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What Causes Temporary Vision Loss Along With Chills?

hi couple hours ago i had a thing happen where it was like someone turned of the light switch. I loss vision and breathing for couple seconds then felt cold and started shaking. Had very pail skin and i guess i was twitching really bad from what co workers had told me.
Wed, 29 Nov 2017
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hello, your description indicates an episode of epilepsy (fits). It is NOT too worrisome as there are very effective antiepileptic drugs available in the market.

Do not go for jobs like driving ( especially in the night), sky or ocean related work ( dangerous if you get a fit while on this kind of job).

What happened to you could also be a one time thing because of reduced blood sugar level in your body- dont starve and eat glucose if it happens again.
Or could be because of high consumption of alcohol, in which case you control the amount you consume.

In any case, It's good to get an EEG done to aid the diagnosis and then select a particular treatment.
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What Causes Temporary Vision Loss Along With Chills?

hello, your description indicates an episode of epilepsy (fits). It is NOT too worrisome as there are very effective antiepileptic drugs available in the market. Do not go for jobs like driving ( especially in the night), sky or ocean related work ( dangerous if you get a fit while on this kind of job). What happened to you could also be a one time thing because of reduced blood sugar level in your body- dont starve and eat glucose if it happens again. Or could be because of high consumption of alcohol, in which case you control the amount you consume. In any case, It s good to get an EEG done to aid the diagnosis and then select a particular treatment.