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Q: Form of migraine ?
asked by: DoctorQuestion on March 6th, 2009
Could this simply be another form of migraine? Your help will be most appreciated.

Helen


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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD
replied on March 7th, 2009
Vision and Eye Disorders Answer A5996



People with ocular migraines can have a variety of visual symptoms. Typically you will see a small, enlarging blind spot (scotoma) in your central vision with bright, flickering lights (scintillations) or a shimmering zig-zag line inside the blind spot. The blind spot usually enlarges and may move across your field of vision. This entire migraine phenomenon may end in only a few minutes, but usually lasts as long as about 20-30 minutes.
However, the turning in of the eye does not exactly match the description of the ocular migraines. The condition might be related to neural disorder, just like migraine is, but not necessarily. Definitive diagnose can not be given without further tests by ophthalmologist and/or neurologist.




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