This patient is most likely suffering from Bell’s Palsy, also called Idiopathic Facial Paralysis. Bell’s palsy is characterized by muscle paralysis or weakness on one side of the face. Symptoms of Bell’s Palsy includes weakness of one side of the face that causes it to droop, dry eye or excessive tearing, runny or stuffy nose, diminished or distorted taste, difficulty blinking, and numbness in the affected side of the face.
Bell’s Palsy comes on suddenly and the symptoms tend to peak within a few days. In the prognosis of Bell’s Palsy, patients can fall into one of several groups. In group one, patients will completely recover facial motor function. In group two, patients will experience incomplete recovery of the facial motor function, but