These include stroke, tumors, inner ear infections, multiple sclerosis, certain autoimmune diseases or shingles that may affect the nerves of your face. In addition, Lyme disease can cause Bell ...

A rare case of Epstein-Barr virus-induced Bell palsy in an 18-year-old highlights the need for EBV testing in sudden facial ...

If she did have Lyme disease, it wasn’t what caused her face to droop. The neurologist ordered a second M.R.I. — still no mass. It had been almost two years since her face started to change.

Bell’s Palsy Symptoms. Symptoms of Bell's palsy come on suddenly. You may go to bed one night feeling fine and wake up the next morning with one side of your face weak or drooping.

There are a few common manifestations within the head, neck and face regions seen in Lyme disease patients, says Dr. Mehler. This includes headaches, facial palsy (drooping), temporomandibular joint ...

Droopy eyelids. Possible cause: Bell’s Palsy, stroke, lung cancer Conditions that affect the nerves in the face such as Bell’s Palsy can cause a weakness or paralysis in one side of the face ...

People in 22 states were diagnosed with this rare polio-like disease. ... Symptoms include drooping face and eyelids, difficulty moving eyes and swallowing, and slurred speech.

DR. ROACH WRITES: I recently had the occasion outside the hospital to recognize an ongoing stroke in a person who did not immediately recognize the importance of his symptoms.

Every forty seconds, someone in the US has a stroke, and strokes are a leading cause of death and long term disability in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Lyme disease is spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is not contagious or spread from one person to another through touch or saliva. The bacteria that ...

Face drooping. One side of the face sags or goes numb. ... About 80% of cardiovascular diseases -- including stroke and heart disease -- are preventable. Take healthy steps like these: ...