Nystagmus: treatment
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Nystagmus: treatment. Convergence prisms, Base-in prisms, High-positive-power spectacles, Contact lenses. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Corrective techniques
- Convergence prisms
- Base-in prisms
- High-positive-power spectacles
- Contact lenses
Medical treatments
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Potential treatments of congenital nystagmus
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Surgery
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Investigational treatments
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Other management issues
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References
- Stahl JS, Plant GT, Leigh RJ. Medical treatment of nystagmus and its visual consequences. J R Soc Med 2002; 95:235-237.
- Thurtell MJ, Leigh RJ. Therapy for nystagmus. J Neuroophthalmol 2010; 30:361-371.
- Self JE, Dunn MJ, Erichsen JT, et al. Management of nystagmus in children: a review of the literature and current practice in UK specialist services. Eye (Lond) 2020; 34:1515-1534.
- Murphy OC, Calabresi PA, Gold DR. Teaching Video NeuroImage: Dramatic response to topiramate in acquired pendular nystagmus from multiple sclerosis. Neurology 2023; 100:47-48.
