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scotoma?
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scotoma?
by mel07green, May 03, 2006 12:00AM
could you please explain to me whether seeing a grey area in your vision would be called a scotoma? or is that restricted to actual blind spots? what might cause a grey area if the retina and the brain is ok?
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, May 03, 2006 12:00AM
it depends on what kind of grey area. if you can see the grey area...is it small? or large? most things that patients can actually and actively SEE are floaters. scotomas are "holes" or missing spots in your vision. they usually are not described as being "grey". most people with a scotoma dont even know they have a scotoma, unless its a CENTRAL scotoma.
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it would be difficult to easily classify what you describe as being a "scotoma"...
i've been kinda experiementing a little and when the symptom does look like the effec you get when you push against your eye - EXCEPT it's their all the time and kind of intensifies and becomes more clearly defined on blinking, squinting and pushing.