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Headings: Loss of Vision
Loss of Vision
Ocular Symptoms and Conditions: Loss of Vision
Conditions Discussed on this Page:
Amaurosis Fugax
Retinal Artery Occlusion (Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion)
Retinal Vein Occlusion (Central Retinal Vein Occlusion and Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion)
Stroke (Cerebrovascular accident, or CVA)
Macular Hole
Retinal Detachment
Vitreous Hemorrhage
Other Conditions causing loss of vision found on other pages:

Content: Many things that cause blurred vision can also cause a loss of vision, if the condition is severe enough. These conditions are discussed on the Blurred Vision page. Many other eye problems can cause a loss of vision along with other symptoms. Links to Symptom and Diagnosis pages based on these other symptoms are included as well. Conditions Discussed on this Page: Amaurosis Fugax
Retinal Artery Occlusion
Retinal Vein Occlusion
Stroke (Cerebrovascular accident, or CVA)
Macular Hole
Retinal Detachment
Vitreous Hemorrhage
Other conditions causing loss of vision found on other pages
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Amaurosis Fugax
Amaurosis fugax refers to a temporary black-out of vision. This is usually affects one eye, is painless, and is often described like a "shade coming down over the vision" of that eye. The black-out may last minutes, and then the vision returns. The problem can recur in the future, and could affect either eye. Most commonly, this happens in older people with arteriosclerosis and possibly vascular disease, and is due to small clots breaking off of the walls of arteries and then lodging in the vessels of the eye.