The eleventh cranial nerve, or the accessory nerve, is a fascinating component of our neural orchestra. Imagine it as the […]

Maya, all of 18, had been battling refractory epilepsy for the better part of her adolescence. The word ‘refractory’ always

“I have a sharp shooting pain in my throat when I swallow,” Freny aunty told me as she came in

“Nothing is coming,” Aaftab said in broken English, tapping on his ear and shaking his hand to denote his loss

“My eyes are playing a cruel joke on me, doc,” Ronnie, a portly gentleman in his early fifties, lamented as

“Doctor, it’s like a tiny gremlin tap dancing on my face!” exclaimed Mrs. Sharma, a vivacious woman in her late

“Doc, I think my eyes are playing tricks on me,” declared Vikram, a lanky seventeen-year-old who looked like he’d rather

“I’m seeing double,” Rita said, sitting across from me. Her eyes were doing a passable impression of a Picasso painting.

The second among the 12 pairs of cranial nerves is the optic nerve. Mary sat across the table from me