Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elena Sheppard was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, also known as idiopathic facial paralysis, in her last week of pregnancy.

The Facial Nerve Program in the UAB Department of Otolaryngology, the first and only program of its kind in the state of Alabama, offers a comprehensive team approach for patients experiencing facial ...

Bell's palsy can be a sudden and surprising condition, rapidly causing facial weakness and muscle twitching. But understanding the causes, symptoms, and treatment options is key to diagnosing and ...

Dear Doctors: A few weeks ago, one side of my dad’s face became paralyzed. He couldn’t close his left eye, and the left side of his mouth wouldn’t work. We thought it was a stroke, but the ER doctors ...

A case report presented at AAPA 2026 involves a 53-year-old man who presents with acute bilateral facial paralysis.

Imagine waking up unable to smile, blink, or raise one eyebrow. Your face feels heavy, lopsided, perhaps even numb. Water dribbles from the corner of your mouth when you drink. This alarming ...

For patients undergoing nerve transfer surgery for facial palsy, Botox injections can improve facial symmetry by reducing overactivity of the muscles on the unaffected side, suggests a study in the ...

A man in his 30s had been experiencing episodes of partial paralysis of the lower right side of his face for 10 days when he sought medical care, according to a case report in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head ...

A Virginia girl will be able to celebrate the holidays this year with a bright smile on her face thanks to a life-changing surgery that she is believed to be the first pediatric patient to undergo.

Recently, celebrity Justin Bieber announced that he was suffering from facial paralysis due to a condition called Ramsay Hunt syndrome. In his viral video, Bieber is seen with partial right-sided ...

One morning in June 2022, writer Elena Sheppard woke up and thought, “Something feels weird on my face,” she tells Yahoo Life. “My lip felt swollen to me.” It reminded her of how some women’s lips ...