Kamourieh, S;
Matharu, M;
Sokolska, M;
Jäger, HR;
Akram, H;
Patel, J;
Arshad, Q;
(2021)
Miners' Nystagmus Following Visual Deprivation: A Case Report.
Annals of Internal Medicine
, 174
(7)
pp. 1021-1022.
10.7326/L20-1261.
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Abstract
Miners' nystagmus was first recognized in the 1870s in coal miners, in whom it developed after they spent years working underground (1). The incidence of nystagmus was estimated at 5% (2), and its addition to the schedule of industrial diseases in the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1906 embedded it into the legal—but not the medical—literature. The underlying cause of miners' nystagmus has remained contentious, with theoretical considerations suggesting a foveal inability to adapt to dark vision leading to nystagmus after years of working underground (3)—a similar mechanism to the irregular eye oscillation seen in adult patients with acquired vision ...
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