Momentary flashes of light across a person's vision is called photopsia. Normally, light enters the eye and causes the retina in the back of the eye to communicate with the brain via the optic nerve. However, flashes of light appear in vision if...
Floaters--annoying but often benign visual disturbances--occur commonly as people age. Floaters appear as small strings or dots that move quickly when a person tries to focus on them, and are easiest to see when looking at a white wall or other...
Floaters are specks or spots that float around in the visual field. The National Eye Institute describes them as "cobwebs" or small, dark shapes that look like squiggly lines that seem to dart away when you look directly at them. The Mayo Clinic...
Unlike the more common migraine headache, ocular migraines, also known as ophthalmic migraines, occur in a small percentage of people. Experts believe that a change in the blood flow to the brain, particularly in the part of the brain that...
Doctors see millions of people every year for migraine headaches, a common problem that appears to decrease with age. A small percentage of people experience vision problems with their migraine headaches, either simultaneously or separately. In...
