A 65-year-old white woman presented with 9 months of intermittent “kaleidoscopic” visual disturbances and blurred vision upon awakening.Her medical history was significant for hypertension, ...

Migraines with aura affect 20 to 25% of people who get migraines. It is common to experience visual disturbances such as flashing lights or blind spots. Seven images depict what these aura symptoms ...

The European Stroke Organization calls for systematic screening within days of stroke to detect visual deficits that affect ...

In a recent review published in Brain Sciences, researchers reviewed existing data on visual impairments among Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Parkinson's disease (PD), a widely prevalent ...

Double vision — clinically identified as diplopia — stands as a perplexing and formidable condition, especially for those individuals who have undergone the daunting experience of a stroke. The ...

Migraines affect women far more than men and may signal higher stroke risk in some cases. Experts explain how hormonal ...

An ocular migraine (retinal migraine) is a migraine that causes temporary vision loss in one eye. The term ocular migraine can also be used to describe migraine with aura. A migraine aura causes ...

The way a brain tumour influences eyesight largely depends on its location and type. Tumours that develop close to the optic nerve or within areas of the brain responsible for processing vision are ...

Parkinson’s disease can cause or contribute to a number of different problems with your eyes and vision — problems that may not always be easily recognized or screened for. “Historically, there hasn’t ...

Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD) is a rare medical condition that can cause visual disturbances (sometimes called flashbacks) if you’ve taken hallucinogenic drugs in the past. With ...