Ophthalmoplegia, Painful

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Words

• ophthalmoplegia, painful
• ophthalmoplegia, recurring
• ophthalmoplegia disorder

Problem Class

• None

General Conversation
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is an unusual condition characterized by severe periorbital headaches, along with reduced and excruciating eye activities (ophthalmoplegia). Symptoms normally influence only one eye (independent). Most of the times, affected individuals experience extreme pain and also lowered eye movements. Signs usually will decrease without assistance (spontaneous remission) as well as may recur without a distinct pattern (arbitrarily). Affected individuals could exhibit indications of paralysis (palsy) of particular cranial nerves such as drooping of the upper eyelid (ptosis), double vision (diplopia), large student, and facial feeling numb. The affected eye frequently abnormally sticks out (proptosis). The exact source of Tolosa-Hunt disorder is not known, however the condition is thought to be related to inflammation of certain areas behind the eye (cavernous sinus and also remarkable periodic fissure).