Other names: sardonic smile, risus sardonicus
Convulsions mimic muscles are mediated by cranial facial nerve, called the facial nerve (= lat. Face).Origin cramps (spasms) or tics facial muscles may be in the brain e.g. epilepsy, in inflammation or tumor of the meninges as well as in the actual nerve.
Tics are sudden repetitive purposeless movements only partially influenced by the will, they are a symptom of a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Convulsions have pronounced character. A significant cramping muscles responsible for smile is called. Sardonic smile for tetanus,which is a life-threatening illness at any introduction of infection into the wound. Therefore, even small injuries must be treated properly, while deeper wounds with suspected infection (suppurating wounds, animal bites, etc.) Serves so. “Tetanus” (basically tetanus vaccination).
The spasms of the facial muscles to smile along with a strong deflection of the spine backward Get medical help immediately!
To contractions of facial muscles occurs even at so-called. Trigeminal neuralgia (see. Flag “nerve pain”). The opposite of convulsions (= contraction spasms) is a paralysis of the facial nerve, which is in decline in the corner of mouth, which is also accompanied by various neurological diseases.
Treatment of seizures facial muscles depends on their particular cause, contact your doctor, who will probably sends you to a neurologist.
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