Causes and clinical signs

CAUSES AND SIGNS

  • Causes secondary to direct nerve injury, space-occupying lesions, otitis media, and neuromuscular or central nervous system disease
  • Signs of facial paralysis  are asymmetry of the ears, eyelids, and nose One ear may droop lip droops and saliva escapes from one corner of the mouth.
  • Nose and philtrum are drawn toward the unaffected side ocular fissure on the affected side is larger than normal and corneal and palpebral reflexes do not cause its closure
  • Accumulation of food in the buccal vesicle.
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