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Nystagmus

Nystagmus: Introduction

Nystagmus: Involuntary jerky eye movements. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Nystagmus is available below.

Symptoms of Nystagmus

• Involuntary eye movements
• Eyes moving side to side - most common
• Eyes moving up and down
• Eyes moving in circles
• Both eyes moving together
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Nystagmus:

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Nystagmus?

• Misdiagnosis of Nystagmus
• Failure to diagnose Nystagmus
• Hidden causes of Nystagmus (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Nystagmus

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Nystagmus: Deaths

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Causes of Nystagmus

• Normal vision - similar eye movements occur briefly after watching certain repeating patterns.
• Inner ear disturbances
• Labyrinthitis
• Meniere's disease
• Multiple sclerosis
• more causes...»

See full list of 332 causes of Nystagmus

More information about causes of Nystagmus:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Nystagmus (7 listings)
• Underlying causes of Nystagmus
• Nystagmus as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Nystagmus

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Nystagmus: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Vision & Eye: serious diseases often undiagnosed:
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Nystagmus: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Nystagmus: Animations

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Statistics for Nystagmus

• Medical statistics for Nystagmus
• Death and Mortality statistics for Nystagmus
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Nystagmus: Broader Related Topics

• Eye and vision conditions
• Head conditions
• more types...»

Types of Nystagmus

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Definitions of Nystagmus:

Involuntary movements of the eyeballs. The presence or absence of nystagmus is often used in the diagnosis of a variety of neurological and visual disorders. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Involuntary movements of the eyeballs; the presence or absence of nystagmus is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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