Vision Change
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Vision Change Symptoms
Symptoms of a vision change that may be serious include:
Sudden loss of vision
Loss of central vision:
Sudden difficulty reading
Visual floaters
:
Seeing grey patches or flashing lights
Color blindness
Loss of peripheral vision
Vision change and
eye pain
Vision change after an
eye injury
Symptoms of a vision change that may not be serious include:
Change in prescription lenses less than once per year
Eyestrain with prolonged reading
Gradual loss of near vision after age 40
Gradual onset of blurry vision after the age of 65
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Related Topics:
Color blindness
Eye disease
Eye pain
Eye redness
Floaters
Glaucoma
Macular degeneration
Ocular migraine
Presbyopia
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Vision change
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Last Updated: Aug 28, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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