Double-vision picker
Three short questions about double-vision patterns. The picker routes you to related patient-education articles. It is not a diagnosis and cannot decide whether you need imaging, blood testing, emergency care, or a specific treatment.
Use emergency care first for sudden or new double vision with severe headache, drooping eyelid, a larger pupil, weakness, numbness, slurred speech, trouble swallowing or breathing, loss of balance, eye pain, bulging eye, vision loss, or a recent head injury. Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
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Cover one eye, then the other. Does the double vision fully go away when either eye is covered?
This tool is educational. It does not replace a clinical exam, and the suggested articles are starting points only. Always seek prompt evaluation for new or rapidly changing double vision.
Clinical references checked
- North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society: Double Vision
- North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society: Microvascular Cranial Nerve Palsy
- National Eye Institute: Convergence Insufficiency
- AAPOS: Fourth Nerve Palsy
- AAO EyeWiki: Oculomotor Nerve Palsy
- Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America: MG and Related Disorders