How to treat nystagmus

There is no direct and effective treatment for nystagmus so far. At present, the clinic mostly adopts some indirect treatments to improve the symptoms, including refractive error correction, wearing prisms and surgical treatment. 1. Refractive correction: Refractive error can aggravate the manifestation of nystagmus. If the patient has refractive error after optometry examination, refractive error can be corrected through prescription lenses to improve nystagmus. 2. Wearing prisms: patients with congenital kinesiophagic nystagmus can reduce or inhibit nystagmus in the resting eye position, therefore, patients can eliminate compensatory head position and improve nystagmus by wearing prisms. 3. Surgery: For patients with congenital nystagmus in the resting eye position and compensatory head position, surgical treatments, such as intermediate band transposition, can improve the nystagmus, but the surgery is still not able to treat the nystagmus fundamentally. It is recommended that patients with nystagmus consult a doctor to evaluate their condition and follow the doctor’s instructions.