The Bishopric of Valparaíso (Chile) reported that the local bishop, Mons. Jorge Vega Velasco, remains hospitalized due to an eye paralysis box and recovers satisfactorily.
In a statement released this Thursday, August 28 through its social networksfrom the Church they specified that the prelate is admitted to the Clinic of the University of Los Andes in Santiago.
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“The corresponding clinical studies and exams diagnosed a paralysis of the sixth cranial pair,” reports the document, while details that Mons. Vega “is in good mood and, thank God, his recovery advances satisfactorily.”
In the name of the bishop, they send “living feelings of gratitude to those who have prayed for their well -being.”
Finally, they report that new communications will not be issued, except that there is “some significant novelty about the health status of our bishop.”
The website Medline Plus He explains that the mononeuropathy of the VI cranial Parisheal is a nerve disorder that affects the function of the sixth cranial (skull) pair and that can be triggered by multiple and varied causes.
The nerve involved in this condition is also called an external ocular motor nerve, and is the one that helps to move the eye towards the sides, in the direction of the temple.
When the sixth cranial pair does not work properly, the person cannot turn the eye out in the direction of the ear. Among his symptoms are the double vision when looking to the side, headaches and pain around the eye.
Julieta Villar
I am a journalist, a graduate in Communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non -governmental organizations. Since 2016 I dedicate myself to Catholic journalism, first in the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as a correspondent for ACI Press for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.