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Blind spot in vision
Most people are not aware of their blind spot, the small spot in everybody's visual field that is blank. The attachment point of the optic nerve (the nerve that carries all visual information to the brain) to the eyeball causes every person to have a blind spot.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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A 38-year old asked:
Why do I get a blind spot in vision before a migraine?
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A 46-year old asked:
I think I have a blind spot in vision; it's either worse in right eye or only in right eye, but it's hard to even tell ?
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A 43-year old asked:
Blind spot appeared in vision along with major stress?
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A 38-year old asked:
Do brain tumors show up first as blind spot in your vision?
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A 39-year old asked:
Is there an eye disorder that causes a blind spot in the central vision area?
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A 32-year old asked:
Blind spot in center of vision--went away after few minutes. SHould I have called eye doctor?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Was throwing up w/ stomach flu, broke a blood vessel in eye, now 3 days later I have a small blind/blank spot in peripheral vision of that eye? Thnx
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A 66-year old female asked:
Temporary blurry vision with blind spot in right eye?
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A 32-year old male asked:
I have a problem with my eyes something to di with my retina and the blood vessels on my retina that are "dried" up causing blind spots in my vision?
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A 29-year old asked:
Are blind people able to conceptualize vision?
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A 37-year old asked:
How bad does your vision have to be to be considered legally blind?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Why would someone see a yellow haze that blinds their vision before fainting? What is that?
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A 32-year old asked:
Are there treatments for vision impairment and blindness?
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A 32-year old female asked:
what causes wavy lines and blind spotsvin vision ?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is tunnel vision and temporary blindness?
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A 32-year old asked:
Clouded vision causing blindness, what could this be?
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A 38-year old asked:
Am i going to go blind? Is a cataract blocking my vision; sometimes I see ok, sometimes not good?
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A 58-year old female asked:
How can I stop worrying about having a disease that can cause vision loss or blindness (glaucoma).. Dr says treatments may control it but no guarantee?
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A 39-year old asked:
Being able to see only light or shapes, does that make you have low vision or are you considered blind?
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A 30-year old asked:
My 77 year old mom is having vision trouble. She describers her symptoms as looking out through a mini-blind?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have a crushed optic nerve that caused blindness and now my son of 8 years vision goes from dark to light what is this??
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A member asked:
If a person has MS is it common to not have total blindness, but have delayed reading vision?
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A 38-year old asked:
Does sudden blurry vision mean that you will be blind later in life?
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A 35-year old asked:
Can poor vision (not blindness, but bad near-sightedness) lead to depression or anxiety?
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A 36-year old asked:
How long does it take to regain color vision after stopping medication that was causing color blindness?
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A 43-year old asked:
I have 20/40 vision in one eye, and pretty much am blind in one eye, I can only see a fuzzy light. What should I do?
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A 43-year old asked:
Is sudden blurry vision the first step to complete blindness?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is "impaired color vision"? Something like color blindness?
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A 20-year old female asked:
What could cause a person to go fully blind over time? Even though my left eye is useless I notice my "good" eye is slowly losing vision. How come??
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A 26-year old female asked:
I'm 27 yr old female.Lately i've had intermittent tinted red or blue vision which can occur in either eye,sometimes complete blindness. Is it serious?
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