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Eyelid Drooping (Ptosis)
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Eyelid Drooping (Ptosis)
The upper eyelid droops to a lower position than it normally would be in. The condition may worsen after being awake longer as the muscles will tire.
Symptom classification
Body areaEyes
Body areaHead
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
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- Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
- Cerebrovascular Disease (stroke)
- Cluster Headache
- Horners Syndrome
- Inherited Copper Deficiency
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- Myotonic Dystrophy
- Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dytstrophy (OPMD)
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- Temporal Arteritis
- Third Cranial Nerve Palsy
- Tumors of The Orbit