Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Thanks for being at 'Ask A Doctor' service,

The location and movement of pain give clues as to what is going on. The FACIAL NERVE goes around the angle of the jaw and then to the ENTIRE side of the face. Where the swollen gland would generally be but a bit higher and against the jaw. There CAN be something going on like an infection going out from the jaw or a tumor in the neck.

But without an exam, I can only give general information.
The paralysis is deeper and there is a more sensory effect from this nerve than from a stroke. Often the mouth is so affected there is drooling.

BELL'S PALSY may have a variety of causes but the DRUG suboxone doesn't do it. The PLACEMENT of it... shouldn't but it is often put on the inside of the mouth RIGHT WHERE THAT NERVE GOES BY. So, stretching/manhandling the area at the far back of the jaw might be associated with BELL'S Palsy.

This was posted in the Harvard newsletter, "Most people start to get better within a couple of weeks and return to normal function after three to six months. During that time, you need to prevent the affected eye from drying"

Then, if it is both sides of the mouth being numb and not the eye being affected then more or less a panic attack is the most likely cause. but it would be BOTH sides.

If it is just the lower face and not the eye, then something else like a stroke would be possibly the cause and this is oging to require some physician input and radiological confirmation.

Bell's palsy can be painful. most of the causes of it are painful and include shngles, tumor, trauma, tooth infection. The nerve pain from these responds very well to simple, cheap, non-addictive nerve medicines. these include lidocaine either by jelly or patch., amitryptiline, anti-epileptics, or lyrica.

Let me know if I can assist you further.

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Brief Answer:
this is why a face to face interview works best

Detailed Answer:
Please note, without an exam, I can only give general information. And, indeed YOU would be a better judge of what Bell's palsy feels like to you.
as mentioned,
"The FACIAL NERVE goes around the angle of the jaw and then to the ENTIRE side of the face. Where the swollen gland would generally be but a bit higher and against the jaw. "

The tingling with suboxone on the tongue is due to a direct effect locally where it touches. Not this.

And... you've got something (node, probably exactly like you say a node) right where the nerve runs by.

And you are mentioning ALL the SIGNS of infection.

While I can only give general information, I must mention that the really BAD consequence of a tooth/jaw/sinus infection (not related to drug abuse nor suboxone that like a sinus or bad tooth anyone might get) IS the Infection traveling down through spaces between neck areas into deeper parts of the neck involving nerves and blood vessels. Mostly the usual simple antibiotics fix this BUT they have to be given PROMPTLY.

Regards

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