Possible causes of Facial droop (weakness)

12 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.

• Bell's palsy (facial muscle weakness) Common
• Cerebral vascular accident (stroke) Common Urgent
• Facial nerve paralysis Common Pediatric
• Facial trauma (injury) Common Urgent Pediatric
• Otitis media (middle ear infection) Common Pediatric
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome (varicella infection) Common Pediatric
• Transient ischemic attack (TIA, pre stroke) Common Urgent
• Cancer (tumor)
• Guillain Barre syndrome (ascending muscle weakness) Urgent
• Lyme disease Urgent
• Miller Fisher Syndrome
• Sarcoidosis (sarcoid)