Causes of Bell's Palsy

Causes of Bell's Palsy (Diseases Database):

The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Bell's Palsy that are listed by the Diseases Database:

• Acoustic neuroma
• Salivary gland cancer
• Foville's syndrome
• Skull fracture
• Cholesteatoma
• Intracranial space-occupying lesion
• Mobius syndrome
• Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis
• Bell's palsy
• Melkersson-Rosenthal-Schuermann syndrome
• Finnish type amyloidosis
• Borrelia burgdorferi
• Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia
• Systemic sclerosis
• Heerfordt-Waldenstroem syndrome
• Millard-Gubler syndrome
• Sarcoidosis
• Parotid cancer
• Motor neuron disease
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome
• Lepromatous leprosy
• Suppurative otitis media

Bell's Palsy Causes: Risk Factors

The following conditions have been cited in various sources as potentially causal risk factors related to Bell's Palsy:

• Pregnancy
• Diabetes
• Influenza
• Cold
• Respiratory ailment
• more risk factors »

Bell's Palsy: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Bell's Palsy, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Bell's Palsy:

• Facial nerve paralysis
• Facial paralysis
• Idiopathic facial paralysis
• Unilateral facial paralysis
• Cranial nerve VII paralysis
• Seventh cranial nerve paralysis
• Neurologic disorder
• Paralysis on one side of face
• Weakness on one sideof face

Bell's Palsy: Causes and Types

Causes of Broader Categories of Bell's Palsy: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

• Possibly autoimmune disease
• Nerve conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Muscle conditions
• Movement conditions
• more types...»

Bell's Palsy as a complication of other conditions:

Other conditions that might have Bell's Palsy as a complication may, potentially, be an underlying cause of Bell's Palsy. Our database lists the following as having Bell's Palsy as a complication of that condition:

• Acoustic Neurinoma
• Acoustic neuroma
• Craniometaphyseal dysplasia, autosomal recessive type
• Lyme disease
• Neurofibromatosis-2
• Sarcoidosis
• Sclerosteosis

Bell's Palsy as a symptom:

Conditions listing Bell's Palsy as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Bell's Palsy. Our database lists the following as having Bell's Palsy as a symptom of that condition:

• Acoustic Neurinoma
• Acoustic neuroma
• Adenoid cystic carcinoma
• Alajouanine syndrome
• Albers-Schonberg disease -- intermediate form
• Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease
• Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis
• Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE)
• CHARGE Syndrome
• Chemical poisoning -- Cresols
• Chemical poisoning -- Cresylic acid
• Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
• Deafness conductive stapedial ear malformation facial palsy
• Deafness, Conductive Stapedial, With Ear Malformation and Facial Palsy
• Dobrow syndrome
• Dysosteosclerosis
• Facial asymetry -- temporal seizures
• Facial asymmetry -- temporal seizures
• Fisher (M.) syndrome
• Glioma
• Glioma Susceptibility
• Glioma Susceptibility 1
• Glioma Susceptibility 2
• Glioma Susceptibility 3
• Glioma Susceptibility 4
• Glioma Susceptibility 5
• Glioma Susceptibility 6
• Glioma Susceptibility 7
• Glioma Susceptibility 8
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• Heerfordt syndrome
• Herpes zoster oticus
• Hyperostosis frontalis interna
• Ichthyosis microphthalmos
• Infantile axonal neuropathy
• Levic-Stefanovic-Nikolic syndrome
• Lissauer paralysis
• Loffredo-Cennamo-Cecio syndrome
• Lyme disease
• Mental retardation -- myopathy -- short stature -- endocrine defect
• Meretoja syndrome
• Mobius syndrome
• Moebius syndrome 1
• Muscular dystrophy -- white matter spongiosis
• Myopathy, congenital nonprogressive with Moebius and Robin sequences
• Opthalmoplegia -- mental retardation -- lingua scrotalis
• Osteopathia striata, cranial sclerosis
• Osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 1
• Osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 2
• Osteopetrosis, autosomal recessive 4
• Paragonimiases -- lung infection
• Parotid gland cancer
• Ramsay Hunt Syndrome type I
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome Type II
• Salivary gland cancer
• Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system
• Thiolase deficiency
• Van Buchem disease type 2
• Wallenberg's Syndrome

Medications or substances causing Bell's Palsy:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Bell's Palsy as a symptom. This list is incomplete and various other drugs or substances may cause your symptoms. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Acitretin
• Soriatane
• Neotigason
• more drugs...»

Read more about medication causes of Bell's Palsy

What causes Bell's Palsy?

Causes: Bell's Palsy: Researchers in Japan identified the common cold sore virus, herpes simplex, as the likely cause of most cases of Bell's palsy. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Bell's Palsy Information Page: NINDS)

Medical news summaries relating to Bell's Palsy:

The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Bell's Palsy:

• Misdiagnosed Lyme disease leaves man with severe neurological damage
• More news »

Related information on causes of Bell's Palsy:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Bell's Palsy may be found in:

• Risk factors for Bell's Palsy
• Medications that may cause Bell's Palsy
• Hidden causes of Bell's Palsy