The tingling, numbness, and pain of peripheral neuropathy generally stem from nerve damage in your hands and feet. The nerve damage—and the symptoms—generally start in your longest nerves, which is ...

Patrick McCarty, a senior at Summit Christian Academy near Kansas City who has cerebral palsy, inspired both teams at a recent basketball game when he played with his varsity team for the very ...

The seventh cranial nerve governs the sensation and movement of all the muscles in the face ... A majority of cases of facial paralysis in children resolve on their own, especially those resulting ...

Diabetic neuropathy refers to nerve damage that develops gradually and is caused by long-term high blood sugar levels. While there’s no cure, managing blood sugar levels can slow its progression ...

It can be indicative of retinoblastoma or cataracts, or be purely physiologic and not associated with ocular disease ... from the child’s optic nerve that was visible in the photos.

A TEENAGER diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour and given 12 to 18 months to live spotted the first sign of the deadly disease in her eye. Joscelyne Kerr, 19, was finishing school in 2023 ...

“An urgent MRI then revealed what they thought was a schwannoma tumour on my third ocular nerve. This type of tumour is rare, but having it located on the third ocular nerve sheath is even more ...

A teenager was diagnosed with an extremely rare illness after noticing something unusual with her eye. Joscelyne Kerr, 19, was finishing school in 2023 when she observed a drastic change in her ...

Joscelyne Kerr, 19, was finishing school in 2023 when she noticed the pupil in her eye had expanded so much that the colour was barely visible. In June that year, an optician believed it to be a ...