nystagmus

[sab555]

What can be done for nystagmus?

[Lulu54]

You can read about the items that Bob lists, in the following article from the NIH on Nystagmus


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1279675

I hope this is just a temporary problem for you,
Lulu

[jensequitur]

Mine always got worse when I was trying to focus on something.  Really all you can do is avoid straining your eyes too much, and hope it gets better on its own.

[michelleric]

Unfortunately there is not much that can be done for Nystagmus. The only thing that might be done, is if you have a head turn where the nystagmus is lessened.  If you do, than sometimes prisms/surgery might make that position in the straight ahead gaze.  Hope that makes sense...I know it is confusing.
Michelle

[COBOB]

Prism can help double vision, but the rapid lateral eye movement in nystagmus will not be helped.  In nystagmus, it depends in the cause.  There are 5 strategies to treat nystagmus:
    * Methods that place the eye in a position in which nystagmus is minimized
    * Optical and electronic methods for negating the visual consequences of the nystagmus
    * Procedures for weakening the extraocular muscles
    * Application of somatosensory or auditory stimuli to suppress nystagmus
    * Drugs that suppress some forms of nystagmus.

You need to find an ophthalmologist hiw has experience in treating nystagmus.

Bob

[supermum_ms]

bless you! lol sorry couldnt resist, i think prisms are sometimes used but often there isn't much that can be done. If you google you'll find a lot written about nystagmus, I did when i was dx but not sure if I can remember anything sorry.

cheers.....JJ