What is "nystagmus", terms a 17 year old can understand please.?

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I already know that "nystagmus" is an involountary eye movement that falls into two definitive categories of pathiological and physiological, I'm just trying to understand the types of movements are typical of a person with mild, moderate, and severe nystagmus. ** 'Scuse my horrible spelling. :">
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Here is a great website that may help you to understand it more!
http://www.lowvision.org/nystagmus.htm



Nystagmus has also been described as “dancing eyes” or “jerking eyes”
they move back and forth like a pendulum or do they move slowly in one direction and then rapidly in another.



One thing you might want to do-- READ read everything, join forums, groups and get all the information you can. Empower yourself and you will be a survivor!

i wish you the best  (+ info)

Have you had a baby with Congenital Torticollis?

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We took our 4 month old to the doctor today for his 4 mth appt. The doctor diagnosed him with Congenital Torticollis and he will start physical therapy next week. Has anyone had experience with this and if so, how was recovery and what can I do to help him. Tell me about your experience with this and is it common? Thanks!
Yes, my son had a slight case. I had to do physical therapy at home since it was so mild. We did neck exercises a couple times at home for about one month. If it's slight then it should go away with no problems. My son was 2 months at the time & now he's 8 months & totally fine!

Don't worry as I was told that this is common. All you have to do is stretch out the neck muscles on one side - that's what the physical therapy is for. Your baby might get fussy as the physical therapy might make his neck muscles sore from the stretching. Good luck & hang in there. Torticollis is not a serious problem.  (+ info)

how does a baby with congenital heart disease effect the family its born in too ?

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how does a baby with congenital heart disease effect the family its born in too ?
how are familys effected by a baby with congenital heart disease?
I was born with congenital heart disease. It has affected my family a lot. My sister doesn't like me much because she thinks I use my heart problems to manipulate my parents. She just doesn't understand it at all. My parents went through hell when I was born and thought I wouldn't survive. Now that I'm in my twenties, we're all afraid of what my quality of life will be like in five years. If my health does turn crappy, they might have to support me because I'll be too tired to do anything at all. If they have to support me, one might have to leave their job. My parents and I have had to talk to my team of doctors about everything I want to do, to make sure I can do it without serious consequences down the road. An example of bad consequences would be last week I moved, I was hauling boxes and furniture around to help everyone who was helping me and everything was cool. Then the next day, I was too tired to sleep (yes, that is possible). The fatigue is so strong that I couldn't do anything at all except roll over in bed. Couldn't even eat. That fatigue lasted for three days. If I work too hard like that often enough, I risk developing heart failure in the near future. I risk arrhythmias and sudden death too. You can imagine how having heart failure or sudden death would affect my family.

So basically, my heart problems affect my family by causing them a lot of stress and making them have to occasionally put their lives aside to help me out.

I should add, that is me. The heart disease I was born with is rare and serious. Some forms of heart disease, for example small atrial septal defects, are not even detected and fix themselves before the child grows into an adult. That form of CHD wouldn't affect the family at all. It really depends on what kind it is.  (+ info)

What congenital disease causes organs not to be attached to the body?

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This baby was born (alive) with its internal organs not attached/anchored inside its body. These organs had in utero migrated up into the chest cavity, leaving the baby with underdeveloped lungs and heart and requiring extensive surgeries immediately after delivery to attach the organs in their proper places. Subsequently the organs detached themselves again and more surgeries were required. This child has finally died at six months of age after the organs again detached. Can someone please let me know the name of this disease, which causes such a tragic outcome? Thank you for your time!
Diaphragmatic hernia A failure of the diaphragm to form completely, leaving a hole. Abdominal organs can protrude through the hole into the chest cavity and interfere with development of the heart and lungs. Usually life-threatening and requires emergent surgery.

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/birthdefects/risk/risk2-diaphragmhernia.shtm
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_hrnewborn/dph.cfm  (+ info)

is Nystagmus curable ? what is the treatment and where is it available?

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Nystagmus is an eye disease where there is a contineous eye movement cause of which vission is poor .it is baeically a neurological problem.
there are indeed treatments for nystagmus, see an ophthalmologist to find out which may work for you.  (+ info)

What is the best way to cure congenital depression?

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I feel anxiety, I feel strengthless, I want to sleep all day, I am not hungry, anything matters to me, suicide thoughts, I do not want to speak, to be locked up in my bedroon several days.
It sounds like you have had depression your whole life.
I have been depressed since I was very young also.
The problem is the longer people have their depression, the harder it is to get over the depression.
It has become such a big part of us.
All we can do is to go for our therapy and take our meds. every day. Through therapy, hopefully we can hold onto some idea of what we want our lives to consist of.
We need enough positive experiences and feelings to last us long enough so we will have something to hold onto.
Best Wishes  (+ info)

Is there a cure for the eye condition Nystagmus?

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After having a stroke, my friend has been diagnosed with "downbeat" mode Nystagmus, and would like know if there is a natural medicine treatment or cure for this condition.
Nystagmus isn't an eye condition - it is a sign of disease. If he has downbeat nystagmus this is very rare and is caused by some very rare diseases. More generally nystagmus is caused by having a stroke - perhaps he just has jerk nystagmus rather than downbeat nystagmus - this would make more sense.
There isn't much that can be done about it - its a sign of the cerebrovsacular disease he already has - the stroke.  (+ info)

The commonest age of presentation of congenital heart disease by heart failure?

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What is the commonest age at which a congenital heart disease can present by heart failure?
1-less than 6 months
2-12 to 18 months
3-2 to 5 years
4-6 to 15 years
5-More than 15 years

please give me a scientific link.

i made extensive search but didn't reach to the exact answer.

Thanks for ur help.
I guess that really all depends on what type of congenital heart disease they have. Many do go undiagnosed for years after birth. If the doctor does not detect a heart murmur at birth the odds of the infant being given a echo is pretty rare. Unless of course they are born blue or there is other things suggesting heart disease. When my son had his open heart surgery he was 11 days old. From what I saw in our 4 months in the ICU was at least 2 open heart surgeries on newborns a week. Evidentially about 1-100 babies are born with congenital heart disease. About 5 percent of those babies will require some sort of heart surgery. Heart failure may or may not happen. Many infants as you can see by the above statistics do not require any type of surgery.   (+ info)

Can a congenital heart defect lead to someone being wheelchair bound?

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If not that, then what other heart problem would make you wheelchair bound?
if your have a major heart attack and stroke u could be in a wheelchair.  (+ info)

What is a congenital exam done for pregnant ladies?

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how important is it? what's the difference between that and ultrasound?
it will allow you to see if there is any abnormalities of the babies..its advisable, it may be costly but it will surely help...  (+ info)

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