visual disturbances
Aberrations in vision
Visual disturbances are abnormalities in sight—things like flashing lights, floating spots, blurred vision, or blind spots that interfere with normal seeing.
The term appears most often in medical contexts, describing symptoms that accompany migraines, eye conditions, or neurological problems: She reported visual disturbances before the headache began.
Medication side effects frequently list visual disturbances among warnings.
- floatersVisual field debris
- blurrinessLack of visual clarity
- seeing starsDisoriented after head trauma
- headacheCranial pain
- halosGlowing circles of light
light sensitivity · metamorphopsia · flash · spot · black spots · photophobia · zigzag · phosphenes · hemianopia · scotoma · retinal detachment · aura · dizziness · cataracts · squinting · macular degeneration · double · migraine
- Migrainesmigraine, aura, throbbing, photophobia, phonophobia
- prion diseasesprions, prion, prion disease, mad cow disease, kuru
visual disturbancesclear sight
perfect vision · 20/20 vision · normal vision · visual acuity