{"id":728,"date":"2022-03-11T12:43:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.fm1.dev\/?page_id=728"},"modified":"2022-03-11T12:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:43:47","slug":"bells-palsy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/ent\/bells-palsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bells Palsy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bell\u2019s Palsy is a paralysis or weakness of the muscles on one side of the face. It commonly occurs overnight and usually gets better within a few weeks. The cause of Bell\u2019s Palsy is not clear\u00a0but could\u00a0be due to a viral infection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Symptoms may include sudden weakness on one side of the face, drooling, eye problems, loss of taste, pain behind ear and numbness on affected side of face. It is important to see a doctor for a physical and neurological exam to determine facial nerve function. Other testing may include blood tests, MRI or CT scan. Treatment may include antibiotics for the inflammation, facial exercises, and eye and mouth care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div class=\"content-cta\">\r\n<p>Call Western Michigan ENT at <a href=\"tel:+12313989536\" class=\"phone \"><span class=\"phone-number\">(231) 398-9536<\/span><\/a> for more information or to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bell\u2019s Palsy is a paralysis or weakness of the muscles on one side of the face. It commonly occurs overnight and usually gets better within a few weeks. The cause of Bell\u2019s Palsy is not clear\u00a0but could\u00a0be due to a viral infection. Symptoms may include sudden weakness on one side of the face, drooling, eye&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":233,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"service_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730,"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728\/revisions\/730"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmichiganent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}