Title: Temporary Loss of Peripheral Vision: Causes, Treatment, Prevention
Headings: Temporary Loss of Peripheral Vision: Causes, Treatment, Prevention
Temporary Loss of Peripheral Vision: Causes, Treatment, Prevention
What does the temporary loss of peripheral vision feel like?
What causes tunnel vision?
Diabetic Retinopathy
Glaucoma
Retinitis Pigmentosa
What causes temporary peripheral vision loss?
Ocular migraine
Vasovagal syncope syndrome
Extreme panic or stress

Content: Ocular migraine
If you are a migraine sufferer, you may have experienced a migraine that was severe enough to cause peripheral loss of vision in one eye, either with or following a migraine headache. According to WebMD, the causes of an ocular migraine aren’t known, but some experts theorize they’re caused by: Spasms in the blood vessels of the retina
Changes to the nerve cells that spread across the retina
Ocular migraines usually go away on their own within 60 minutes, so they are not treated – and there’s no known preventive treatment for them. Vasovagal syncope syndrome
A primary symptom of vasovagal syncope, a syndrome characterized by a drop in blood pressure that leads to fainting, is temporary peripheral vision loss. Other symptoms include pale skin, dizziness and blurred vision. The syndrome is caused by a trigger, such as the sight of blood, that causes your heart rate and blood pressure to drop and lead to symptoms such as peripheral vision loss and fainting. If you feel faint or lose your peripheral vision, the Mayo Clinic suggests lying down and putting your feet in the air to keep blood circulating. While avoiding whatever triggers the event may help in prevention, if you experience fainting or loss of vision, talk to a physician immediately. Extreme panic or stress
Although the feeling of emotional stress itself isn’t the cause of loss of peripheral vision, changes such as a temporary decrease in blood pressure during an extremely emotional time can lead to dimming or loss of vision temporarily, according to the AAO. In these cases, vision loss usually returns to normal and doesn’t require treatment.