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2020 EyeMax Blog

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Retinal Tear or Detachment Warning Signs

You're just living your life and suddenly, something weird happens to your vision.


Ocular Migraine

An ocular migraine is a strange little event where your vision changes, usually in one eye, for a short time.


Temporal Arteritis

If your head starts hurting on the side near your temples, your jaw feels sore when you chew, and your vision goes blurry in one eye, you may have a condition called temporal arteritis.


Angle-Closure Glaucoma

If your eye suddenly feels tight, your vision goes blurry, and you see rainbow halos around lights, you might be showing signs of angle-closure glaucoma.


Anterior Uveitis

Anterior uveitis, also called iritis, is a type of eye inflammation that affects the front part of your eye.


Vitreous Detachment: When Your Eye's Jelly Starts to Shift

You're looking at the sky or a white wall, and suddenly you see little floaty dots or flashes of light.


TIA (Mini-Stroke): When your Vision Flickers and Fades

A Transient Ischemic Attack is a mini-stroke that sometimes affects how you see.


Optic Neuritis

Optic neuritis is when the optic nerve gets inflamed or irritated.


Papilledema

Papilledema means the optic nerve in the back of the eye is swollen.


Amaurosis Fugax: The Vision Curtain that Comes and Goes

Imagine you're outside shooting some hoops or reading a book, and suddenly it's like someone pulled a curtain down over your eye.


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