lower lips going sideways while talking

[sandavid]

Dear sir,
recently we noticed thats my wife's lower lip is going side ways while talking and her tears are rolling only from her left eye and unable to close her left eyelid in full , ct-scan shows nevery thing is normal in brain

[Prasadkan]

Hi,
My uncle who is 68years old, who has his lower lip going to a side without his notice. This occurs occasionally. Recently couple of days back we observed drooling of saliva as well. We are a bit concerned. Can you please suggest based on the inputs that i have shared. Please suggest the next steps.

Regards

[srikanth237]

Hello doactor,My name is Srikanth.I need your valuable suggestion for my problem.I am 21years old.From the past 2 days i am suffering with this problem that my lower lip was going left side while talking and i am feeling little bit blinking with my right eye.Please give me a suggestion doctor.Waiting for your reply.

[knight22]

I have had a sinus  problem was taking Flonase and clarion  for the problem had the nose in my ear .No ringing 2 days ago my left side of my mouth will not open as much as the right side . I have no pain and my right eye has been tearing up more. kevin

[caregiver222]

Your wife also needs a diabetic screen and an hba1c.

It is not a typical presentation, but diabetic neuropathy can cause a palsy of the 7th cranial nerve. Dr. Srivastava's explanation is more likely.

[sandavid]

Dear Doctor
Thank you for you response it was very helpful for us.
regards
santhosh.M

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Thank you for your question. From, your description of symptoms, it appears that she is experiencing unexplained one sided muscle weakness or paralysis of the face that is called Bell’s palsy (inflammation of 7th cranial nerve). Mostly it occurs after some viral infection, any neurological disorder, and head injury or in cancer. Other symptoms could be pain in jaw of the affected side, drooling of saliva, dropping of eyelid, ringing in the ear, headache, decreased sense of taste, difficulty with speech, and problems eating and drinking. Though it is not a life threatening condition, it is essential that a neurologist needs to be immediately consulted who would like to conduct electromyography (EMG test), nerve conduction studies and MRI to find out the extent and cause.  Most of the doctors suggest steroids, anti-retroviral medicines, botulism injection and physiotherapy to recover from the condition. Hope this helps.