Bell’s palsy is a neurological disorder that occurs when something interrupts the signals from the facial nerve, which animates the muscles in the face. Known as cranial nerve VII, it also plays a ...

We thought it was a stroke, but the ER doctors said it is Bell's palsy. They said it eventually goes away. What causes it? How long does it last? ASK THE DOCTORS is written by Eve Glazier ...

At the time of the first hospital visits of 30 pediatric patients with acute peripheral facial paralysis, only 1 patient had typical zoster lesions at the auricle in addition to facial paralysis.

He had a one-sided facial palsy which was quite traumatising to see." Ms Santich said her son was also suffering complex emotional trauma, permanent nerve damage and has scar tissue requiring ...

"Tua suffered a traumatic brain injury on this play, no question," Nowinski wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "His right arm shows the "fencing posture" indicating loss of consciousness & is on the ...

But as we worked together, we began to unravel her experiences of abuse and trauma in her family of origin—many patterns that were repeating in her adult life. This is because the experiences of ...

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of the mind such as mood, pleasure and fear R.

But collision, contact, or high-velocity sports like soccer and football can put them at risk of dental trauma or orofacial injury. Mouthguards have been shown to reduce the risk of sport-related ...

When a patient is suffering from Bell’s palsy, the facial nerve becomes disrupted and an interruption in messages to the brain results in facial weakness or paralysis. The disorder, NINDS notes ...

As NPR’s Deepa Shivaram wrote, for Harris, facial expressions have been an important part of her past debate performances. And that was (very noticeably) the case on Tuesday night too.