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Peripheral vision loss
Peripheral vision loss is a symptom in which a person looking straight ahead, cannot see the areas to his left, his right, the top, or to the bottom. He only has vision in the central part of his "visual field". Peripheral vision loss can create a sense of "tunnel vision".
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A 38-year old asked:
Cause of peripheral vision loss?
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A 39-year old asked:
Is peripheral vision loss symmetrical?
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A 49-year old asked:
What exactly can cause peripheral vision loss?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can people with peripheral vision loss drive safely?
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A 58-year old female asked:
What is the difference between visual field loss and peripheral vision loss?
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A 58-year old female asked:
How do you know if peripheral vision loss is minor. Field test says normal but there are some gray shaded areas around part of the periphery.
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A 46-year old asked:
Need to know if you would see through your eyes if you were experiencing peripheral vision loss?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Glaucoma 30 percent optic damage in 58 year old. What is prognosis? Can progression be stopped so that I won't notice peripheral vision loss.
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A 27-year old asked:
Can brain lesion cause peripheral vision loss?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Visual field Test Result normal - 3/14 fixation error. Some peripheral vision loss not in field of vision. Why does test result say normal?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Dr says glaucoma caught early W/30% nerve damage & minimal peripheral vision loss. Begun treatment. Only 58 yrs. old. What is long-term prognosis?
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A 59-year old female asked:
Glaucoma 20% nerve damage minimal peripheral vision loss pressure lowered from 31 to 15-16 w?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Dr says glaucoma caught early W/30% nerve damage & some peripheral vision loss. Said w/out treatment could've been blind in 7 yrs. Can go that fast?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Diagnosed w/Glaucoma 58 yrs old. 30% nerve damage, pressure 27 with minimal peripheral vision loss. Used 1 drop 30 days & pressure 16-18. Prognosis?
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A 59-year old female asked:
Glaucoma age 59 w/minimal peripheral vision loss & 20% nerve damage. Pressure reduced from 30 to 15. How many years could only 1 drop control pressure
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A 58-year old female asked:
Visual field test normal w/minimal peripheral vision loss. After diagnosed w/glaucoma feel more nervous driving such as changing lanes. Psychological?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can atropine drops correct an eye that has peripheral vision loss from a hemispherectomy?
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A 58-year old female asked:
If 2 Drs, say glaucoma was caught early but there is 30% optic nerve damage and some peripheral vision loss, how can they say it was caught early?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Dr said he is concerned because I'm only 58 and eye pressure is 28 with some peripheral vision loss. What is prognosis? Will start treatmen I'm scared
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A 58-year old female asked:
Diagnosed w/glaucoma. Opthomologist said no peripheral vision loss. No optic nerve damage but the nerve tissue has thinned. How serious is that?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Glaucoma with 30% optic nerve damage. No peripheral vision loss. For patient to notice peripheral vision loss, how much nerve damage must there be?
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A 58-year old female asked:
30% nerve damage with some peripheral vision loss not in field of vision. Used 1 drop for 30 days & pressure down from 27 to 18. On the right track?
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A 59-year old female asked:
Two eye drs. Looking at visual field test result. One Dr says it is normal & other says there's peripheral vision loss. Why the difference of opinion?
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A 59-year old female asked:
In glaucoma 20% optic nerve damage with minimal peripheral vision loss. How much loss would it take to not see coffee tables & steps?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Recently diagnosed with glaucoma. No peripheral vision loss. 30% optic nerve damage. With treatment will nerve damage cause loss of vision?
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A 58-year old female asked:
58 yrs.old, 30% nerve damage, minimal peripheral vision loss. Mother's glaucoma uncontrolled. My prognosis diminished because of these factors?
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A member asked:
how should I cure myself of peripheral vision loss.I am 78 years old and 10 yrs ago , I had both my eyes operated for cataract by the lasik laser .?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Field test indicates some peripheral vision loss and eye pressure is 28. is glaucoma in the early stage or moderate stage? Trying SLT to lower pressu
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A 58-year old female asked:
3 eye drs. agree glaucoma caught early. 30% nerve damage, minimal peripheral vision loss. Pressure lowered from 27to target 18. Hope this stops it?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have been having episodes where i have peripheral vision loss and blurred vision along with a squiggley line in my left eye followed by headache?
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