Assertion: facial nerve | /r/HasProperty | damaged
Facets:
value: more commonly
type: DEGREE
value: just before
type: TEMPORAL
value: during surgical removal of a tumour
type: TEMPORAL
value: due to other disorder
type: CAUSE
value: prior to
type: TEMPORAL
value: permanently
type: MANNER
value: due to a birth defect
type: CAUSE
value: due to trauma
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: When the facial nerve is permanently damaged due to a birth defect, trauma, or other disorder, surgery including a cross facial nerve graft or masseteric facial nerve transfer may be performed to help regain facial movement.[citation needed]
text: On the other hand, if the facial nerve itself or its nuclei in the brainstem are damaged or impaired, then the entire side of the face becomes weak—resulting in more substantial and visibly obvious impairment of facial movement.
text: If the facial nerve is damaged, cranial nerve VII, one side of the face will not be able to make expressions, and taste may be altered﻿﻿. Damage to this nerve is distressing because impairs one of our most relied upon forms of expression, and also affects one’s self-image.
text: The hypoglossal nerve may be connected (anastamosed) to the facial nerve to attempt to restore function when the facial nerve is damaged.
text: If the facial nerve itself is damaged prior to dividing into the temporal, zygomatic, buccal, marginal mandibular, and cervical branches, the muscles of facial expression in the entire side of the face supplied by the damaged nerve may be weakened or paralyzed.
text: When the stapedius muscle, the nerve to stapedius, or the facial nerve is damaged, paralysis of the stapedius muscle may lead to hyperacusis.
text: Bell's Palsy has also been associated with herpes, mumps, influenza or a flu-like illness, headaches, chronic middle ear infection, high blood pressure, diabetes, tumors, Lyme disease, tuberculosis, trauma such as skull fracture, facial injury and even in some instances, dental work, if the facial nerve is damaged or frozen during injection.
text: It is not surprising with the considerable overlap of dermatomes that sensory testing seldom reveals hypoesthesia when the facial nerve is damaged.
text: It can be damaged just before or at the time of delivery.
text: Tumour - A tumour compressing the facial nerve can result in facial paralysis, but more commonly the facial nerve is damaged during surgical removal of a tumour.
text: The hypoglossal nerve may be connected (anastamosed) to the facial nerve to attempt to restore function when the facial nerve is damaged.