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What Causes Numbness In Tongue And Face Along With Dizziness?

my daughter woke up with facial and tongue numbness and slight dizziness. She turned 30 years old two days ago. She is the mother of 3 boys, 6, 4 and 10 months. The numbness overnight has moved from the left to the right side of the face. She is extremely healthy otherwise, eating well and physically very active. What do you recommend we do. This is scary. How can one rule out MS or trigeminal neuralgia etc. Thank you in advance
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain numbness on face can be due to a number of reasons like and as it has happened overnight there are chances that she slept in an abnormal position leading to greater pressure and inflammation of Trigeminal nerve and its branches leading to numbing of face, it is a short lived condition and recovers gradually in a few days..

Other causes can be Pinched Nerve, Multiple Sclerosis, Trigeminal Neuralgia,Facial Palsy, Cancerous Tumours, Stroke ,Transient Ischemic Attacks, Shingles,Neuropathy, Vitamin Deficiency etc..

You cannot self diagnose Multiple sclerosis or Trigeminal Neuralgia although trigeminal neuralgia can be some what diagnosed as it causes electric shock like pain over one or both sides of face ..

You need to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and if there is no improvement found MRI, CT SCAN and blood investigations can help in ruling out the exact cause of the problem and treatment can be planned accordingly..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards..
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora..
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What Causes Numbness In Tongue And Face Along With Dizziness?

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain numbness on face can be due to a number of reasons like and as it has happened overnight there are chances that she slept in an abnormal position leading to greater pressure and inflammation of Trigeminal nerve and its branches leading to numbing of face, it is a short lived condition and recovers gradually in a few days.. Other causes can be Pinched Nerve, Multiple Sclerosis, Trigeminal Neuralgia,Facial Palsy, Cancerous Tumours, Stroke ,Transient Ischemic Attacks, Shingles,Neuropathy, Vitamin Deficiency etc.. You cannot self diagnose Multiple sclerosis or Trigeminal Neuralgia although trigeminal neuralgia can be some what diagnosed as it causes electric shock like pain over one or both sides of face .. You need to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and if there is no improvement found MRI, CT SCAN and blood investigations can help in ruling out the exact cause of the problem and treatment can be planned accordingly.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards.. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora..