The same is true for the eye. The sixth nerve functions to allow the lateral ... a treatable blood clot in one of the outflow tracts of the brain and another potential cause of a sixth nerve palsy.

Bell’s palsy also affects the eyelid muscles and patients are not able to completely close one eye; thus, leading to dry eye symptoms that if untreated can lead to corneal damage and even blindness.

Amber Nolan told Newsweek she "thought it was a cluster headache" at first, but when her symptoms developed, she knew it had ...

He couldn’t close his left eye, and the left side of his mouth wouldn’t work. We thought it was a stroke, but the ER doctors said it is Bell’s palsy. They said it eventually goes away.

Exclusion of severe causes and close follow-up is ... Kim S-J, Hwang J-M, Yu YS . Clinical features and natural history of acquired third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerve palsy. Eye 2008 ...

NSW MP Victor Dominello has said he has Bell’s palsy, after appearing at a press conference this week with what he described as a ‘droopy eye’. So, what is Bell’s palsy and how is it treated?