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Eye Reaction to Light

When I went to my opthamologist recently he notice that my left eye had a "sluggish" reaction to the light. Can this be a sign of ON or something else?
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279234 tn?1363105249
Thanks for the info..I'll take a look at it.
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Have you noticed if one pupil is slightly larger or smaller than the other? My 9 year old son saw a pediatric eye specialist on the 21st and was diagnosed with something called Horners syndrome. His right pupil is slightly smaller and has a sluggish reaction to light and dilation lag. It is caused by damage to the synthetic nervous system.  On the wikipedia encyclopedia website it said Horners syndrome could be linked to ms. Just thought you might want to check into this as a possible cause of your sluggish reaction to light.
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279234 tn?1363105249
I wanted to add that my left eye was blurred and I had double vision. The opthamologist comment that the optical nerve looked good but it could be further back where he couldn't see. He said he thought that the double vision was caused from muscle weakness in the eyes. I was wondering about the "sluggish" reaction to light in one eye because this was noted before in the late 90's when I was in my 20's but it was in the other eye. He never said I had ON but from what he said I guess he suggested it.
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