Adie Syndrome: A Rare Vision Disorder

As a rare visual disorder, Adie Syndrome involves a neurological disorder in which the eye pupil is either hyperdilated or hyperconstricted resulting in the inability of the pupil to adjust to the changing of light levels.  This visual abnormality may impact both eye pupils or, in some cases, just one.   For individuals suffering from the onset of Adie Syndrome symptoms, the condition is often frightening considering the extent to which the vision is affecting.   Understanding the symptoms, methods for diagnosis and the treatment options, may ensure a more calming transition and adaptation to the visual neurological disorder. 

Considered a genetic or inherited condition, symptoms of Adie Syndrome commonly involve both of the eyes and, oddly enough, the lower extremities.   Most commonly, Adie Syndrome is first recognized or diagnosed in women between age 20 and 40 when the Adie Syndrome symptoms first present as a nervous system disorder in which the deep reflexes of the legs are diminished.  Following the dminishment in deep lower extremity reflexes, women, suffering from Adie Syndrome, will begin to notice a loss of visual acuity.