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Blurred night vision, dizziness, glare, different size pupils
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Blurred night vision, dizziness, glare, different size pupils

by Lana__0__0, Nov 05, 1998 12:00AM

  Over the past few weeks I have been experiencing sporatic blurred night vision, spells of dizziness, and problems with glare. I spoke with a doctor and she noticed that the size of my pupils differ. I have an appointment with an opthomologist in a months time but have a few questions: 1) Should I be concerned? and 2) What are these typical symptoms of?  I am an active 22 year old female and have never had any major medical problems.
  Thank-you for your help and time.  
  Lana  
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The problems you describe are not very specific for any definite neurological syndrome , since like in many neurological intermittent symptoms frequently do not signify serious underlying disease.
For example a brain tumor or stroke is either there or not, it causes symptoms which will not go away unless the underlying cause is removed. I thinkmit is a good idea to have this checked out but there is probably no great reason for concern.
The inequality of your pupils is probably not significant, many people have unequal sized pupils, it is called ANISOCORIA and is simply a normal variant, this is really only a sinister finding if the pupils do not react normally to light and in a healthy concious person has little significance.
Problems with night vision are reported with vitamin A deficiency and the combination of night vision abnormalities and glare problems s sometimes reported in contact lens wearers.
I think an evaluation by an opthalmologist ( rather than an neurologist ) is a good idea but these symptoms do not suggest a serious underlying neurological disorder to me.





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