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What is Nystagmus?
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What is Nystagmus?
- Nystagmus: Involuntary jerky eye movements.
- Nystagmus: Involuntary movements of the eyeballs. The presence or absence of nystagmus is often used in the diagnosis of a variety of neurological and visual disorders.
Source - Diseases Database - Nystagmus: involuntary movements of the eyeballs; the presence or absence of nystagmus is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders.
Source - WordNet 2.1
What causes Nystagmus?
Causes of Nystagmus: see causes of Nystagmus
What are the symptoms of Nystagmus?
Symptoms of Nystagmus: see symptoms of Nystagmus
Nystagmus: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Nystagmus.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Nystagmus.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Nystagmus:
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Hospitalization statistics for Nystagmus:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Nystagmus:
- 0.002% (218) of hospital consultant episodes were for nystagmus and other irregular eye movements in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 91% of hospital consultant episodes for nystagmus and other irregular eye movements required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 57% of hospital consultant episodes for nystagmus and other irregular eye movements were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 43% of hospital consultant episodes for nystagmus and other irregular eye movements were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Nystagmus
Main name of condition: Nystagmus
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