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  2. Scintillating scotoma - Wikipedia

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    It may occur as an isolated symptom without headache in acephalgic migraine. [7] In teichopsia, migraine sufferers may see patterns that look like the shape of the walls of a star fort. As the scotoma area expands, some people perceive only a bright flickering area that obstructs normal vision, while others describe seeing various patterns.

  3. Metamorphopsia - Wikipedia

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    The Amsler grid showing the visual perception of the left eye of a person experiencing metamorphopsia (straight lines appear bent or curved) [1] [2]. Metamorphopsia (from Ancient Greek: μεταμορφοψία, metamorphopsia, 'seeing mutated shapes') is a type of distorted vision in which a grid of straight lines appears wavy or partially blank.

  4. Aura (symptom) - Wikipedia

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    However, the migraine aura can manifest itself in isolation, that is, without being followed by headache. The aura can stay for the duration of the migraine; depending on the type of aura, it can leave the person disoriented and confused. It is common for people with migraines to experience more than one type of aura during the migraine.

  5. What To Know if You're Constantly Getting Headaches ... - AOL

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    Vision and eye problems. ... blurred vision or confusion, or if the pain feels like it's radiating to other parts of your head, a migraine may be to blame, according to Dr. Berk. ...

  6. Photopsia - Wikipedia

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    The retina lines the inside of the eye. It is light-sensitive and communicates visual messages to the brain. If the retina detaches, it moves and shifts from its normal position. This can cause photopsia, but can also cause permanent vision loss. Medical attention is needed to prevent vision loss.

  7. Blurred vision - Wikipedia

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    Macular degeneration: Macular degeneration cause loss of central vision, blurred vision (especially while reading), metamorphopsia (seeing straight lines as wavy), and colors appearing faded. [11] Macular degeneration is the third main cause of blindness worldwide, and is the main cause of blindness in industrialised countries.

  8. Retinal migraine - Wikipedia

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    The aura phase of migraine can occur with or without a headache. Ocular or retinal migraines happen in the eye, so only affect the vision in that eye, while visual migraines occur in the brain, so affect the vision in both eyes together. Visual migraines result from cortical spreading depression and are also commonly termed scintillating scotoma.

  9. Visual snow syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In other clinical sub-forms of migraine headache may be absent and the migraine aura may not take the typical form of the zigzagged fortification spectrum (scintillating scotoma), but manifests with a large variety of focal neurological symptoms. [25] Visual snow does not depend on the effect of psychotropic substances on the brain. [13]