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What Causes Inability To Open Eye When Having High Sugar Levels?
my father is a diabetic patient. few days before his sugar is rasing, and his suffer by head ach and his is helpless to open his one eye . his doctor said when sugar is done his eye will must be open. but till his sugar is FBS: 120 mg/dl .what happend his eyes ?
Mon, 15 Sep 2014
Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal, MD.
Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query
It sounds like facial palsy. This is like a mini stroke- not really a stroke. The stroke affects a huge number of nerves. In this just the facial nerve is affected. Possibly same factors can affect the facial nerve that affect the rest of the body.
I would suggest an MRI brain to make sure that there is no serious ongoing condition, especially in view of preceding headache. So please request your doctor to go for an MRI. Most likely, he will not refuse.
sometimes facial palsy takes up to 1 month for healing.
I am not sure this is related to high sugars only. As you said, sugars are now controlled.
I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further.
I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.
Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.
Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further.
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Best of luck.
Dr Mittal.
MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), CC (Diabetes Mellitus), DNB (Neurology)
Consultant Physician and Diabetologist
JS Hospital
Ex Apollo Hospital, Delhi
Ex Kailash Hospital, Noida
Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query
It sounds like facial palsy. This is like a mini stroke- not really a stroke. The stroke affects a huge number of nerves. In this just the facial nerve is affected. Possibly same factors can affect the facial nerve that affect the rest of the body.
I would suggest an MRI brain to make sure that there is no serious ongoing condition, especially in view of preceding headache. So please request your doctor to go for an MRI. Most likely, he will not refuse.
sometimes facial palsy takes up to 1 month for healing.
I am not sure this is related to high sugars only. As you said, sugars are now controlled.
I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further.
I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.
Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.
Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further.
(If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)
Best of luck.
Dr Mittal.
MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), CC (Diabetes Mellitus), DNB (Neurology)
Consultant Physician and Diabetologist
JS Hospital
Ex Apollo Hospital, Delhi
Ex Kailash Hospital, Noida
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