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Temporary Loss Of Vision, Unable To See Anything Around The Object Or Vice Versa. Followed By Intense Headache. Is It Migraine?
Hello Dr.,
My 25 year old daughter has had temporary loss of vision every now and then since the age of 17. She has also had times where she can only see something in the middle of her vision (if that is how to describe it?) meaning she can be looking at a page and everything else around that page will go black. Or just the opposite...the page will go black and everything around it will be visible. The blindness lasts for about a minute. When this first happened, I took her to the ER and they performed a CAT Scan. The CAT scan did not show anything abnormal. This loss of vision is frequently followed by an intense headache (not quite a migraine) so I kind of attributed it to a migraine that does not come on fully. I have suffered with migraine for 25 years.
I am currently reading a fictional book wherein a woman has MS. In addition to her loss of muscle control, she frequently loses her vision for awhile. This has me pretty worried. My daughter will be making an appointment with her Doctor, but I just thought that I would do a bit of research to see if I could learn something.
Thanks for your time...wasn't aware of a charge. She is going to her Doctor, so we will wait for his opinion. Sincerely, Kristi Hanson
Thank you,
Kristi Hanson
My 25 year old daughter has had temporary loss of vision every now and then since the age of 17. She has also had times where she can only see something in the middle of her vision (if that is how to describe it?) meaning she can be looking at a page and everything else around that page will go black. Or just the opposite...the page will go black and everything around it will be visible. The blindness lasts for about a minute. When this first happened, I took her to the ER and they performed a CAT Scan. The CAT scan did not show anything abnormal. This loss of vision is frequently followed by an intense headache (not quite a migraine) so I kind of attributed it to a migraine that does not come on fully. I have suffered with migraine for 25 years.
I am currently reading a fictional book wherein a woman has MS. In addition to her loss of muscle control, she frequently loses her vision for awhile. This has me pretty worried. My daughter will be making an appointment with her Doctor, but I just thought that I would do a bit of research to see if I could learn something.
Thanks for your time...wasn't aware of a charge. She is going to her Doctor, so we will wait for his opinion. Sincerely, Kristi Hanson
Thank you,
Kristi Hanson
Mon, 2 Dec 2013
Hi,
Can you elaborate whether your daughter has any other medical condition diagnosed previously or is she taking some medications? Secondly is there any history of seeing black dots, flashes of light, distorted vision during periods of normal vision? Also you yourself have been a migraine patient, so how are you managing your work & what is your home environment like? Is your daughterr irritable, seems put off, describes sleeping, appetite problems etc. of late? My advice at this point is she needs a thorough medical evaluation by a physician & eye specialist followed by evaluation by a Psychiatrist to rule out retinal detachment, optic neuritis, migraine, depressive illness, conversion disorder (in this precise order) good luck
Can you elaborate whether your daughter has any other medical condition diagnosed previously or is she taking some medications? Secondly is there any history of seeing black dots, flashes of light, distorted vision during periods of normal vision? Also you yourself have been a migraine patient, so how are you managing your work & what is your home environment like? Is your daughterr irritable, seems put off, describes sleeping, appetite problems etc. of late? My advice at this point is she needs a thorough medical evaluation by a physician & eye specialist followed by evaluation by a Psychiatrist to rule out retinal detachment, optic neuritis, migraine, depressive illness, conversion disorder (in this precise order) good luck
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It may be physiological.u need check her with opthalmologist where he can perform fundoscopy.she must me ruled out whether hysterical or really pathological.
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