Abnormal Cranial Nerve VII - Sensory, Taste 19/25

[damianplur]

On patients with facial paralysis I always do a tasting test, a Schrimmer test and a cualitative sialometry, besides a complete neurological examination; and I thought every physician also made them routinely, until I started entering other collegues office visits and I got awfully surprised to know that they don't even know how to make a basic cranial nerves exploration... Sad! Good video by the way!

[medstu2008]

Facial nerve CN-7 Injury. I think she might have Trigeminal nerve CN-5 injury too. Someone help please.

[Yemenjapan]

it is not facial never dear! it is cranial nerve CN-VII which is responsible for taste sensation .notice that the first 2thirds of tongue innervated by V-v2 or maxillary branch for general sensation and vii"chorda tympani" for test sensation .the posterior third of the tongue is innervated by the CN-IX

[daisyngary]

Actually Medstu is correct. It is the FACIAL nerve. If you knew that is what it is refered to. This nerve is also responsible for facial movements (except chewing)

[girabbit85]

Yemen every page i've seen you on, you've been talking crap. Stop giving out wrong information.

[girabbit85]

@Medstu

The Facial nerve supplies the muscles of the face, AND taste to the anterior 2/3rds of tongue.

You're probably thinking of CN V because it supplies general sensation to the anterior 2/3rds of tongue. But her jaw movement seems ok so I'd say this is just facial.

Probably a lower motor neuron impairment of the left side (Bell's palsy?).

[neco461]

YES! I agree!

[LuMcInturff]

Years ago I had bells Palsy. Now, having been diagnosed with TN with this last bout my tongue swoll up and some of the taste buds fell out. Now everything taste bad. This also hit my throat area at the same time so I have had a sore throat several months now, and last week saw an ENT who stated that there is soemthing irratating, but apparently does not believe in TN.

[DoktorTR]

a very real sample ;)