Ocular Migraines are painless, temporary Visual Disturbances
that can affect one or both eyes. They can be frightening, but they are
harmless and resolves without medication within 20 to 30 minutes.
One might see an enlarging blind spot (scotoma) in the central vision with bright, flashing or flickering lights (scintillations), or wavy or zig-zag lines surrounding the blind spot. The blind spot usually enlarges and may move across the field of vision.
It's also possible, though less common, for an ocular migraine and a Migraine headache to occur simultaneously, causing visual disturbances and unilateral (one-sided) or bilateral (two-sided) head pain at the same time, or for an ocular migraine to follow a migraine headache
One might see an enlarging blind spot (scotoma) in the central vision with bright, flashing or flickering lights (scintillations), or wavy or zig-zag lines surrounding the blind spot. The blind spot usually enlarges and may move across the field of vision.
It's also possible, though less common, for an ocular migraine and a Migraine headache to occur simultaneously, causing visual disturbances and unilateral (one-sided) or bilateral (two-sided) head pain at the same time, or for an ocular migraine to follow a migraine headache
They may be harmless, but until you get that blindspot in your field of view at 75mph on a busy freeway, you will think differently.
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