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After a couple of migraines now have visual disturbance at night where street lights a block or more away look like circles of lights w black centre ?

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Dr. Shawn Dalton-bethea answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Circles of light: I trust that by now that you have been evaluated in person for your visual disturbances by an ophthalmologist. It would be pretty scary to me driving after dusk seeing what you see. Any family history of glaucoma or cataracts?

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Answered 3/18/2015

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