Visual Flashes
Visual flashes, also called photopsias, are the visual symptom where a person sees lots of little flashes of light. There are various causes including a number of vision-threatening disorders such as retinal detachment. Light flashes may also be part
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Causes
Causes of light flash symptoms include:
- Retinal tear
- Retinal detachment
- Vitreous detachment
- Vitreous hemorrhage
- Head injury
- Migraine
- Aura
Other similar
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- Eye Disorders: Eye disorders can involve vision disorders or physical problems with the eye. Eye disorders may also be called “Ophthalmic Disorders
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- Vitreous Detachment: Vitreous detachment, also called Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD), is an eye disorder where the eye’s vitreous detaches from the
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- Head injury: Head injury involves any type of injury to the head and/or brain. Any injury to the head or brain
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- Aura: An aura refers to a set of symptoms occurring before another condition such as a migraine or epileptic seizure. It
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- Vision Symptoms: There are various types of vision symptoms that affect the vision in various ways. Difficulty focusing may include short-sightedness
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- Halo Vision: Halo vision is a type of blurred vision where distant lights and bright objects have “halos” or rings around them
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Related Symptom Topics
Read more about these related symptoms:
- Vision Symptoms- Overview| Causes| Types
- Halo Vision- Overview| Causes
- Scotoma- Overview| Causes
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Related Disease and Condition Topics
Read about these medical conditions related to Visual Flashes:
- Retinal Detachment- Overview
- Migraine- Overview| Drugs
- Eye Disorders- Overview| Drugs
- Vitreous Detachment
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