Peripheral vision loss, no headaches

One day while I was sitting next to my room heater and reading suddenly I had some headache and felt very tired and went to bed. I had flu like symptoms so took few cold tablets and within 2 days I was ok. But I realized that I was  having some problems with my eye, so I got my eyes checked and got new glasses. Now I didnt have any headaches but I was not able to see on the right side. So the doc told me to get a visual field test done, results were that due to some problem I am not able to see on the right side. I am able to see straight, and towards the left side without any problem, I having problem only to the right side.
I need to get an appointment with a neurologist, but before that can any one tell me what is going in with my eye and is it something very serious?

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

How old are you?  This is a problem in the visual pathway of the brain.  It needs to be evaluated.  The neurologist will take a history and examine you.  Then most likely he will get an MRI scan.


Dr. O.