Multiple Sclerosis nystagmus or MS nystagmus, as it is sometimes known, is an unsettling and uncomfortable condition that affects the eyes of MS patients. Not everyone with Multiple Sclerosis will end up with MS nystagmus and it can often go unnoticed by the patients themselves for many months, as the symptom is more noticeable to friends and family in the early days. Multiple Sclerosis nystagmus symptoms include unusual and often jerky eye movements, caused by damage to the optical nerve. Sometimes in Multiple Sclerosis nystagmus the eyes will jerk from side-to-side or up and down, while in other cases they may roll around in a clockwise or anticlockwise movement. It may seem strange to say that the patients themselves will not notice the signs of MS nystagmus, but in the early stages of the condition the unusual movements can often be very slight. If the symptoms associated with Multiple …