A member asked:
What causes pupils to be nonreactive to light?
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Dr. Richard Paulaanswered
27 years experience
Light: Death, coma, eye injury, weak light source.
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Dr. Marianna Postanswered
Family Medicine 19 years experience
Blindness: Damage to optic or oculomotor nerve.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
My pupils are constantly pulsating in light that is not changing. What could cause this?
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Dr. Robert Kwokanswered
Pediatrics 35 years experience
Eye doctor can check: An ophthalmologist (an md eye doctor) can check the eyes to see if the iris is behaving oddly, either dilating-contracting-dilating-contracting without changes in the surrounding light; or pulsating as if the pupil were moving in sync with the person's heartbeat. The doctor can do a thorough eye exam to make sure there is not a problem in the eye, around the eye, or behind the eyeball.
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