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Causes of Nystagmus



This section discusses 287 medical conditions causing Nystagmus. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Nystagmus:

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

Causes of Nystagmus listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Nystagmus as a symptom include:

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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Nystagmus:

The following list of conditions have 'Nystagmus' 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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  • 18p minus syndrome ... nystagmus

    A

  • Abetalipoproteinemia ... nystagmus
  • Ablinism I syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Absence of septum pellucidum and septo-optic dysplasia ... nystagmus
  • Absence of septum pellucidum with porencephalia syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Acanthocytosis ... nystagmus
  • Achromatopsia incomplete, X-linked ... nystagmus
  • Adams Nance syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy, autosomal, neonatal form ... nystagmus
  • Adversive syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Albinism ... nystagmus
  • Alcohol abuse ... nystagmus
  • Alstrom syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 1 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 10 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 11 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 2 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 3 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 4 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 5 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 6 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 7 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 8 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis congenita of Leber, type 9 ... nystagmus
  • Amaurosis hypertrichosis ... nystagmus
  • Ampola syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Amyloidosis, oculoleptomeningeal ... nystagmus
  • Aniridia ... nystagmus
  • Aniridia - ptosis - mental retardation - obesity, familial ... nystagmus
  • Aniridia, sporadic ... nystagmus
  • Arima syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Arnold Stickler Bourne syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Arnold-Chiari malformation type 3 ... nystagmus
  • Arnold-Chiari malformation type 4 ... nystagmus
  • Arthritis - short stature - deafness ... nystagmus
  • Ataxia spastic congenital miosis ... nystagmus
  • Ataxia tapetoretinal degeneration ... nystagmus
  • Ataxia, Hereditary, Autosomal Dominant ... nystagmus
  • Ataxia, spastic with congenital miosis ... nystagmus
  • Auricular abnormalities - cleft lip with or without cleft palate - ocular abnormalities ... nystagmus
  • Auriculoocular anomalies - cleft lip ... nystagmus

    B

  • Babinski-Nageotte syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl Syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8 ... nystagmus
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9 ... nystagmus
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ... Nystagmus
  • Bone marrow failure - neurologic abnormalities ... nystagmus
  • Bonnier's syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Borjeson Syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Branchio-skeleto-genital syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Brown-Symmers disease ... nystagmus

    C

  • Céstan-Chenais syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Cataract and cardiomyopathy ... nystagmus
  • Cataract, microphthalmia and nystagmus ... nystagmus
  • Caudal appendage - deafness ... nystagmus
  • Cerebellar abscess ... nystagmus
  • Cerebellar ataxia, areflexia, pes cavus, optic atrophy and sensorinural hearing loss ... nystagmus
  • Cerebellar ataxia, X-linked ... nystagmus
  • Cerebellar degeneration ... nystagmus
  • Cerebellar hypoplasia - endosteal sclerosis ... nystagmus
  • Cerebellar hypoplasia - tapetoretinal degeneration ... nystagmus
  • Cerebelloparenchymal autosomal recessive disorder 3 ... nystagmus
  • Cerebral abscess ... nystagmus
  • Cerebro oculo skeleto renal syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Cerebrorenodigital syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Chorioretinal atrophy, progressive bifocal ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 10, trisomy 10pter p13 ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 10p duplication syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 11q duplication syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 15q triplication syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 18 deletion syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 18q, partial deletion ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 6 ring syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 6, monosomy 6p23 ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 8 recombinant syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Chromosome 8p deletion syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Cockayne syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Coloboma chorioretinal cerebellar vermis aplasia ... nystagmus
  • Combarros Calleja Leno syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1/IIX ... nystagmus
  • Corneal dystrophy - ichthyosis - microcephaly - mental retardation ... nystagmus
  • Craniofacial dysostosis type 1 ... nystagmus
  • CRAPB ... nystagmus

    D

  • Dandy-Walker - facial hemangioma ... nystagmus
  • Dandy-Walker malformation with mental retardation, macrocephaly, myopia, and brachytelephalangy ... nystagmus
  • Dobrow syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Donepezil toxicity ... nystagmus

    E

  • Encephalitis, California serogroup viral ... Nystagmus
  • Episodic ataxia, type 2 ... nystagmus
  • Episodic ataxia, type 4 ... nystagmus
  • Episodic ataxia, type 5 ... nystagmus
  • Ermine phenotype ... nystagmus
  • Erythrokeratodermia with ataxia ... nystagmus

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... nystagmus
  • Fanconi pancytopenia ... nystagmus
  • Fanconi-Turler syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Fitzsimmons-McLachlan-Gilbert syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Forsius-Eriksson syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Francois dyscephalic syndrome ... nystagmus

    G

  • Gangliosidosis generalized GM1, type 1 ... nystagmus
  • GM1 gangliosidosis ... nystagmus
  • Griscelli disease ... nystagmus
  • Griscelli syndrome type II ... nystagmus

