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Help please? what is the cause of seeing dots with headaches?

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May be aura: Some migraine events, "classical" migraine, have visual events called auras, with bright sparkling lights blocking vision, but often, portions of visual field can be blocked by visual scotomata. See a neurologist and get this assessed.

Answered 7/25/2014

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