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Can having a head tilt or cranial palsy cause you to see ghost images around lights and objects. that are worse at night, not true double vision?

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Maybe: Cranial nerve palsies will give you double vision in both daylight and ghost images at night. Usually abnormalities of the cornea (astigmatism) leads to see ghost images as well as cataracts. Best to check with your ophthalmologist.

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 4/26/2016

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