Question 1

so there is no treatment for a central scotoma? nothing at all? no shot? no medicine? nothing?

Accepted Answer

: Central Scotomas are not treatable with corrective lenses or surgery but tools and adaptive devices can help like magnifying devices, large print books, filters to cut back glare on computer screens, talking clocks and scales, audiobooks, magazines, and newspaper. Hope it helps.

Question 2

what are treatments for migraine aura or scintillating scotoma?

Accepted Answer

Start med early: Most likely this is a migraine with aura; because there is an aura, recommendation would be to take a tryptan as soon as you think it might be coming on.

Question 3

what are causes of central scotoma?

Accepted Answer

Multiple: Multiple sclerosis, hypertension, methyl alcohol, various nutritional deficiencies, more rarely trauma, vascular insults such as strokes affecting the optic nerve and even trauma can do this.

Question 4

i have scintillating scotoma. what causes it?

Accepted Answer

Patience: This is a component of ocular migraine, which has its origination in the occipital lobes of the brain.  Most are of short duration although the visual diminution in the center can be very disturbing.  Ocular (occipital) migraine is benign, causes no permanent changes and clears with no after effects.  If very frequent, you could seek the help of a neurologist but this is uncommon.

Question 5

what is a central scotoma?

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Blind Spot: Imagine staring at a white paper exactly 10 inches on each side.  Now imagine you cut a small hole in the center of the paper and place the white page over a black one.  Now imagine that everything you look at contains a missing central area.  That is a central scotoma.  Any disorder that can affect the retina can be associated ranging from age related macular disease and hyprtension to drugs etc.

Question 6

do you have a scotoma at all times?

Accepted Answer

The Blind Spot: There is one blind spot for each eye.  There are not supposed to be any more.   If you close one eye, the blind spot will be to the outside (toward your ear) of the open eye.

Question 7

i was wondering what are some causes of central scotoma?

Accepted Answer

Central scotoma: Multiple causes like multiple sclerosis, drugs like quinine adverse effect, retinal artery occlusion or optic nerve damage. Thanks.

Question 8

help docs! i'm trying to find out what causes scintillating scotomas?

Accepted Answer

Ocular Migraine: Scintillating schotomas are part of the ocular migraine symptoms- a typical ophthalmic (also called ocular) migraine.  Patients can have spasm of the arteries at supply the eye and get these symptoms without headache.  This is what is thought to cause the flashes. If it persists or interferes with her daily activities she should go to her primary care doctor for an exam and treatment.

Question 9

what is a scintillating scotoma?

Accepted Answer

Migraine: A scintillating scotoma occurs with some migraines.  It is a distortion of the side vision with a shimmering or wavy effect.  The vision in the area of the shimmer is impaired.  It is typically in both eyes at the same time, although it can be more prominent in one.  It can be stationary or move.  Scintillating scotoma are alarming but  do not cause long-term vision loss.

Question 10

how do you treat "scintillating scotoma"?

Accepted Answer

Patience: This is a component of ocular migraine, which has its origination in the occipital lobes of the brain.  Most are of short duration although the visual diminution in the center can be very disturbing.  Ocular (occipital) migraine is benign, causes no permanent changes and clears with no after effects.  If very frequent, you could seek the help of a neurologist but this is uncommon.

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