in your face. And like a stroke, it's caused by a clot in thebrain. But unlike a stroke, the clot clears out quickly and symptoms only last a few minutes. Still, if one side of your face suddenly gets numb, if your speech slurs, or you have any othersymptoms of stroke, call 911...
In its most severe state, a hemifacial spasm will affect all the muscles on one side of the face, and spasm will occur almost constantly. Hemifacial spasms usually result from a blood vessel pressing on the facial nerve. SEE RELATED:Eyebrow Twitching: Causes and Treatment Why does my eye twi...
A few months into his mission, our youngest son and his missionary companion were completing their study when our son felt a dull pain in his head. He felt very strange; at first he lost control of his left arm; then his tongue went numb. The left side of his face began to droop. ...