Is it normal to have face pain while recovering from facial palsy?

Face pain is not normal during the recovery period of facial palsy. Patients with facial palsy mainly show paralysis of facial muscles, and may have loss of forehead lines, shallow nasolabial folds, enlarged eye fissures, incomplete eyelid closure, and may also have wind leakage when whistling, crooked corners of the mouth, and food may be stored between the gingival-cheek gap when eating. Some patients may have pain in the otic region before the disease, mainly due to viral invasion of the geniculate ganglion. If the patient has face pain during the recovery period, it may be due to other causes and the cause should be actively sought for appropriate treatment. It may be due to inflammation in the oral cavity caused by food remaining in the oral cavity for a long time after facial paralysis, and face pain can occur, as well as when there is gum infection.