The use of contact lenses to treat visually symptomatic congenital nystagmus

Refractive laser surgery in children with coexisting medical and ocular pathology

“…Rabiah et al 31 report that in patients having surgery for congenital cataracts, postoperative reduction or elimination of sensory nystagmus correlated with a better postoperative visual acuity. In addition, Biousse et al 32 report that contact lens wear instead of glasses improves the visual function of patients with decreased vision secondary to congenital nystagmus by optimizing the patients' refraction. In addition, it has been shown that contact lenses can dampen the nystagmus itself, thus also improving visual acuity.…”

Congenital Idiopathic Nystagmus: An Observational Diagnosis

“…Contact prism lenses may help visually symptomatic congenital nystagmus. 2 Rarely there may be a need for ocular muscle surgery to move the null point toward the center to avoid abnormal head posture and to reduce the symptoms of oscillopsia. 3 Medications such as gabapentin and memantine (glutamate antagonist) have been tried with some success.…”

Memantine/gabapentin for the treatment of congenital nystagmus

“…Other drugs, including 3, 4 diaminopyridine, 4-aminopyridine, clonazepam, valproate, and baclofen, have been studied and need larger trials to determine their firm place in treating nystagmus [1]. In the meantime, other techniques, including surgical approaches, contact lenses, and the use of prisms, are alternatives to medication [3,4].…”