Nystagmus refers to a certain kind of diseases with abnormal eye movements, which is characterized by rhythmic, involuntary, conjugate-symmetric. According to the age of onset, it could be divided into congenital nystagmus and secondary nystagmus. The limited means of examinations and treatments which makes it difficult to understand nystagmus. Over recent years, the means of examinations and treatments are developing. We reviewed the recent progress of nystagmus in this article.