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4 kwi 2023 · Sudden visual loss is a common complaint with variable presentations among patients of different ages. Some patients describe their symptoms as a gradually descending gray-black curtain or as...
23 lut 2023 · Overview. Causes of visual loss or blindness can be categorised by presence or absence of trauma, transient or persistent and monocular or binocular. Nontraumatic causes of transient (<24h) monocular vision loss. Common causes of non-traumatic transient visual loss include:
Sudden vision loss is vision loss that occurs over a period of a few seconds or minutes to a few days. Vision may become blurry or cloudy, completely absent, or affected by flashing lights or specks in the visual field called floaters.
Sudden loss of vision is an emergency, so people should go directly to a hospital. The presence or absence of pain helps indicate which causes are most likely. If vision returns quickly on its own, transient ischemic attack and ocular migraine are among the likely causes.
Sudden and transient visual loss or obscuration may simply be a symptom of dry eye, or it may herald the onset of irreversible visual loss or stroke. The key to determining diagnosis is a focused history and thorough examination.
15 lut 2021 · An overview of sudden painless loss of vision including anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy, retinal artery occlusion, retinal vein occlusion, retinal detachment and vitreous haemorrhage.
11 sty 2024 · Nonorganic vision loss (NOVL), also known as functional, psychogenic, or hysterical vision loss, is a unique subset of visual impairment characterized by a disparity between the patient's self-reported visual symptoms and clinical findings.