    H

  • Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Hemiplegic migraine, familial type 1 ... nystagmus
  • Hepatic encephalopathy syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Hersh-Podruch-Weisskopk syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Homocystinuria due to defect in methylation (cbl g) ... nystagmus
  • Homocystinuria due to defect in methylation cbl e ... nystagmus
  • Hydroxyacyl-coa dehydrogenase, type 2, deficiency ... nystagmus
  • Hypertrophic neuropathy of Dejerine-Sottas ... nystagmus
  • Hypomagnesemia primary ... nystagmus
  • Hypomyelination - hypogonadotropic hypogonadism - hypodontia ... nystagmus

    I

  • Incontinentia Pigmenti ... nystagmus
  • Infantile sialic acid storage disorder ... nystagmus

    K

  • Karandikar-Maria-Kamble syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Kaufman oculocerebrofacial syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Krause-Kivlin syndrome ... nystagmus

    L

  • Labrynthitis ... nystagmus
  • Lissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia, recessive ... nystagmus
  • Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone, deficiency of, with ataxia ... nystagmus

    M

  • Macular dystrophy, retinal, 1, North Carolina type ... nystagmus
  • Manz syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Meier-Blumberg-Imahorn syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Mental retardation - blepharophimosis - obesity - web neck ... nystagmus
  • Mental retardation - macrocephaly - coarse facies - hypotonia ... nystagmus
  • Mental retardation - skeletal dysplasia - abducens palsy ... nystagmus
  • Mental retardation, Mietens-Weber type ... nystagmus
  • Methylcobalamin deficiency, cbl E complementation type ... nystagmus
  • Microcephaly - mental retardation - retinopathy ... nystagmus
  • Microcephaly - microphthalmos - blindness ... nystagmus
  • Minamata disease ... nystagmus
  • MOMO syndrome ... nystagmus

    N

  • Neuroaxonal dystrophy - renal tubular acidosis ... nystagmus
  • Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease ... nystagmus
  • Night blindness, congenital stationary, type 2A ... nystagmus
  • Night blindness, congenital stationary, type 2B ... nystagmus
  • Noonan Syndrome ... nystagmus

    O

  • Ocular albinism ... nystagmus
  • Oculo-osteo-cutaneous syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, type Preus ... nystagmus
  • Oculopalatoskeletal syndrome ... nystagmus
  • OFD syndrome type 8 ... nystagmus
  • OFD syndrome type IX ... nystagmus
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy - deafness ... nystagmus
  • Ophthalmoplegia, progressive external - scoliosis ... nystagmus
  • Opthalmoplegia progressive external scoliosis ... nystagmus
  • Optic atrophy, idiopathic, autosomal recessive ... nystagmus
  • Optic pathway glioma ... nystagmus
  • Osteosclerosis, abnormalities of nervous system and meninges ... nystagmus

    P

  • Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration ... nystagmus
  • Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease ... nystagmus
  • Pellagra-like syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Pena-Shokeir syndrome Type 2 ... nystagmus
  • Phenytoin toxicity ... nystagmus
  • Phillips-Griffiths syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Pierson syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Proud-Levine-Carpenter syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Pseudoadrenoleukodystrophy ... nystagmus

    R

  • Red skin pigment anomaly of New Guinea ... nystagmus
  • Retinal degeneration - nanophthalmos - glaucoma ... nystagmus
  • Retinal dysplasia, X-linked ... nystagmus
  • Retinis pigmentosa - deafness - hypogenitalism ... nystagmus
  • Retinitis pigmentosa - mental retardation - deafness ... nystagmus
  • Richieri Costa Guion-Almeida syndrome ... nystagmus

    S

  • Sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis ... nystagmus
  • Septo-Optic Dysplasia ... nystagmus
  • Sialidosis type 1 and 3 ... nystagmus
  • Sialuria, Finnish type ... nystagmus
  • Singh-Chhaparwal-Dhanda syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Spastic paraplegia 16, X-linked ... nystagmus
  • Spastic paraplegia 2, X-linked ... nystagmus
  • Spastic paraplegia 7, autosomal recessive ... nystagmus
  • Sphingolipidosis ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia - dysmorphism ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 10 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 11 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 12 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 13 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 15 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 16 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 25 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 26 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 27 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 28 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 29 ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal dominant ... nystagmus
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, X-linked, 5 ... nystagmus

    T

  • Tacrine toxicity ... nystagmus

    U

  • Unusual facies, hepatic fibrosis, renal cysts and mental retardation ... nystagmus
  • Urban Schosser Spohn syndrome ... Nystagmus

    V

  • Verloes-Deprez syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Volubilis, syndrome du ... nystagmus

    W

  • WAGR Syndrome ... nystagmus
  • Wallenberg's Syndrome ... Nystagmus, coarse nystagmus
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... Nystagmus
  • Wilkie Taylor Scambler syndrome ... Nystagmus

    Y

  • Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome ... Nystagmus

    Z

  • Zonular cataract and nystagmus ... Nystagmus

    More Information About Nystagmus

    List of 287 causes of Nystagmus

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Nystagmus in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Nystagmus

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Nystagmus as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 11 drug side effect causes of Nystagmus]

    Medical Textbooks about Nystagmus (Full Online Access)

    Free online access without registration is available to view the full text of medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Nystagmus. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Nystagmus (Free online access to full text, no registration).

    • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
    • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
    • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
    • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
    • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
    • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

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