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Aberrant ocular movements is a symptom in which a person's eyeball movements are not symmetric (left and right eyes each moving towards a different direction) or are unusual movements not seen in normal people. Eyeballs that seem to be jiggling is an example of an aberrant movement.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)

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Common

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