Eye Movement Disorders
URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/eyemovementdisorders.html
When you look at an object, you’re using several muscles to move both eyes to focus on it. If you have a problem with the muscles, the eyes don’t work properly.
There are many kinds of eye movement disorders. Two common ones are:
There are many kinds of eye movement disorders. Two common ones are:
- Strabismus – a disorder in which the two eyes don’t line up in the same direction. This results in “crossed eyes” or “walleye.”
- Nystagmus – fast, uncontrollable movements of the eyes, sometimes called “dancing eyes”
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Start Here
- Nystagmus(American Academy of Ophthalmology)
- Strabismus(Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology)
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Overviews
- Nystagmus(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Nystagmus(American Optometric Association)
- Strabismus (Crossed Eyes)(American Optometric Association)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Strabismus Measurements(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
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Treatment
- Anesthesia for Adults Having Eye Surgery(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Anesthesia for Children Having Eye Surgery(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Eye muscle repair - slideshow
- Strabismus Surgery(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
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Specific Conditions
- Accommodative Esotropia(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Adult Strabismus(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Brown Syndrome(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Convergence Insufficiency(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Dissociated Vertical Divergence(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Duane Syndrome(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Esotropia(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Exotropia(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
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Related Issues
- Abnormal Head Position(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Conjugate Gaze Palsies(Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia(Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Monocular Elevation Deficiency - Double Elevator Palsy(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Palsies of Cranial Nerves That Control Eye Movement(Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Pseudostrabismus(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- What Is Microvascular Cranial Nerve Palsy?(American Academy of Ophthalmology)
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Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Diagram of the Eye(National Eye Institute)
- Also available in Spanish
- Overview of the Cranial Nerves(Merck & Co., Inc.)
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Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Nystagmus, Pathologic(National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Ocular Motility Disorders(National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Strabismus(National Institutes of Health)
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Genetics
- Learning about Duane Syndrome(National Human Genome Research Institute)
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine) -
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Glossary of Eye Conditions(American Foundation for the Blind)
- Glossary of Eye-Related Terms(Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology)
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Directories
- Eye Health Organizations Database(National Eye Institute)
- Find a Pediatric Ophthalmologist(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Find an Eye M.D.(American Academy of Ophthalmology)
- Finding an Eye Care Professional(National Eye Institute)
- Also available in Spanish
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Organizations
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Children
- Infantile Esotropia(American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
- Seeing Your Way through Strabismus(Nemours Foundation)
- Strabismus(American Medical Association) - PDF
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Patient Handouts
- Cranial mononeuropathy III - compression type
- Also available in Spanish
- Cranial mononeuropathy VI
- Also available in Spanish
- Eye muscle repair
- Also available in Spanish
- Eye muscle repair - discharge
- Also available in Spanish
- Nystagmus
- Also available in Spanish
- Strabismus
- Also available in Spanish
- Supranuclear ophthalmoplegia
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