           Facial paralysis       Open pop-up dialog box          Close    Facial paralysis   Facial paralysis The nerve that controls your facial muscles passes through a narrow corridor of bone on its way to your face. Facial weakness or paralysis may cause one corner of your mouth to droop, and you may have trouble retaining saliva on that side of your mouth. The condition may also make it difficult to close the eye on the affected side of your face.               Facial paralysis       Open pop-up dialog box           Facial paralysis       Open pop-up dialog box  Open pop-up dialog box       Close    Facial paralysis   Facial paralysis The nerve that controls your facial muscles passes through a narrow corridor of bone on its way to your face. Facial weakness or paralysis may cause one corner of your mouth to droop, and you may have trouble retaining saliva on that side of your mouth. The condition may also make it difficult to close the eye on the affected side of your face.          Close    Facial paralysis   Facial paralysis The nerve that controls your facial muscles passes through a narrow corridor of bone on its way to your face. Facial weakness or paralysis may cause one corner of your mouth to droop, and you may have trouble retaining saliva on that side of your mouth. The condition may also make it difficult to close the eye on the affected side of your face.        Close    Facial paralysis   Facial paralysis The nerve that controls your facial muscles passes through a narrow corridor of bone on its way to your face. Facial weakness or paralysis may cause one corner of your mouth to droop, and you may have trouble retaining saliva on that side of your mouth. The condition may also make it difficult to close the eye on the affected side of your face.     Close    Close  Close Facial paralysis   Facial paralysis The nerve that controls your facial muscles passes through a narrow corridor of bone on its way to your face. Facial weakness or paralysis may cause one corner of your mouth to droop, and you may have trouble retaining saliva on that side of your mouth. The condition may also make it difficult to close the eye on the affected side of your face.  Facial paralysis The nerve that controls your facial muscles passes through a narrow corridor of bone on its way to your face. Facial weakness or paralysis may cause one corner of your mouth to droop, and you may have trouble retaining saliva on that side of your mouth. The condition may also make it difficult to close the eye on the affected side of your face. The nerve that controls your facial muscles passes through a narrow corridor of bone on its way to your face. Facial weakness or paralysis may cause one corner of your mouth to droop, and you may have trouble retaining saliva on that side of your mouth. The condition may also make it difficult to close the eye on the affected side of your face. Signs and symptoms of Bell's palsy come on suddenly and may include:  Rapid onset of mild weakness to total paralysis on one side of your face — occurring within hours to days Facial droop and difficulty making facial expressions, such as closing your eye or smiling Drooling Pain around the jaw or in or behind your ear on the affected side Increased sensitivity to sound on the affected side Headache A loss of taste Changes in the amount of tears and saliva you produce  In rare cases, Bell's palsy can affect the nerves on both sides of your face.
           facial paralysis       open pop-up dialog box          close    facial paralysis   facial paralysis nerve controls facial muscles passes narrow corridor bone way face  facial weakness paralysis may cause corner mouth droop  may trouble retaining saliva side mouth  condition may difficult close eye affected side face                facial paralysis       open pop-up dialog box           facial paralysis       open pop-up dialog box  open pop-up dialog box       close    facial paralysis   facial paralysis nerve controls facial muscles passes narrow corridor bone way face  facial weakness paralysis may cause corner mouth droop  may trouble retaining saliva side mouth  condition may difficult close eye affected side face           close    facial paralysis   facial paralysis nerve controls facial muscles passes narrow corridor bone way face  facial weakness paralysis may cause corner mouth droop  may trouble retaining saliva side mouth  condition may difficult close eye affected side face         close    facial paralysis   facial paralysis nerve controls facial muscles passes narrow corridor bone way face  facial weakness paralysis may cause corner mouth droop  may trouble retaining saliva side mouth  condition may difficult close eye affected side face      close    close  close facial paralysis   facial paralysis nerve controls facial muscles passes narrow corridor bone way face  facial weakness paralysis may cause corner mouth droop  may trouble retaining saliva side mouth  condition may difficult close eye affected side face   facial paralysis nerve controls facial muscles passes narrow corridor bone way face  facial weakness paralysis may cause corner mouth droop  may trouble retaining saliva side mouth  condition may difficult close eye affected side face  nerve controls facial muscles passes narrow corridor bone way face  facial weakness paralysis may cause corner mouth droop  may trouble retaining saliva side mouth  condition may difficult close eye affected side face  signs symptoms bell's palsy come suddenly may include:  rapid onset mild weakness total paralysis side face — occurring hours days facial droop difficulty making facial expressions  closing eye smiling drooling pain jaw ear affected side increased sensitivity sound affected side headache loss taste changes amount tears saliva produce  rare cases  bell's palsy can affect nerves sides face
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