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Lyme Disease and
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Ramsay Hunt SyndromeOccasionally patients develop acute onset facial paralysis accompanied by a vesicular outbreak, similar to chicken pox. Termed Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS), it is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox (varicella virus). It tends to affect the balance and hearing organs as well, giving dizziness and/or hearing loss along with facial weakness. It is treated similarly to Bell’s palsy, but differs slightly because the varicella virus can actually cause nerve cell death, leading to slower and sometimes less complete recovery compared with Bell’s.
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