Jerking eye movements
Jerking eye movements
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 57-year old female asked:
I am experiencing double vision (quality: with both eyes open) , eye movement problem (quality: jerking movements, slow eye movement) , arm weakne...
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A 47-year old female asked:
I made a video of my eyes. For the most part they stay straight but they did have a little movement after I stared awhile. It was a small movement . It wasnt a jerk or rapid movement. Is this nystagmus? When I focus on something they dont move?
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A 45-year old asked:
Rapid jerking eye movement in both eyes?
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A 34-year old asked:
Involuntary eye movement jerking--causes?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Saw Ophthalmologist 2x. I dont have nystagmus or other eye movement disorder. ,perfect vision and no other sx but eyes jerk for a split second at times.its so fast you could miss it.it.only happens when Im focused on something small. What is it?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Been having tremors in hands and legs, mainly on right side. Right side arm and leg weakness, muscle fasciculations all over my body. Right side facial twitch, jerking limb movements, severe fatigue, eyes feel stiff. What could be the cause?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I am experiencing eye movement problem (quality: jerking movements) . My eyes occasionally jitter back and forth rapidly at time for a few seconds
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A 47-year old female asked:
My eyes jerk sometimes. For a split second. Ive been to an opthamolgist twice who said I dont have nystagmus or any other eye movement disorder. What could it be from?
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A 16-year old male asked:
I am experiencing headache, shadow over part of vision, ringing in ears and eye movement problem (quality: jerking movements) .
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A male asked about a male:
Non-stop facial tics in 5yr old. Ct scan/eeg normal. Constant eye rolling, head jerks & jaw movement. What could this be?
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A 19-year old female asked:
My 2 month old son is always jerking his head and grunting and has sporadic movements with his arms. It isn't constant but very common. Why is this??
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A 32-year old female asked:
7 mo old pulling ear to shoulder in jerking movements. He is teething, has runny nose and cough... could it just be that his ear hurts from a potential ear infection? He was tugging on it too but its the head movement to one side thats bothersome
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A member asked:
My 1 year old every so often jerks her head to her shoulders and she will do it a few times and then stop. It happens a couple times a day. she also takes both hands and covers her ears. Developmentally she is right on track but these movements started
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A 28-year old male asked:
Sometimes a few minutes after I eat, I feel like my head, arms or hands want to move, like a jerk or twitch movement. Can this be from blood sugar issues or brain tumors?
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A 35-year old asked:
What can cause uncontrollable random eye jitters/movements?
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A 48-year old asked:
What should I do about uncontrollable random eye jitters/movements?
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A 26-year old male asked:
My son is experiencing blinking eyes and abnormal movements (quality: uncontrollable and repetitive, jerky) .
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A 31-year old female asked:
I'm 30, a headache woke me up the other day, extending from my eyes up to the center of my head, and hurt more with movement, should I get itchecked?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Small flashes at the very bottom of l eye with fast movement of eye from down to up in complete dark.Doesnt happen without movement.Eval a month back?
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A 47-year old female asked:
How long can you stare at yourself without your eyes moving? I recorded my eyes, and after a little while, I noticed very minuscule movements. Barely noticeable. When I focus on something they dont move at all. They werent rapid or jerky moving?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Is it normal for our eyes to be making minuscule moments when recording eyes. Very tiny movement. Never rapid or jerky. Extremely tiny. Only happened a couple of times in a minute. Doesnt happen when I focus on things? looks nothing like nystagmus?
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A 36-year old asked:
What controls eye movements and the size of the pupils?
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A 35-year old asked:
How to deal with uncontrollable eye movement?
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A 29-year old asked:
What can cause pain in the eyes during eye movement?
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A 22-year old female asked:
The area just below my eye is hurting with movement since this morning..what could be the reason?
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A male asked:
If this injury is caused by infection, the patient responds to pain , but has not opened eyes but have random movements?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I have pain in my left eye on movement only ( when I look to the right and upwards ). This started suddenly after watching tv for 2 continuous hrs.
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A 45-year old male asked:
Wife 44 is having problems with her vision. Feeling nauscios, can't watch tv, sit in a room movement etc. Had eye exam and saw primary. No answers.
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A 29-year old male asked:
Normal to have very small ring-like lights in vision in complete dark with eye movements.Are these flashes?Got retina examined a week back, no issues?
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A 47-year old female asked:
What would make your eyes make small minuscule movements when staring at self in mirror?. This happened yesterday. My eyes were making very very tiny movements but today they are not and I can keep my eyes very steady, didnt look like nystagmus?
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