Get Virtual Care
Dim peripheral vision
Dim peripheral vision, also called tunnel vision, is a clinical finding in which a person loses vision at the periphery but retains his central vision.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
How long it usually lasts:
Body locations
Related questions
A female asked:
Pregnant, Hot, ringing in ear, headache, faint, dimming peripheral vision, loss of color in face, none are chronic. please help. It just happened ?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 28-year old female asked:
Sitting with the lamp on, noticed that peripheral vision dims with each beat of my heart, what is causing this?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A 47-year old asked:
Why do we have peripheral vision?
2 doctor answers • 1 doctor weighed in
A 35-year old asked:
Causes of loss of peripheral vision?
3 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in
A 47-year old asked:
What is distorted peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 39-year old asked:
What is the opposite of peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
What causes a streak of light in your peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 49-year old asked:
What does a black blotch in peripheral vision mean?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 32-year old asked:
Why can cause hallucinations in my peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 36-year old asked:
How does central vision differ from peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
A 40-year old asked:
Why are contacts lenses' peripheral vision blurry for me?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 32-year old asked:
Are there glasses for programmers to block peripheral vision?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 36-year old asked:
What does it mean if you have flashes of light in your peripheral vision?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A 38-year old asked:
What does it mean when there is a bright light in your peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
A 40-year old asked:
Will insurance pay for blephoraplasty if it is blocking peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
Help docs! i'm trying to find out what causes zigzag lines in ones peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 32-year old asked:
Should i be concerned if my peripheral vision is better than my central vision in the dark.?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 43-year old asked:
I have 20/30 vision looking straight at the chart. But how do I test the sharpness of my peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 36-year old female asked:
A half hour ago a light started flickering in my peripheral vision and won't stop. It's like the light after someone takes your picture ?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 23-year old female asked:
Why do I get this white dot that appears for a second? It happens all day, it's just 1 dot that appears in my peripheral vision, is it from trauma?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 30-year old male asked:
Lattice reviewed 2 days ago- no vitreoretinal etiology found.Last night i noticed flashes in peripheral vision during(not after) hard cough. Normal?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A female asked:
Is peripheral vision supposed to be blurry?
2 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
A 42-year old asked:
What causes my peripheral vision to be "shaky"?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 42-year old asked:
Sudden loss of peripheral vision-- please help!?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 31-year old asked:
What are some ways to have better peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 31-year old asked:
What do flashing lights in your peripheral vision mean?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 31-year old asked:
What does it mean if you fail a peripheral vision test?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 38-year old asked:
What are the causes of temporary loss peripheral vision?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
Is there a natural way to improve bad peripheral vision?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 44-year old asked:
What might cause temporary blurriness in peripheral vision?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
