Symptom: Pupil symptoms

Introduction: Pupil symptoms

Further information about Pupil symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Pupil symptoms: pupil dilation, dilated pupils, Non-reactive Pupils, Pupil constriction, Pupils, nonreactive, Pupils, sluggish, Aniscoria, Mydriasis or other types.

Pupil symptoms: Symptoms affecting the pupil of the eye. See free access online books about Pupil symptoms below. See detailed information below for a list of 62 causes of Pupil symptoms, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Pupil symptoms:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Pupil symptoms. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Some causes of pupil dilation include:
  • Illicit drugs
  • Emotion
  • Drug overdose
  • Medication overdose (type of Medical misadventure)
  • Certain medications
  • Certain eyedrop medications
  • Brain injury
  • Stroke
  • Brain tumor
  • Coma
  • Adie's syndrome - causing one pupil to react more slowly than the other.
  • Blindness
  • Third nerve palsy
  • Eye nerve irritation
• Some causes of pupil contraction include:
  • Long-sighted
  • Iritis
  • Horner's syndrome - usually one eye pupil affected.
  • Certain drugs
• Some causes of pupil shape changes include:
  • Iritis
  • Normal genetic variation
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Brain tumor
  • Syphilis

See full list of 62 causes of Pupil symptoms

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Causes of Types of Pupil symptoms:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Pupil symptoms:

• Pupil dilation (20 causes)
• Dilated pupils (54 causes)
• Non-reactive Pupils (21 causes)
• Pupil constriction (8 causes)
• Pupils, nonreactive
• Pupils, sluggish
• Aniscoria (10 causes)
• Mydriasis (42 causes)

More types of Pupil symptoms

Pupil symptoms: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Pupil symptoms, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

• Pupil symptoms and Eye symptoms (45 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Head symptoms (34 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Face symptoms (29 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Nerve symptoms (26 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Dilated pupils (24 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Seizures (22 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Behavioral symptoms (21 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Emotional symptoms (21 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Syncope (21 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Muscle weakness (19 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Personality symptoms (19 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Heart symptoms (19 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Sexual symptoms (19 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Fatigue (18 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Pain (18 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Mouth symptoms (18 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Temperature symptoms (18 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Muscle symptoms (17 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Sensations (17 causes)
• Pupil symptoms and Heart rhythm symptoms (17 causes)

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Pupil symptoms

Home medical tests possibly related to Pupil symptoms:

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Eye symptoms (2195 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Pupil symptoms

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Pupil symptoms:

• Pupil contraction
• Pupil dilation (20 causes)
• Eye symptoms (2195 causes)

Diagnostic Guides for Pupil symptoms

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Diagnostic tests for Pupil symptoms:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Pupil symptoms. Some of these are listed below :

• Eye examination
  • Inspect the eye noting the nature of redness, if present. This will help delineate iritis and glaucoma which may cause pupil dilation
  • Examine the pupils for size, shape, equality and regularity
  • Test the light and accommodation reflexes of the pupils. Usually a light shone into the pupils will cause the pupil to constrict. Usually focusing from a far object to a near object will cause the pupil to constrict
  • Unilateral pupil dilation which is not reactive to light or accommodation (focusing on near object) would suggest oculomotor nerve (third cranial nerve) palsy due to a ruptured brain aneurysm or intracranial haematoma (brain blood clot). If a unilateral dilated pupil reacts to both light and accommodation, must consider a local eye condition such as iritis, glaucoma, anisocoria (a condition in which the two pupils are not of equal size) or irritation of the cervical sympathetic nerves. If a unilateral dilated pupil reacts to accommodation but not to light, must consider neurosyphilis. If a unilateral dilated pupil does not react to light or accommodation, must consider blindness due to optic nerve (second cranial nerve) lesions

See full list of 23 diagnostic tests for Pupil symptoms

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Pupil symptoms. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

• How long have you had the pupil symptoms? - to determine if acute or chronic.
• What pupil symptoms do you have? - e.g. dilated pupil, constricted pupil, pupils of unequal size, pupils of unequal shape, pupil with an irregular shape, pupil that does not react to light, pupil that does not react to focusing from a near object to a far one.
• If pupil is dilated, are both pupils dilated? - Bilateral pupil dilation would most likely suggest drug intoxication such as Phenobarbital, marijuana and PCP. Other possibilities include concussion and glaucoma.
• If pupil is constricted, are both pupils constricted? - bilateral pupil constriction would suggest narcotic intoxication. Unilateral pupil constriction would suggest Horner's syndrome.
• History of head trauma? - concussion or intracranial haematoma (brain blood clot) may cause pupil dilation.

See Diagnosis Checklist for Pupil symptoms (17 listings)

Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Pupil symptoms) may include:

• Blindness? - Blindness associated with pupil dilation would suggest an optic nerve lesion (second cranial nerve). Impaired vision associated with pupil dilation may also suggest glaucoma or iritis. Blurring of near vision associated with a dilated pupil may suggest Homes-Adie pupil.
• Redness of the eye? - associated with pupil dilation would suggest definite eye disease such as iritis or glaucoma.
• Joint pain? - associated with pupil dilation may suggest iritis due to either ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease.
• Fever? - may suggest meningitis, encephalitis, brain abscess or brainstem abscess.
• Irregular pupil shape? - may suggest normal genetic variation, iritis, multiple sclerosis, coloboma, previous cataract surgery, neurosyphilis.

See Diagnosis Checklist for Pupil symptoms (17 listings)

Stories from Users for Pupil symptoms

Real-life user stories relating to Pupil symptoms:

• Pupil changing shape
• Pupil disorders
• pupil does not dialate
• pupils always at different sizes
• Pupils rapidly changing size

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Organs affected by Pupil symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Pupil symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

• Brain
• Eye

Detailed list of causes of Pupil symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Pupil symptoms mentioned in various sources:

• Acute liver failure - dilated pupils
• Addiction - glassy eyes
• Adie syndrome - dilated pupils
• Adie's syndrome - causing one pupil to react more slowly than the other.
• Amitriptyline toxicity - dilated pupils

See full list of 62 causes of Pupil symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Pupil symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Pupil symptoms. Of the 62 causes of Pupil symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 3 causes are "common" diseases
• 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 6 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 55 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 62 causes of Pupil symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Pupil symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Pupil symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Pupil symptoms Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Pupil symptoms based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: