There is currently no defined treatment to ameliorate the muscle weakness of<unk> . Treatments used to treat other pathologies causing<unk>  has not been shown to be effective.Experimental treatment with tetracycline has been used to improve ocular motility in one patient. Coenzyme Q10 has also been used to treat this condition. However, most neuro-ophthalmologists do not ascribe to any treatment. Ptosis associated with<unk>  may be corrected with surgery to raise the lids, however due to weakness of the orbicularis oculi muscles, care must be taken not to raise the lids in excess causing an inability to close the lids. This results in an exposure keratopathy. Therefore, rarely should lid surgery be performed and only by a neuro-ophthalmologist familiar with the disease. The most common strabismus finding is large angle exotropia which can be treated by maximal bilateral eye surgery, but due to the<unk>  nature of the disease, strabismus may recur. Those that have diplopia as a result of asymmetric<unk>  may be corrected with prisms or with surgery to create a better alignment of the eyes.
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Subacute myelo-optic neuropathy
Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy
Positional alcohol nystagmus
Ocular myasthenia
Central facial palsy
Progressive bulbar palsy
Corneal-cerebellar syndrome