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Peripheral vision loss
Peripheral vision loss is a symptom in which a person looking straight ahead, cannot see the areas to his left, his right, the top, or to the bottom. He only has vision in the central part of his "visual field". Peripheral vision loss can create a sense of "tunnel vision".
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A 38-year old asked:
Cause of peripheral vision loss?
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Peripheral vision loss due to ageing?
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A 39-year old asked:
Is peripheral vision loss symmetrical?
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A 49-year old asked:
What exactly can cause peripheral vision loss?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can people with peripheral vision loss drive safely?
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A 41-year old asked:
Are there people that drive ok with peripheral vision loss ?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Recently diagnosed. Dr says I have some peripheral vision loss although i don't notice it. How fast will this vision loss progress?
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A 58-year old female asked:
How do you know if peripheral vision loss is minor. Field test says normal but there are some gray shaded areas around part of the periphery.
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A 34-year old asked:
Peripheral vision loss and dizzy?
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A 58-year old female asked:
What is the difference between visual field loss and peripheral vision loss?
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A 39-year old asked:
Could prism eyeglasses help restore peripheral vision loss caused by drusen?
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A 43-year old asked:
Help plz! Can prism eyeglasses help restore peripheral vision loss caused by drusen?
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A 46-year old asked:
Need to know if you would see through your eyes if you were experiencing peripheral vision loss?
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A 24-year old asked:
Over the past month, I have had vision loss, peripheral vision loss and severe headaches. What can I do?
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A 58-year old female asked:
I'm 58 recently diagnosed w/glaucoma & beginnings of peripheral vision loss. Please explain what aggressive treatment would mean for me?
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A 27-year old asked:
Can brain lesion cause peripheral vision loss?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Visual field test result normal - 3/14 fixation error. Some peripheral vision loss not in field of vision. Why does test result say normal?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Glaucoma 30 percent optic damage in 58 year old. What is prognosis? Can progression be stopped so that i won't notice peripheral vision loss.
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A 30-year old male asked:
Is it common for there to not have been an improvement in optic neuritis induced peripheral vision loss after 8 weeks? Will recovery be spontaneous?
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A 67-year old female asked:
I have bilateral peripheral vision loss. MRI showed no evidence of a pituitary or other tumor. What else could cause the vision loss? Im 67, female.
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A 59-year old female asked:
Glaucoma 20% nerve damage minimal peripheral vision loss pressure lowered from 31 to 15-16 w?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Can sudden peripheral vision loss due to optic nerve head drusen reverse, change in severity or fully recover?
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A 58-year old female asked:
58-year old recently diagnosed w/glaucoma, 30% nerve damage & some peripheral vision loss. What is long term prognosis? Can surgery be avoided?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Visual field test normal w/minimal peripheral vision loss. After diagnosed w/glaucoma feel more nervous driving such as changing lanes. Psychological?
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A 58-year old female asked:
I am 58 years old. I was diagnosed with glaucoma. I have30% nerve damage and pressure is 27 with minimal peripheral vision loss. I used one drop for 30 days and thepressure is 16-18. Can you tell me the prognosis?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Dr says glaucoma caught early w/30% nerve damage & minimal peripheral vision loss. Begun treatment. Only 58 yrs. Old. What is long-term prognosis?
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A 59-year old female asked:
Glaucoma 20% nerve damage minimal peripheral vision loss. Pressure lowered from 31 to 15 w/drop. If slt used instead of drop how long might it last?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can atropine drops correct an eye that has peripheral vision loss from a hemispherectomy?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Glaucoma 30% nerve damage with some peripheral vision loss. Have started treatment. Dr said at 50% damage i would notice vision loss. Sound right?
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A 58-year old female asked:
If 2 drs, say glaucoma was caught early but there is 30% optic nerve damage and some peripheral vision loss, how can they say it was caught early?
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