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What Causes Jagged Lines In The Field Of Vision?
Question: What causes jagged lines that are in a circle that gets bigger until it blocks vision for up to a half an hour?
Brief Answer:
Scintillating scotoma
Detailed Answer:
My dear,
Thanks for sending your query to us.
This phenomenon is called scintillating scotoma and usually seen half hour before onset of pain in migraine.
As age advances the response of body changes and these prodromal synonyms as they are called remain as they were,you get an attack of migraine without pain.At most there may be a bit of heaviness for a short duration,that's all .
You treat these prodromal synonyms like an attack of migraine,that means avoiding such situations which precipitate an attack like excessive strain and physical and mental stress. No medications are needed.
Do get back to me in case of any further queries in this regard.
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Scintillating scotoma
Detailed Answer:
My dear,
Thanks for sending your query to us.
This phenomenon is called scintillating scotoma and usually seen half hour before onset of pain in migraine.
As age advances the response of body changes and these prodromal synonyms as they are called remain as they were,you get an attack of migraine without pain.At most there may be a bit of heaviness for a short duration,that's all .
You treat these prodromal synonyms like an attack of migraine,that means avoiding such situations which precipitate an attack like excessive strain and physical and mental stress. No medications are needed.
Do get back to me in case of any further queries in this regard.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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