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Downbeat nystagmus...please help

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John C Hagan III, MD, FACS - Ophthalmology

Discover Vision Centers Kansas City - MO

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Downbeat nystagmus...please help

by srasuli, Dec 07, 2007 08:16PM

Tags: Ophthalmology, nystagmus, diplopia, downbeat nystagmus, dancing eyes, blurred v, Eye, blurred vision

has any opthomalogists had a patien with this problem? diplopia also....please i need help...

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by John C Hagan III, MD, FACS

, Dec 07, 2007 11:56PM

To: THIS IS VERY SERIOUS!!!!!

Downbeat nystagmus and double vision and your other symptoms ARE AN EYE EMERGENCY, THE CAUSES CAN BE DIRE!.
Get in to see an Eye MD as an emergency on Saturday if possible, if you have an neuro-ophthalmologist near you call their office/answering service and get in to see them Saturday or Monday at the latest.

There are potentially fatal neurological disease that can cause those problems. DO NOT DISREGARD THIS ADVISE. IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.

jch iii md

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by angelast, Mar 27, 2008 08:22AM

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