Diplopia

Introduction: Diplopia

Diplopia: Double vision. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Diplopia is available below.

Symptoms of Diplopia

• Seeing two images when there are only

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Medical Textbooks Online about Diplopia

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Diplopia?

• Misdiagnosis of Diplopia
• Underlying causes of Diplopia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Diplopia

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Causes of Diplopia

• Squint
• Multiple sclerosis
• Exophthalmos
• Astigmatism
• Cataract

See full list of 6 causes of Diplopia

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Definitions of Diplopia:

The condition in which a single object appears as two objects. Also called "double vision." (from medterms.com) - (Source - Diseases Database)

Visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects; "diplopia often disappears when one eye is covered" - (Source - WordNet 2.1)