Question 1

what might cause temporary blurriness in peripheral vision?

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Many things!: Changes in vision, blurriness, blind spots, halos around lights, or dimness of vision should always be evaluated by a medical professional. Such changes may represent an eye disease, aging, eye injury, or a condition like diabetes that affects many organs in your body. Other potential causes of vision problems include fatigue, overexposure to the outdoors and certain medications.

Question 2

what could be causing occasional and temporary severe blurriness in peripheral vision in one of eyes?

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Many causes: It is best to have an ophthalmologist exam your eyes. Could be as
 simple as dryness or as serious as a  retina problem.

Question 3

what are the causes of temporary loss peripheral vision?

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May be serious: Temporary vision loss in the periphery is usually due to migraines or occasionally low blood pressure.  Regardless, any type of vision loss should be investigated.  Things which are concerning but persist include retinal detachments, retinal vascular disease and glaucoma.

Question 4

why is there blurriness in the peripheral vision with contacts when i wear them?

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CL optical zone: It could be that your pupils are larger than the optical zone of the contact lenses. You should check this out with eye care provider.

Question 5

causes of loss of peripheral vision?

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Many many: Most common would be glaucoma and stroke.

Question 6

what causes my peripheral vision to be "shaky"?

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Possibly Migraine: This is a somewhat unusual symptom, but sounds like it could possibly be from ocular migraine. No headache or pain is required for that diagnosis. You should have a thorough exam by an ophthalmologist, probably including a visual field exam, to help determine the cause and to rule out certain neurological causes. Depending on the testing results, neuroimaging with a ct scan or MRI may be required.

Question 7

what causes a streak of light in your peripheral vision?

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Shaking of retina: The retina only has nerves of vision and if something shakes it, you will notice a light streak.  This can happen occasionally spontaneously. And also in relationship to the aging of the vitreous within the eye.  If the light streaks happen one after another even with the eyes shut, then you should have an evaluation to rule out more serious conditions.

Question 8

what causes brief loss of peripheral vision without pain? it has happened to me three times in the last month.

Accepted Answer

Ocular migraine: Ocular migraines can as well as poor blood flow to the occipital lobes of the brain.  Both of theses would the vision of both eyes at the same time. If only one eye is affected it could be a retinal migraine or transient central retinal artery occlusion, with cilio-retinal artery sparing of the central vision. See an ophthalmologist.

Question 9

help docs! i'm trying to find out what causes zigzag lines in ones peripheral vision?

Accepted Answer

Sounds: Like you are seeing a scintillating scotoma from a migraine. A neurologist would be able to help.

Question 10

why can cause hallucinations in my peripheral vision?

Accepted Answer

Positive visual: Sometimes people with migraine headaches or occipital partial onset seizures have a visual sensation of lights or distortions in the peripheral vision.  Key questions are whether a headache follows them and whether they are the same symptoms every time.

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