Nystagmus Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Acute Alcohol Intoxication

The first patient (female, 50 years old) had dysarthria, nystagmus and trunk ataxia on admission. Her blood alcohol level was 2.3‰. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

One (or more) of the following signs, developing during, or shortly after, alcohol use: (1) slurred speech (2) incoordination (3) unsteady gait (4) nystagmus (5) impairment [hams.cc]

Due to their shared symptoms including double vision, nystagmus, dysarthria, and ataxia, the differential diagnosis of alcohol intoxication and vertebrobasilar stroke may [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Ménière Disease

Periodic alternating nystagmus (PAN) is a spontaneous horizontal nystagmus that reverses direction periodically. PAN has been reported in acquired and congenital forms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Periodic alternating nystagmus is a rare central nervous system disorder in which the eyes undergo a horizontal jerk nystagmus that periodically reverses direction. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Three patients developed a spontaneous "irritative" nystagmus during the early post-treatment period. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Appetite changes Partial or total loss of vision Weakness of eye muscles and/or double vision (diplopia) Blurred vision Problems judging distance Involuntary eye movements (nystagmus [northeastern.edu]

Hinoki MTerayama K Physiological role of neck muscles in the occurrence of optic eye nystagmus: relationship of optic head nystagmus to optic eye nystagmus in case of procanization [doi.org]

A labyrinthine concussion is often manifested by vertigo, nystagmus, and nausea that occur after rapid changes in head position. [doi.org]

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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

A 50-year-old woman with BPPV who showed an 18 degree spontaneous nystagmus treated with Epley maneuver and a 53-year-old man with 3 degree spontaneous nystagmus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Down-beating positional nystagmus is typically associated with central nervous system disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] torsional nystagmus in SSC BPPV versus up-beating torsional nystagmus in PSC BPPV. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Stroke

The first patient (female, 50 years old) had dysarthria, nystagmus and trunk ataxia on admission. Her blood alcohol level was 2.3‰. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Posterior cerebral artery Monocular loss of vision (amaurosis) Ophthalmic artery (a branch of the internal carotid artery) Unilateral or bilateral cranial nerve deficits (eg, nystagmus [msdmanuals.com]

Know that cerebellar strokes also may cause vertigo, nausea and vomiting, headache, nystagmus, and slurred speech. [americannursetoday.com]

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Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

[…] meaningful data Vision Partial or total loss of vision Weakness of eye muscles and double vision (diplopia) Blurred vision Problems judging distance Involuntary eye movements (nystagmus [traumaticbraininjury.com]

Partial or total loss of vision Diplopia, which is weakness of eye muscles that causes double vision Blurred vision Problems judging distance Involuntary eye movements, called nystagmus [brainline.org]

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Cerebellar Stroke

Remaining 8 patients were also symptomatic for vertigo, but they had spontaneous nystagmus. The latter group was called "disease control." [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is important to observe the nystagmus periodically after onset. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients with symptoms commonly peripheral in etiology (nystagmus, tinnitus, gait instability, etc.) were included in the study. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Alcohol Withdrawal

Monitor for disorientation, diaphoresis, agitation, tremulousness, hyper-reflexia, ataxia, and nystagmus. C. [clinicaladvisor.com]

[…] therapeutic range for phenobarbital (64-172 micromol/L 15-40 ug/ml), an orange line indicating the level at which mild signs of toxicity are usually noted such as ataxia and nystagmus [emcrit.org]

Exam findings suggestive of withdrawal can include disorientation, diaphoresis, agitation, tremulousness, hyper-reflexia, ataxia, and nystagmus. [clinicaladvisor.com]

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Transient Ischemic Attack

[…] is usually peripheral in nature, whereas vertical, pure torsional and/or bidirectional nystagmus, limb ataxia and pinprick sensation asymmetry are usually central Dix Hallpike [emergencymedicinecases.com]

Posterior circulation† Nystagmus Vertigo (spinning sensation) Disconjugate gaze If subtle, blurry or double vision Homonymous visual-field cut Inability to see well, especially [aafp.org]

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Vestibular Neuronitis

Abstract We evaluated the vestibular functions, especially for positional nystagmus and caloric nystagmus, in 43 cases of vestibular neuronitis for long periods after its [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is suggested that the direction of nystagmus depends upon the severity of each vestibular dysfunction. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

