Patient Portal: Microvascular Cranial Nerve Palsy

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Identifier NOVEL-patient-information-portal-microvascular-cranial-nerve-palsy
Title Patient Portal: Microvascular Cranial Nerve Palsy
Creator Meagan Seay, DO
Affiliation Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah
Subject Nerve palsy; Microvascular cranial nerve palsy; Cranial nerve 3; CN3; Oculomotor nerve; Cranial nerve 4; CN4; Trochlear nerve; Cranial nerve 6; CN6; Abducens nerve
Description A nerve palsy is an impairment in the function of a nerve, which results in a decrease in function of the corresponding muscles controlled by that nerve. In microvascular cranial nerve palsy, something affects the blood supply to one of the cranial nerves, causing it not to work. This is usually the result of blockage of the small blood vessels surrounding each nerve, often related to having high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol. Although some doctors will call this a "stroke to the nerve," microvascular cranial nerve palsies are not the same as a stroke to the brain. For this reason, if you have a microvascular cranial nerve palsy, you are not necessarily at risk for other types of stroke, although some of the risk factors for stroke are the same (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking). Furthermore, the chance of complete recovery is much higher than in brain strokes.
Date 2023-10
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Relation is Part of NANOS Patient Brochures for Patients; NOVEL Patient Portal
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL https://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2023. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cf43hv
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