Afton, a teacher for the past 25 years, spent Saturday and Sunday skiingin very cold weather. The following Friday, she got up to get readyfor school and was shocked to find that the right side of her face wasdrooping. She went to the emergency room, where tests could find noevidence of a stroke or a tumor. A physician diagnosed the conditionand told Afton that it might be temporary. After about a week, hercondition improved. What disorder did the physician diagnose, andwhat probably brought it on?
Afton, a teacher for the past 25 years, spent Saturday and Sunday skiing
in very cold weather. The following Friday, she got up to get ready
for school and was shocked to find that the right side of her face was
drooping. She went to the emergency room, where tests could find no
evidence of a stroke or a tumor. A physician diagnosed the condition
and told Afton that it might be temporary. After about a week, her
condition improved. What disorder did the physician diagnose, and
what probably brought it on?
The human consists of various structures that are involved in various functions. The face is the front part of the head that consists of major sense organs like eyes, nose, mouth and ears which are used to see, smell, taste and hear.
The face also contains several other structures, also it contains several muscles and nerves that provides facial expressions and helps in the mastication or chewing of food.
The damage to the facial muscles or nerves may cause complicated problems that may be temporary or permanent and the condition mentioned in the above situation is identified and described as follows.
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