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  1. Oct 18, 2024 · What Can Cause a Blind Spot in Your Eye? Not all blind spots are normal. A noticeable blind spot that interferes with everyday activities like reading or driving may be a scotoma. Typically the optic nerve passes electrical signals into your brain to create a visual image.

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  2. Apr 11, 2018 · Having a blind spot in each eye is a natural occurrence and is typically not cause for concern. It occurs because of the structure of the eye and a lack of photoreceptors.

  3. Jan 18, 2023 · Scotoma (pronounced skuh-tow-muh) is the medical term for a visual field abnormality, or a blind spot. Most of these blind spots happen in one eye, but they can happen in both eyes.

  4. Aug 31, 2024 · Macular pucker/vitreomacular traction (VTM): Causes warping of the macula and severely distorted vision that can progress to a missing spot in your vision or loss of central vision. Migraine: Severe headache with other symptoms; causes auras such as flashing or blinking lights and blind spots.

  5. Aug 26, 2024 · Scotomas are underlying vision problems that lead to the formation of a blind spot in your line of vision. It is also known as a blind spot, or aura, in the vision. They can be temporary or permanent, depending on type, and they can shift elsewhere in your vision or stay in the same spot.

  6. Feb 28, 2023 · A scotoma is a blind spot in your vision, which is an area you cannot see. Blind spots may be small or large and can be temporary or permanent.

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  8. May 27, 2021 · Every human eye has something called a blind spot. This natural blind spot is the place in the retina — the light-sensitive inner lining at the back of your eye — that doesn’t have any cells that respond to light. The blind spot sits in the part of your retina where the optic nerve exits the eye.

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