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EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: One blog questioned Clinton's frequent eye movements at a campaign event in Philadelphia Monday
On Monday, campaigning in Philadelphia, her eyes darted quickly from side to side, according to video posted by The American Mirror. Blogger John Binder wrote that Clinton 'appeared to have something quite off about her appearance.' She appeared to be reading from teleprompter screens located on either side of the podium.
I don't need to take brain function tests, says Clinton - despite video showing her eyes moving in different directions
Hillary Clinton exhibited abnormal eye movements during her recent speech in Philadelphia and
they were not photoshopped.
Her eyes did not always move in the same direction at the same time. It appears that she has
a problem with her left sixth cranial nerve. That nerve serves only one function and that is
to make the lateral rectus muscle contract. That muscle turns the eye in the direction away
from the midline.
It comes out of the base of the brain and runs along the floor of the skull, immediately beneath
the brain before coursing upward to the eye. Dysfunction of that muscle causes the striking picture
of the eyes not aiming in the same direction and causes the patient to suffer double vision.
Like all things medical, there is a long list of potential causes but in my opinion the most likely one,
based on Clinton's known medical history is an intermittent lateral rectus palsy caused by damage
to or pressure on her sixth cranial nerve.
It is known that she suffered a traumatic brain injury in late 2012 when she fell and struck her head.
What is also known is that she was diagnosed with a transverse sinus thrombosis — blood clot in the
major vein at the base of the brain. Almost all patients with a transverse sinus thrombosis suffer
swelling of the brain and increased intracranial pressure. Most have headaches, balance issues and visual
disturbances — all of which Clinton was reported to have following that event.
John R. Coppedge, MD, FACS is a general surgeon from Texas.