All cases were examined for critical head position which provoked vertigo, non-gaze nystagmus, positional and positioning nystagmus and caloric nystagmus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Brain Stem Infarction

[…] syndrome) Pons: 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th cranial nerve involvement, diplopia, dysarthria, vertigo, gait abnormality, and/or sensation of ear canal block, sustained horizontal nystagmus [symptoma.com]

In the author's experience, these patients often exhibit rebound nystagmus, which is a variant of gaze-evoked nystagmus. [dizziness-and-balance.com]

She eventually woke up but had very profound neurological findings including ataxia and a disjunctive nystagmus. [dizziness-and-balance.com]

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Subclavian Steal Syndrome

No cases of spontaneous nystagmus were observed. The positional nystagmus could be an isolated finding, in VBI, even if there were no other neurological signs 11. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] report the case of a 56-year-old man who presented with arterial hypotension, lightheadedness, vomiting, a sense of tingling in his right arm, and a right-beating horizontal nystagmus [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

During ENG, no spontaneous nystagmus was found and, in the position of Rose 4, a positional vertical down-beating nystagmus was noted with the head turned left, middle and [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency

The effect of these drugs on vestibular nystagmus was studied in Alsatian dogs before and after occluding one vertebral artery. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The effect of the two drugs on the vestibular nystagmus was studied in Alsatian dogs before and after occluding one vertebral artery. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An abnormal positional nystagmus was observed when he rotated his head to the left. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Double vision or eye tremor ( nystagmus ) may result from involvement of the nerve pathways controlling movement of the eye muscles. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

[…] muscle spasms, or difficulty in moving; difficulties with coordination and balance (ataxia); problems in speech (dysarthria) or swallowing (dysphagia), visual problems (nystagmus [disabled-world.com]

The first symptomatic drugs to improve mobility are beginning to emerge, if of limited efficacy,9 while treatments to help ataxia, tremor and nystagmus remain very poor. [jnnp.bmj.com]

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Labyrinthitis

Nystagmus type: Nystagmus is spontaneous. It is usually fine horizontal but may be mixed horizontal-torsional. [patient.info]

At times, they would just wiggle back and forth in a classic horizontal nystagmus, though always to the left. [complexchild.org]

Nystagmus which changes direction on eccentric gaze (i.e., right beating nystagmus with right gaze and left beating nystagmus with left gaze, with or without nystagmus with [clinicaladvisor.com]

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Cerebral Hemorrhage

The symptomatology of the cases with saltatory evolution had subacute onset, in 1-3 days, with hypotonia, nystagmus and posture disorders. [medichub.ro]

The rest of 21% of cases had catastrophic clinical findings: bulging anterior fontanelle, dehiscent cranial sutures, projectile vomiting, fixation of pupils, nystagmus, seizures [medichub.ro]

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Meningitis

She had nystagmus, scanning speech, bilateral papilloedema and ataxia. Cranial imaging showed a 10 mm tonsillar herniation. Posterior fossa decompression was done. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Cerebellar Infarction

(SN) or direction changed bidirectional gaze-evoked nystagmus (GEN). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

To define the characteristics and mechanism of head-shaking nystagmus in central vestibulopathies, we investigated spontaneous nystagmus and head-shaking nystagmus in 72 patients [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

KEYWORDS: Cerebellar infarction; Cerebellum; Ocular fixation; Spontaneous nystagmus [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Cerebellar Hemorrhage

Abstract A 63-year-old woman presented with a metastatic focus of papillary thyroid carcinoma in the cerebellopontine angle manifesting as lateral gazing nystagmus and slurred [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A careful search for subtle cerebellar signs, including dysarthria, limb ataxia, nystagmus or tandem gait instability, absent in true gastroenteritis cases, could potentially [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cerebellar signs (e.g. ataxia, nystagmus) 1. Larger bleeds can impair consciousness and obstruct the fourth ventricle resulting in obstructive hydrocephalus. [radiopaedia.org]

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Malnutrition

Acquired nystagmus Nystagmus that develops later, in adults, is called “acquired nystagmus”. [rnib.org.uk]

What causes nystagmus? How is nystagmus diagnosed? How is nystagmus treated? What is nystagmus? [aoa.org]

A person with nystagmus has no control over this movement of the eyes. What causes nystagmus? Early onset nystagmus will appear in very young babies. [gosh.nhs.uk]

