Clinical Study on Congenital Nystagmus:First Report

-Treatment of Congenital Nystagmus by Intravenous Injection of a Lidocaine-Glucose Solution-

Abstract

In patients with congenital nystagmus, visual disturbance occurs due to eye osillation and strabisumus appears because the gaze is directed to the object at the neutral point of the nystagmus, with consequent scoliosis.
We have recently demonstrated the disappearance of such nystagmus along with a transient improvement of the visual acuity as a result of a slow intravenous injection of 3ml 2% lidocaine solution diluted with 20% glucose solution. Eleven of 16 patients with congenital nystagmus treated with intravenous injection of lidocaine, showed remarkable suppression.