evidence: A droopy face is among the signs of stroke, according to Harvard Health Publishing, but did you know can also impact the tongue, causing numbness or crookedness? [...] Video of the Day "More common symptoms of stroke include slurred speech, paralysis or weakness of one side of the body," says Gregg Fonarow, MD, director of the Ahmanson-University of California Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center. But, he adds, "sudden numbness of the tip or side of the tongue can be seen in a certain type of stroke" and can include "the tongue deviating or being crooked." [...] "The symptom of tongue deviation in stroke patients has been observed from ancient to modern times," he says. In fact, "for thousands of years, the deviation of the tongue has also been recognized as a symptom of what is called a 'wind stroke' in traditional Chinese medicine."