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Eyes Roll to the left
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Eyes Roll to the left
by HJK, May 19, 2005 12:00AM
I have a child (4 years old) who rolls his eyes to the upper left corner. He does not lose consciencesness while doing it, and it is only for a split second, but yet is very repetative. He will do several in a minute, and then may not do it again for several minutes or hours. At it's worst, I counted almost 50 times in a ten minute span. I have noticed that when he is tired, it seems to be more frequently, but will also do it during the day. He is developmentally normal and does not seem to have anything else wrong. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? He has seen a neurologist who is going to do an EEG and an MRI to make sure his brain if fine. I had an opthomoligist tell me kids do things like this for attention, and to completely ignore it and it will go away. I did what she said and ignored it for 3 weeks, and am still noticing it. We are now going into our 5th month of seeing it. Has anyone ever notice a child doing something like this and then just stopping for no apparent reason? I'm starting to get concerned about Tourette syndrome? Any information would be helpful.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-PW, May 22, 2005 12:00AM
It is important to rule out a seizure in this case and the eye movements should be captured while hooked up to an EEG. This may necessitate more prolonged EEG monitoring than just a routine EEG if the movements do not occur during the routine EEG. An MRI is also important to rule out a structural lesion. It is encouraging that his eye exam by an ophthalmologistm and his development are normal -it may just be voluntary. This does not sound suggestive of tics or tourette syndrome, unless other movements or vocalizations occur (he is still somewhat young for Tourettes). Other than seizures, in a normal child, nothing else sinister somes to mind.
Please don't be offended I'm not saying you are going to do that but I think it's crazy for a Dr to tell anyone to do that. I know you would do anything to get to the bottom of the problem. If I find out anything more I'll post it here.