Dystonia in the Eyes?

What if your eyes were experiencing such horrible spasms that you couldn’t open them – for days? What if your doctors had no idea what was causing this to happen to you? What if you could be struck with these spasms at any time, forcing you to live blindly for days at a time? It’s hard to imagine, but according to one recent article, that is exactly what happened to Janet Chaston, a 75 years old woman who lives in the UK.

It took Janet’s doctors over two years to finally figure out that she had a neurological condition known as dystonia. Dystonia is a little known disease, even though over 40,000 people in the UK suffer with it. It is characterized by involuntary spasms and muscle contractions that can happen in different parts of the body. In Janet’s case, it was her eyes. She now receives botox injections every couple of months to help keep her eye muscles relaxed and lessen her symptoms and it seems to be helping.

For more information on dystonia, you may wish to visit the mayo clinic page on dystonia or dystonia-foundation.org.









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