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Sixth nerve palsy, or abducens nerve palsy, is a disorder associated with dysfunction of cranial nerve VI (the abducens nerve), which is responsible for causing contraction of the lateral rectus muscle to abduct (i.e., turn out) the eye. [1]
In children, numerous nonspecific signs and symptoms may be present. [7] The increased pressure leads to compression and traction of the cranial nerves, a group of nerves that arise from the brain stem and supply the face and neck. Most commonly, the abducens nerve (sixth nerve) is involved. This nerve supplies the muscle that pulls the eye ...
Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) is a peripheral neuropathy, a condition that affects the nerves. [4] Pressure on the nerves can cause tingling sensations, numbness , pain, weakness, muscle atrophy and even paralysis of the affected area.
Children with Möbius syndrome may have delayed speech because of paralysis of muscles that move the lips, soft palate and tongue root. However, with speech therapy, most people with Möbius syndrome can develop understandable speech. [5] Möbius syndrome has been associated with increased occurrence of the symptoms of autism. [6]
Individuals suffering from complete horizontal gaze palsy cannot move either eye past the midline in a single direction. The eyes of a patient with pontine lesions involving the sixth nerve nucleus or PPRF may stray from the lesion's side. Patients with a left pontine lesion will be unable to look to their left and may have their eyes deviated ...
The child typically becomes listless, with repeated episodes of vomiting, and a morning headache, which may lead to a misdiagnosis of gastrointestinal disease or migraine. [6] Soon after, the child will develop a stumbling gait, truncal ataxia, frequent falls, diplopia, papilledema, and sixth cranial nerve palsy.
Between them these three men, whose combined age is 220, have enough children to stage a full (wildly confusing) production of Rent, with a few left over to help work the lights. Scientists say ...
The three most common treatments for Erb's palsy are nerve transfers (usually from the opposite arm or limb), subscapularis releases and latissimus dorsi tendon transfers. [citation needed] Nerve transfers are usually performed on babies under the age of 9 months since the fast development of younger babies increases the effectiveness of the ...