva from the corner of his mouth), and taste perception is distorted over the affected anterior portion of the tongue. The forehead appears smooth, and the patient’s ability to close his eye on the weak side is markedly impaired. When he tries to close this eye, it rolls upward (Bell’s phenomenon) and shows excessive tearing. Although Bell’s phenomenon occurs in normal people, it isn’t apparent because the eyelids close completely and cover this eye motion. In Bell’s palsy, incomplete eye closure makes this upward motion obvious. Other symptoms may include loss of taste and ringing in the ear.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Bell's palsy:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Bell’s palsy usually produces unilateral facial weakness, occasionally with aching pain around the angle of the jaw or behind the ear. On the weak side, the mouth droops (causing the patient to drool saliva from the corner of his mouth), and taste perception is distorted over the affected anterior portion of the tongue. In addition, the forehead appears smooth, and the patient’s ability to close his eye on the weak side is markedly impaired. When he tries to close this eye, it rolls upward (Bell’s phenomenon) and shows excessive tearing. The patient also has hypersensitivities to sound.
Although Bell’s phenomenon occurs in those without Bell’s palsy, it isn’t apparent because the eye closes completely and covers this eye motion. In Bell’s palsy, incomplete eye closure makes this upward motion obvious.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Bell's Palsy:
In addition to
one-sided facial paralysis with possible inability to close the eye,
symptoms of Bell's palsy may include pain, tearing, drooling,
hypersensitivity to sound in the affected ear, and impairment of taste.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Bell's Palsy Information Page: NINDS)
Bell's Palsy as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions
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may not be fully accurate,
and may not be the full list of Bell's Palsy signs or Bell's Palsy symptoms.
Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Bell's Palsy may vary on an individual basis for each patient.
Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they
are indeed Bell's Palsy symptoms.
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