Bell's Palsy: Conditions With Similar Symptoms
Topic Overview
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.
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| By | Healthwise Staff |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Colin Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC - Neurology |
| Last Revised | July 20, 2011 |
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: July 20, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Colin Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC - Neurology | |
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