Bell’s palsy can be diagnosed clinically, but it is important to exclude other differentials.

  

Check out the paper mentioned

Induruwa I, Holland N, Gregory R, Khadjooi K. The impact of misdiagnosing Bell’s palsy as acute stroke. Clin Med (Lond). 2019 Nov;19(6):494-498. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0123. PMID: 31732591; PMCID: PMC6899254.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899254/

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