What are the Signs and symptoms of Herpes Zoster Oticus?
Another form of this question is: What are the signs and symptoms of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome? Please find below the signs and symptoms of Herpes Zoster Oticus.
- Facial muscle weakness (palsy)
- Severe pain in
- Ear
- Head
- Neck
- Painful red rash on your;
- Eardrum
- Outside the ear
- External ear canal
- Palate that is the roof of your mouth
- Tongue
- A painful herpes type skin eruption on the pinna of the ear.
- Dizziness because of the frequent vestibulo-cochlear disturbance
- Disturbance of hearing
- Rash which is outbreak of red bumps on the body around the;
- Ear
- Face
- Scalp
- Neck
- Paralysis of facial nerves
- A 'drooping' of the face in the affected side.
- Inability to smile
- Smile may look crooked
- Having trouble while trying to close the eye
- Tearing of the eye ( because of difficulty in closing it )
- The patient’s speech may be mildly slurred.
- Hyperacusis where the sounds may come louder on the affected side
- Vertigo
- Papillitis
- Hearing loss ( usualluy on one side)
- Inability to wrinkle the forehead
- Tinnitus ( ringing in your ears)
- Herpetic blisters (small, painful blisters in the mouth)
- Inability to whistle
- Taste loss
- Alterations in taste perception
- Dry mouth
- Neuralgia
- Very rare meningoencephalitis
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