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Rapid involuntary eye movements
Rapid involuntary eye movements (nystagmus) is a symptom in which a person's eyeballs jiggle in a particular direction, and the movements are not under his control. Nystagmus can be congenital (he is born with it) or start later due to brain injury or disease.
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Rapid involuntary eye movements?
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A 49-year old asked:
Involuntary, rapid eye movements. Are these concussion related?
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A 42-year old asked:
Does involuntary, rapid eye movements mean it's possibly concussion related?
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A 39-year old asked:
Im getting involuntary, rapid eye movements. Could this be concussion related?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Is involuntary eye movement always nystagmus? Maybe once every few months when Im on my phone too long my eyes will flutter so fast, it lasts like 1/10th of a second and normal again. Its so fast. Looks nothing like nystagmus videos Ive seen?
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A 47-year old asked:
Could use expert help with why i experience involuntary eye movement?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Hi, I am suffering from tics, like involuntary movements of eyes, for the past 2 yrs, it's discontinues , comes and goes. Is there treatment for it?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Sometimes i"ll get involuntary eye movement my eyes will move side-to-side vary fast this comes and goes, ill go weeks without it happening then it will start happen again. It has happened 2 times today; is this normal?
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A 41-year old asked:
Why do I experience involuntary eye movement twitches?
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A 34-year old asked:
Involuntary eye movement jerking--causes?
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A 32-year old asked:
What is the word for involuntary eye movement?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can eyestrain cause involuntary eye movement?
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A 39-year old asked:
Eyestrain and involuntary eye movement related?
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A 32-year old asked:
How to treat eyestrain and involuntary eye movement?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Why am i having involuntary movements on the right side of the nose below right eye. Just happen today for 3 hours now. Like nerves moving on its own.
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Involuntary eye movement?
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A 46-year old asked:
What is the best treatment for involuntary eye movement?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Fm49, could high BP such as 152/92 cause eye to have involuntary movement such as drop or blink.
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A 36-year old asked:
Involuntary movements of the eye and lip. I have this small contractions of the lip and a small movement in the eye for about a month. What can it be.
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A 45-year old asked:
Can eyestrain or fatigue cause involuntary eye movement?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I can't walk. My symptoms started a few months ago with involuntary eye movement and tremors/spasticity and now when I try to walk it feels like I'm being electrocuted in my legs and my knees can't hold me up. I don't have ins. & dont know what to do?
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A 28-year old male asked:
I have involuntary movement on my left eye lid and from time to time on my left little finger or thumb. On my hand it is difficult to monitor how regularly as i can't feel it happening. I have dropped a couple of glasses because of that
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A 22-year old female asked:
10 months these head symptoms every second every day/night. Off balance, dizzy, lightheaded, impaired speech, head pain, swaying feeling, brain fog, involuntary eye movement, syncope (once) ENT say not vertigo. Meds no help. Bloodwork normal. Ideas?
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A 34-year old asked:
I have weird involuntary movement of my head, what's wrong?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Involuntary movement of head and shoulders just has movement getting worse
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A 40-year old female asked about a 89-year old female:
Are some mild involuntary head and mouth movements normal in elderly, (89) or are they only caused by medications like Seroquel (quetiapine)?
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A 36-year old female asked:
My son is 3 years, 5 months. He has recently started having occasional episodes where he inhales as if short of breath while sitting or without moving. He has also for the last few days had frequent involuntary neck/head movement. No pain complains. ?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have random, involuntary shivers that shake my head and shoulders. Not cold. Sometimes d/t air movement (like a fan). Friend concerned. Should I be?
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A 35-year old male asked:
This stems from my addiction to meth, I am now sober. The past 4 years Ive had the following symptoms: involuntary movement of the jaw and head muscles, jaw clenches harder and harder the more I eat. Why is this happening? Any remedies? Neurological?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Hi i m experiencing involuntary muscle movemnts, i had a kind of head injury 2 years back,is it dangerous to hv muscle movmnt?
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