temporary loss of vision

I took a 40 min nap and woke up with blurry vision. The right eye, my best eye, couldn't see well. The vision was almost good after 5 minutes, but it my left eye was doing all the work. It took almost half an hour to recover my vision on my right eye. However, when i could see I also got an eye ache. I wonder if it is related to migraine or if i hurt my eye when I was sleeping?

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

Those are two possibilities.  It is also possible that you had a TIA or transient ischemic attack which is like a stroke that began but stopped and left no permanant effect.  I would definitely have this looked into immediately and would not make any assumptions that it was just a migraine.  You should see your primary care doctor and an ophthalmologist right away and if any symptoms occur again, go to the emergency room right away.  A friend of ours (about 45) just had similar symptoms and was found to have a small stroke and is still in the hospital undergoing tests.

Michael Kutryb, MD

[Sandy Feldman, MD, MS]

Dear claudiaojo,

I would recommend that you seek the care of an eyeMD. This may represent a minor or major issue depending on your age, health issues and appearance of your eye.  

Dr. Feldman

Sandy T. Feldman, M.D., M.S.
ClearView Eye and Laser Medical Center
San Diego, California