A deviated gaze is an abnormal movement of the

eyes Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide living organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response functions that are independent of vision. Eyes detect light and con ...

. It is often found as a symptom for

subdural hematoma A subdural hematoma (SDH) is a type of bleeding in which a collection of blood—usually but not always associated with a traumatic brain injury—gathers between the inner layer of the dura mater and the arachnoid mater of the meninges surround ...

or some people may have it from birth.

Cause

A deviated gaze can result from several complications. If the bones and skin on the face are causing the eyes to spread too far apart, the eyes may start moving by themselves without cooperating with each other. Each eye then becomes influenced by what it views and each is focused on that view, causing the deviation. Deviated gaze can also be caused by

trauma Trauma most often refers to: * Major trauma, in physical medicine, severe physical injury caused by an external source * Psychological trauma, a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event *Traumatic i ...

neurological disorders A neurological disorder is any disorder of the nervous system. Structural, biochemical or electrical abnormalities in the brain, spinal cord or other nerves can result in a range of symptoms. Examples of symptoms include paralysis, muscle weaknes ...

and

epilepsy Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. Epileptic seizures can vary from brief and nearly undetectable periods to long periods of vigorous shaking due to abnormal electrica ...

References

External links

http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/2005/macaluso05CognBrainRes.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040410/http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/docs/papers/1999_JonDriverPaper.pdf
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