Ear shingles

Ear shingles, also known as Hunt's syndrome (Hunt syndrome), is caused by varicella-zoster virus invading the 8th cranial ganglia and the knee ganglia of the facial nerve, causing severe ear pain, deafness, dizziness, and facial paralysis.

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