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What Causes Temporary Loss Of Vision After Directly Looking At The Sun?

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Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2015
Question: out of no where I couldn't see clerly it was like you had just looked into sun and got sun spots and no vision for about 3 minutes what could cause this
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Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (59 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
loss of vision

Detailed Answer:
My dear,
Thanks for sending your query to us.
Reasons for such loss of vision are usually vascular.History of diabetes,hypertension is important. Was it followed by headache ?
That would point to migraime.
You have to go through routine basic examination and investigations to come to a working diagnosis.
Could you please get back to me with these details
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Dr. N K Mishra

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What Causes Temporary Loss Of Vision After Directly Looking At The Sun?

Brief Answer: loss of vision Detailed Answer: My dear, Thanks for sending your query to us. Reasons for such loss of vision are usually vascular.History of diabetes,hypertension is important. Was it followed by headache ? That would point to migraime. You have to go through routine basic examination and investigations to come to a working diagnosis. Could you please get back to me with these details