8/18/2023 0 Comments Vision looks like kaleidoscope![]() ![]() When presenting to your optometrist with any symptoms of visual disturbances, flashing lights or floaters, he or she will take a thorough ocular history in order to establish the cause. Your GP may advise the use of aspirin, ibuprofen, or perhaps a specific migraine preventing medication. If a recurrence of an ocular migraine is causing issues at work, or perhaps concerns regarding driving or other daily activities, see your GP. It may be helpful to keep a diary including notes on diet, exercise, sleep and menstruation. Treatment can often be based on identifying the potential trigger factors. There are certain identifying risk factors. A patient often reports feeling drained, or washed out after such an episode. A feeling of nausea and sensitivity to light can be experienced. Often a headache will follow, but not always. ![]() The disturbances will almost always affect both eyes, although they are often reported as being more one-sided. The symptoms usually last for twenty to thirty minutes but can last for up to an hour. The aura begins in one area of the visual field and gradually progresses to affect the central field. This will often be described as ‘zig-zagging’ lights or lines (like looking through a kaleidoscope) or, occasionally as though the vision has become ‘rippled’ (like looking through water). What is an ocular migraine?Īn ocular migraine gives a temporary visual disturbance, or ‘aura’. These symptoms are often caused by an ocular migraine. This can be quite disconcerting, or even frightening if experienced for the first time. For the majority of the time we see clearly in any given circumstance and often we don’t give our sight a second thought! Occasionally, we experience an episode which makes us sit up and take notice.Ī commonly reported symptom in many optical practices is that of a painless, temporary disturbance in vision. ![]()
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