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Monday, October 24, 2011

Gennaro Gattuso is suffering from a paralysis of the optic nerve



The Italian footballer Gennaro Gattuso is suffering from a paralysis of the optic nerve 45 days ago and doctors say it will take between two and six months to see the evolution and determine whether it works or not, when intervention discouraged, as defined by the Milan midfielder. Gattuso, 33, appeared at a press conference with big square glasses and crystals with a special shirt dedicated to the late Milan's Marco Simoncelli pilot, to comment that he suffered from "an optical cranial nerve palsy," that has affected the vision in his left eye. "I have a nerve problem in his left eye. The intervention at the moment is not advisable, since for these things must wait six months to see if the better eye. The doctors have reassured me and on Tuesday I put a second injection of botulinum toxin, "said the player, whose statements Milan hung on its website. Gattuso added that "at first and now saw triple double, so there has been improvement".

The player Calabrese said that this situation will not walk away from football, "since what matters is not giving up and looking forward", but stressed that at present the most important thing for him is "back to being a normal person." The doctor of Milan, Rodolfo Tavana , said in the note by the club that the evolution of eye damage has been slow and they have asked several experts opinion, Italy and the USA who have been excluded categorically that it is a tumor, a stroke or degenerative form. "We have to wait between two and six months to assess the evolution of this situation, which could spontaneously return to normal. Therapy botulinum injection is allowing him to reduce the symptoms," said the doctor . Tavana said the 25 percent of sixth nerve palsies optical -Gattuso's suffering, has no known cause and it is "rare phenomena, which often heal spontaneously."

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