Facial weakness is a medical sign associated with a variety of medical conditions.Some specific conditions associated with facial weakness include:
Stroke
Neurofibromatosis
Bells palsy
Ramsay Hunt syndrome
Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak
Myasthenia gravis

See also
Acute facial nerve paralysis
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

References
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Differential diagnosis
Diagram of appearance in stroke
Examples
An aura sensation can include one or a combination of the following:

Visual changes
Bright lights and blobs
Zigzag lines
Distortions in the size or shape of objects
Vibrating visual field
Scintillating scotomaShimmering, pulsating patches, often curved
Tunnel vision
ScotomaBlind or dark spots
Curtain like effect over one eye
Slowly spreading spots
Kaleidoscope effects
Temporary blindness in one or both eyes
Heightened sensitivity to light

Auditory changes
Hearing voices or sounds that do not exist: auditory hallucinations
Modification of voices or sounds in the environment: buzzing, tremolo, amplitude modulation or other modulations
Heightened sensitivity to hearing
Vestibular dysfunction causing vertigo

Other sensations
Strange smells (phantosmia) or tastes (gustatory hallucinations)
Heightened sensitivity to smell
Synesthesia
Déjà vu or jamais vu
Cephalic aura, a perception of movement of the head or inside the head
Abdominal aura, such as an epigastric rising sensation
Nausea
A sudden feeling of anxiety, fear, or foreboding
Numbness or tingling (paresthesia)
Weakness on one side of the body (hemiparesis)
Feelings of being separated from or floating above ones body (dissociation)
Sensation of limbs or teeth growing
Feeling of overheating and sudden perspiration
Inability to speak (aphasia) or slurred speech

See also
Focal seizure – Epilepsy syndrome characterised by seizures preceded by isolated disturbances of a cerebral function
Hallucination – Perception in the absence of external stimulation that has the qualities of real perception
Persistent aura without infarction
Synesthesia – Neurological condition involving the crossing of senses
CADASIL
Retinal migraine
Photopsia – Presence of perceived flashes of light in ones field of vision

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