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Subject:
Medical - visual disorder
Category: Health > Conditions and Diseases Asked by: tal3100-ga List Price: $15.00 |
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03 Nov 2006 22:56 PST
Expires: 03 Dec 2006 22:56 PST Question ID: 779961 |
I suffer from attacks during which I see brightly colored jagged circles, sometimes in one eye, sometimes in both. They begin as very small circles, but then, constantly moving, they expand into large circles. These episodes last between 15 to 20 minutes. They became very frequent, until I began taking Plavix which seems to have almost entirely stopped them. I would like to know if anyone else has experienced similar symptoms and/or if anyone knows the cause. |
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Subject:
Re: Medical - visual disorder
From: sublime1-ga on 03 Nov 2006 23:52 PST |
tal3100... I'll be interested to hear any responses, as I have experienced something similar. My experience has been limited to only my left eye, and the experience starts more as a line or a small oval, as I remember it (it hasn't happened for a long time). It would then expand, as you've noted, and, for me, the visual expanded into a display of moving light that can only be described as psychedelic in color and texture, with the light moving in some relatively consistent manner, and the patterns being somewhat jagged in nature. As in your case, this display would persist for 10-20 minutes and then gradually fade. It would be visible with eyes open or closed, and superimpose itself on the visual field if the eyes were open. In my experience, it was often associated with stressful situations such as working outside in Arizona summer heat, or, at times, inside, in a high-stress situation. For this reason, I considered that the phenomenon might have some relationship to an increase in blood pressure, but this is mere conjecture, since I made no attempt to gather data which would support this supposition. It is interesting to note, however, that, since adopting a less stressful lifestyle for the past few years, the condition has not recurred. sublime1-ga |
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Re: Medical - visual disorder
From: myoarin-ga on 04 Nov 2006 01:29 PST |
Sounds like something I have experienced. My eye doctor thought it was a normal - maybe slightly abnormal - reaction to a bright light, similar to the complementary color effect. That seemed possible, as it only occurred a couple of times when I was reading and may well have glanced up at a bright window. It hasn't happened in years. |
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