Sixth nerve palsy: A nerve disorder where the cranial nerve VI doesn't function properly and hence the eye can't look outwards towards the ears. The nerve impairment can result from ear infections, certain viral infections or other disorders. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Sixth nerve palsy is available below.
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Prognosis for Sixth nerve palsy: usually a temporary condition which disappears within a couple of months
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Sixth nerve palsy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Sixth nerve palsy, or a subtype of Sixth nerve palsy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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