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Signs that are found in people with Horner's syndrome on the affected side of the face include the following: ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid) [3] anhidrosis (decreased sweating) [4] miosis (constriction of the pupil) [4] Enophthalmos (sinking of the eyeball into the face) [4] inability to completely close or open the eyelid [4] facial ...
Using an eye crutch usually results in patients being unable to blink completely, which may lead to dry eyes. [7] A doctor may recommend eye drops for those with ptosis. [3] Sensitivity to metals are a concern as well; it is helpful if eye crutches are made with non-allergenic metals, such as titanium/nickel alloys. [5] Ptosis crutches should ...
Möbius syndrome or Moebius syndrome is a rare congenital neurological disorder which is characterized by facial paralysis and the inability to move the eyes from side to side. Most people with Möbius syndrome are born with complete facial paralysis and cannot close their eyes or form facial expressions.
Buddy Hackett had Bell's palsy as a child, the lingering effects of which contributed to his distinctive slurred speech and his tendency to speak out the right side of his mouth. [1] Well-known people who have been diagnosed with Bell's palsy include: Roseanne Barr, American comedian and actress whose condition occurred as a child [2]
A stroke usually affects only one side of the body; loss of sensation due to a stroke will be lateralized to the right or the left side of the body. The only exceptions to this rule are certain spinal-cord lesions and the medullary syndromes, of which Wallenberg syndrome is the best-known example.
The condition is characterized by the sudden, typically temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face and can cause profound change to one’s appearance.
Drooping eyelids [3] Downward slanting palpebral fissures (separation between upper and lower eyelids) [3] Nearsightedness [4] Epicanthal folds (skin folds of the upper eyelid covering the inner corner of the eye) [6] Blepharophimosis (bilateral ptosis with reduced size of eyelid) [6] Optic atrophy [6] Refractory errors [6]
These may include the thick muscle in the cheek that closes the jaw (masseter muscle) and the broad muscle that draws back the lower jaw and closes the mouth (temporalis muscle). Some patients may also experience involuntary contractions of the wide muscle at the side of the neck (platysmal muscle). This muscle draws down the corner of the ...