tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post2476439716964487725..comments2023-09-26T12:58:21.651+00:00Comments on The Paramedic's Diary: Magnet-eyesXfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-18574590605376204392010-06-09T15:21:33.402+00:002010-06-09T15:21:33.402+00:00I once worked with someone who displayed those sym...I once worked with someone who displayed those symptoms. He'd been getting absent-minded and disinterested in work over some months, then started having minor stumbles. He'd laughed it off as over-work, tiredness and age (he must have been 55-60).<br /><br />Then he had a bad stumble at work, falling down a flight of stairs a result. I was the first aider and noticed his eyes would smoothly track movement then abruptly jerk back to a centre point. I thought it was something to do with the fall—possibly a head injury—and had an ambulance called.<br /><br />The man was off work for some weeks, then came in to collect his things when he was retired due to ill-health. When I talked to him, he told me he'd been diagnosed with a degenerative condition—but I can't remember anything other than it being a palsy.<br /><br />So, not much help I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-26142406376244462052010-06-08T19:51:58.737+00:002010-06-08T19:51:58.737+00:00It doesnt have to be the optic nerve
It could be t...It doesnt have to be the optic nerve<br />It could be the 3. or 6. Brain Nerve, maybe a Stroke in the Part of the Brain that supports these Nerves.<br /><br />Or it is just The symptom of the vertigo, You can put yourself in Nystagmus if you spin yourself on an office chair long enough.<br /><br />(Sorry for my bad English)<br /><br />GordonGordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-65631483254377365622010-06-08T16:54:41.253+00:002010-06-08T16:54:41.253+00:00Hello
Im not a medical person but love your blog...Hello <br /><br />Im not a medical person but love your blog. The man with the difficulty with blance sounds similar to how I am sometimes. I have menieres disease and find that at times I walk as though Im drunk and my vision is odd and with nystagmus too. menieres causes lots of other problems too this is just one of the thngs that happens to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273162648935601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-64714829512651080282010-06-08T16:07:04.376+00:002010-06-08T16:07:04.376+00:00My wife has Menieres and suffers regular attacks w...My wife has Menieres and suffers regular attacks where she suffers vertigo and walks as though drunk. To help confirm the diagnosis, the consultant performed tests which involved filming my wife's eyeballs after changing the temperature inside her ears. Apparently the way in which her eyes tracked and returned back from tracking, moving objects, helped to reveal the problem as likey Menieres. She is also brachycardic, although I've no idea if that is connected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-76553815026791021432010-06-08T15:36:46.795+00:002010-06-08T15:36:46.795+00:00Was Wallenberg's syndrome what you were thinki...Was Wallenberg's syndrome what you were thinking?<br /><br />I have to admit to not being aware of that specific condition before I read up on it, but I'd kinda figured it was some kind of neurological insult. :)<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Aled.Aledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04986038559799820004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-91132224613647502402010-06-08T12:10:29.956+00:002010-06-08T12:10:29.956+00:00Aled
Yes it was but the patient said he didn'...Aled<br /><br />Yes it was but the patient said he didn't suffer from this. His eye problem was new and he was not aware of it; his walk was also abnormal and out of balance.Xfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-5734579731420278702010-06-08T09:58:41.767+00:002010-06-08T09:58:41.767+00:00Hey mate, you've piqued my interest with this ...Hey mate, you've piqued my interest with this one. Was the eye movement similar to a nystagmus - smooth pursuit of the target followed by a saccadic return?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Aled.Aledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04986038559799820004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-14253729433779470992010-06-08T08:35:48.886+00:002010-06-08T08:35:48.886+00:00It's ok after a long days work I think we can ...It's ok after a long days work I think we can all forgive you for not explaining the long and tedious information. You should never feel obligated to explain everything. Though I have to say it does sound interesting and mesmorizing what happened to the mans eyes.<br /><br />Also for the comment of todays society and blaming everyone else. There is not really anyone to blame for an accident like that just exactly in the wrong place at the wrong time people say. But nice to know there are some civil people around that won't point the finger at every chance they have.<br /><br />Japhia. <br />(I think i've been reading too many of your blogs felt obligated to write "be safe" at the end lol)Japhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504398875537852323noreply@blogger.com