Conditions that cause symptoms similar to Bell's palsy
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Conditions that cause symptoms similar to Bell's palsy
Other conditions that can cause symptoms that are similar to those of Bell's palsy include:
- Stroke.
- Head injury.
- Ear infection or disease (acute or chronic otitis media, malignant otitis externa, or cholesteatoma).
- Brain tumor.
- Shingles (Ramsay Hunt syndrome).
- Infectious diseases such as chickenpox, mumps, mononucleosis, Lyme disease, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), or syphilis.
- Other diseases such as giant cell arteritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, or sarcoidosis.
Credits
| Author | Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Colin Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC - Neurology |
| Last Updated | August 8, 2007 |
| Last updated: | August 08, 2007 |
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| Author: | Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH |
| Reviewed By: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine, Colin Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC - Neurology |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC |
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