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5 Facts you should know about
Horner’s syndrome
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A rare condition characterized by miosis, ptosis, and anhidrosis
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Other symptoms which may be seen include the inability to completely close or open the eyelid, facial flushing, headaches, and pain
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It is caused by damage to the sympathetic nerves of the face
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Heterochromia iridium (i.e., a relative deficiency of pigment in the iris of the affected side of the face) is usually present when the syndrome is congenital or caused by a lesion that has occurred before the age of 1-2 years of age
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The syndrome is named after Johann Friedrich Horner, the Swiss ophthalmologist who first described the syndrome in 1869
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