Does facial paralysis belong to stroke

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In daily life, due to the lack of disease knowledge, many diseases are often confused. Among them, facial paralysis and stroke are two diseases which are easy to be confused. Many people think that facial paralysis may be the precursor of stroke, but it's not the case at all. There are essential differences between facial paralysis and stroke, and their causes are completely different. Facial paralysis is just a kind of facial nerve paralysis, and stroke is a serious disease that can instantly numb the whole body, hemiplegia, and even death. Let's take a look at the following.

Does facial paralysis belong to stroke

First: facial paralysis is a kind of facial neuropathy. There is no distinction between the age of onset. Facial paralysis can occur at any age. When onset, patients often have facial muscle paralysis, disappearance of frontal lines, shallow nasolabial groove and other symptoms. Its onset and changes are very fast

Second: stroke is a kind of cerebrovascular disease, which mainly occurs in the elderly stage. Generally, when the elderly are seriously stimulated, it causes Qi and blood upwelling. When the stroke occurs, most of the stroke patients will suddenly faint, and have symptoms such as angular deviation, adverse speech, and hemiplegia

Third: facial paralysis is the main symptom of the facial nerve nuclei, facial paralysis. It will not cause death. If it is treated in time, it will recover soon. Stroke can cause numbness and paralysis in the whole body. The incidence rate, mortality rate and recurrence rate of stroke are all high.

matters needing attention

For patients with facial paralysis, although it is not like the precursor of stroke in legend, once patients have this symptom, they must go to the hospital with positive secretion in time. Missing the best opportunity for treatment is likely to lead to aggravation of the disease, so active treatment is a very important thing