Treatment of Facial Paralysis
What is facial paralysis Facial paralysis occurs when a person is no longer able to move some or all of the muscles on one side of the face because of nerve damage . Your facial muscles droops or become weak. This condition typically caused by: infection or inflammation of the facial nerve head trauma head or neck tumor stroke Facial paralysis can come on suddenly (in the case of Bell’s palsy, for example) or can happen gradually over a period of months (in the case of a head or neck tumor). Depending on the cause, the paralysis might last a short or extended period of time. Facial palsy Facial palsy is condition in which there is lesion of the facial nerve and the resultant paralysis in the muscles that it supplies. Bell's palsy This is a common acute, isolated facial nerve palsy believed to be due to viral infection (most probably herpes simplex) that causes swelling of the nerve within the p...