10 Hydrocephalus Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #10: Ocular Issues
In hydrocephalus, patients may experience ocular issues such as blurry vision, double vision, and sunsetting of eyes. Blurry vision refers to the hazy borders of an image while double vision occurs when the patient is seeing two images instead of one. In the sunsetting of eyes, it is a phenomenon observed in young children and infants with raised intracranial pressure.
The eyes appear to be driven downwards with upward gaze paresis. The sclera may be seen between the iris and upper eyelid while part of the pupil may be covered by the lower eyelid.
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