10 Symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #9: Hypomimia
Our faces have 43 muscles. These muscles help affect our facial expressions such as a smile, a frown, and a wide range of other expressions. Such is the complexity of these expressions that we are able to tell a lot about a person’s mood just by looking at them. In many ways, facial expressions are a language all of their own.
People with dementia, including Lewy body dementia, are likely to develop hypomimia. Also known as Parkinson’s mask, it is a condition that causes the patient to have a completely expressionless face. The blank stare might also be accompanied by drooling and a runny nose.
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