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  2. Micropsia - Wikipedia

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    Micropsia is a condition affecting human visual perception in which objects are perceived to be smaller than they actually are. Micropsia can be caused by optical factors (such as wearing glasses), by distortion of images in the eye (such as optically, via swelling of the cornea or from changes in the shape of the retina such as from retinal edema, macular degeneration, or central serous ...

  3. Central serous chorioretinopathy - Wikipedia

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    Recently, central serous chorioretinopathy has been understood to be part of the pachychoroid spectrum. [5] [6] In pachychoroid spectrum disorders, of which CSR represents stage II, the choroid, the highly vascularized layer below the retina, is thickened and congested with increased blood vessel diameter, especially in the deep choroid (the so-called Haller's layer).

  4. Visual snow syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In these cases, visual snow is a normal reaction of the body, related to the way photoreceptors (rods) and neurons respond to weak or insufficient stimuli. [ citation needed ] However, if visual snow becomes persistent and continuous — especially if it is accompanied by other symptoms, such as headaches, difficulty focusing, or intense visual ...

  5. If You’re Seeing Spots or Flashes In Your Vision, It Could Be ...

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    Ocular migraines affect your vision in one or both eyes. Here, experts share ocular migraine symptoms, causes, and treatments.

  6. Optic neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    In many cases, only one eye is affected and the person may not be aware of the loss of color vision until the examiner asks them to cover the healthy eye. People may also engage in "eccentric viewing" using peripheral vision to compensate for central vision loss characteristic in genetic, toxic, or nutritional optic neuropathy.

  7. Scotoma - Wikipedia

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    A scotoma is an area of partial alteration in the field of vision consisting of a partially diminished or entirely degenerated visual acuity that is surrounded by a field of normal – or relatively well-preserved – vision. Every normal mammalian eye has a scotoma in its field of vision, usually termed its blind spot.

  8. Ashton Kutcher lost vision, hearing and ability to walk after ...

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    Ashton Kutcher is "lucky to be alive" after dealing with a rare autoimmune disorder two years ago that left him unable to hear, see or walk. The That '70s Show alum opens up about his health ...

  9. White dot syndromes - Wikipedia

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    The fundus presents with yellow or gray lesions (white dots) at the level of the choroid and retinal pigment epithelium. The size of the white dots are between 50 and 500 micrometres and localized in the macula. The disease is characterized by vitritis and anterior chamber inflammation. Decreased vision due to vitreous inflammation may occur.