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Intracerebral Hematoma

There may be little or no evidence of the usual signs of cerevellar disease, & only a minority of cases show nystagmus or ataxia of the limbs. [enotes.tripod.com]

[…] the following: [ citation needed ] Hypertension, fever, or cardiac arrhythmias Nuchal rigidity Subhyaloid retinal hemorrhages Altered level of consciousness Anisocoria, nystagmus [en.wikipedia.org]

Although neuro-otological examinations especially gaze nystagmus, eye tracking and positional nystagmus tests, were useful for diagnosing the central vestibular lesions, no [ispub.com]

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Coma

Oculovestibular testing (instil 20 ml ice-cold water into the external auditory meatus): Psychogenic coma - nystagmus with quick movement away from water (shows active pons [patient.info]

[…] exception is in patients with catatonic stupor or catatonia. 3 Caloric testing in organic stupor will usually reveal tonic deviation, whereas in psychiatric stupor ocular nystagmus [jnnp.bmj.com]

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Nystagmus

Symmetrical vertical nystagmus Upbeat nystagmus : This is a jerk nystagmus with the fast phase going upwards. [patient.info]

Certain diagnostic features differentiate voluntary nystagmus from pathologic nystagmus: the convergent effort required to start the nystagmus, the inability to sustain the [dx.doi.org]

nystagmus, respectively). [patient.info]

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Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Occlusion

Positional testing was abnormal due to the ongoing nystagmus, but there was also a brief upbeating nystagmus. Headshaking provoked a very strong reversal of nystagmus. [dizziness-and-balance.com]

More or less complete dorsal lateral medullary syndrome (Wallenberg syndrome) if the medulla is involved: ipsilesional vestibular (vertigo, vomiting, nystagmus, lateropulsion [imaios.com]

In the author's experience, these patients often exhibit rebound nystagmus, which is a variant of gaze-evoked nystagmus. [tchain.com]

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Central Positional Vertigo

The direction of nystagmus is important for the diagnosis of central paroxysmal positioning nystagmus (cPPV). Neuro-Ophthalmology, Vol. 21, Issue. 2, p. 97. [cambridge.org]

Effect of Fixation on Nystagmus 4. Vestibular versus Central Nystagmus 5. [slideshare.net]

nystagmus on head-shaking. [dizziness-and-balance.com]

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Basilar Migraine

Conversely, early developmental disturbances of vision often disrupt ocular motor control systems, giving rise to complex disorders such as nystagmus, strabismus, and torticollis [books.google.com]

Other brainstem- related symptoms less commonly noted include nystagmus, diplopia, and decreases in hearing. 1-9 The headache phase of the basilar migraine consists of a severe [dynamicchiropractic.com]

When nystagmus is present, it is often directed vertically (e.g. upbeating or downbeating). [dizziness-and-balance.com]

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Wernicke Encephalopathy

An examination revealed spontaneous upbeat nystagmus ( Video 1 ), gaze-evoked nystagmus ( Video 2 ), and gait ataxia. She had no ophthalmoplegia. [nejm.org]

The classic triad of confusion, ophthalmoplegia (or nystagmus) and ataxia may be absent, and the history of alcohol abuse or other causes of thiamine deficiency may be unknown [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Here we describe a teenage girl who develops vomiting after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and presented with nystagmus, irritability, and ataxia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Leigh's Disease

The authors present the case of a 9-year-old girl with dorsal midbrain syndrome causing convergence retraction nystagmus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Extraocular movements showed greatly reduced pursuit and saccades in elevation and convergence–retraction nystagmus on attempted up gaze. [healio.com]

A 4 1/2-month-old girl suffered from psychomotor retardation, generalized hypotonia, poor feeding, hyperreflexia, nystagmus, optical atrophy and choreoathetosis from the age [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Cerebral Embolism

There was no gaze preference or nystagmus. Corneal reflexes were intact. The right nasolabial fold was flattened, and right eye closure was decreased. [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

Infraction in this area may also cause vertigo, nystagmus, ipsilateral ataxia of limbs, and a contralateral hemiparesis with no sensory defect. [brainmind.com]

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Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy

There was no pathologic nystagmus or saccadic dysmetria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] uptake deficiency on single photon emission computed tomography scans had poorer performances on three of the four subscores (static equilibrium, dynamic equilibrium and nystagmus [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

For the clinical rating, International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) was used and dysarthria, gaze evoked nystagmus, finger to nose, pronation-supination alternating [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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