Date of last review: Due to be updated

Differential diagnosis

  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Congenital ptosis
  • Neurogenic ptosis (palsy)
  • Angioedema (mechanical ptosis)
  • Horner’s syndrome
  • Jaw-winking syndrome

Possible management by Optometrist

Treatment

  • None

Advice

  • Surgery available if visual axis obscured, field loss, or significant asymmetry

Management Category

  • Refer if visual axis obscured, field loss, or significant asymmetry

Possible management by Ophthalmologist

  • Surgery if significant ptosis