Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #nystagmus
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Exactly 7 years ago, I spent #StrokeAwarenessDay undergoing emergency #thrombectomy for #basilar artery occlusion. #BAO
Today, I'm still in awe and celebrating how #modern #medicine saved me from locked-in syndrome and enabled me to live a normal life, against all odds.
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Today, I'm still in awe and celebrating how #modern #medicine saved me from locked-in syndrome and enabled me to live a normal life, against all odds.
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2/ So far, I have avoided sharing this information as part of my professional life, fearing it would somehow disqualify me as a credible clinician-scientist. Finally, I realize that the experience only strengthened my resolve to give future patients the second chance I was given.
3/ What happened in brief:
I was a healthy, 25yo medical student, all excited to have finished the first 10K run of my life not even 5 hours before my family reacted #FAST and called 911.
I was a healthy, 25yo medical student, all excited to have finished the first 10K run of my life not even 5 hours before my family reacted #FAST and called 911.
Everyone needs a distraction at the moment. Some time ago I was asked to discuss and demystify #nystagmus - when does it reflect a concerning pathology? Being in isolation with Covid, now seemed time to take on the challenge! An ‘eye-boggling’ #tweetorial. #meded #neurotwitter 🧵
Understanding nystagmus really means understanding how eye movements (EMs) are controlled. (This is what makes it interesting - so don’t give up on me yet!) Here’s a whistle-stop tour of how the brain controls something integral to your everyday function...
CN VI turns the eye out, whilst III turns it in (with III and IV controlling up and down). The eyes need to move in perfect unison, and so they are ‘yoked’ by a tract called the MLF. This connects the nucleus of VI (out) on one side with III (in) on the other, to enable this:
