Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Diabetic third nerve palsy; Pupil-sparing third cranial nerve palsy
Treatment
There is no specific treatment to correct the nerve injury.
Treatments may include:
- Close control of
blood sugar levels - Eye patch or glasses with prisms to reduce double vision
- Pain medications
- Surgery to correct eyelid drooping or eyes that are not aligned
Some people may recover without treatment.
Support Groups
Expectations (prognosis)
Many patients get better over 3 - 6 months, although some have permanent eye muscle weakness.
Complications
- Permanent eyelid drooping
- Permanent vision changes
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you have double vision and it doesn't go away in a few minutes, especially if you also have eyelid drooping.
Images
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Review Date: 06/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of
Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
