Causes of Blind spot

This section discusses 51 medical conditions causing Blind spot. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Blind spot:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Blind spot. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Floaters - and some possible causes of floaters include:
  • Vitreous detachment
  • Vitreous degeneration
  • Vitreous bleeding
  • Posterior uveitis
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Sarcoidosis
• Scotoma
• Macular degeneration
• Age-related macular degeneration
• Rare congenital conditions
• Stroke
• TIA
• Brain injury
• Head injury
• Eye injury
• Pituitary tumor
• Carotid aneurysm (see Aneurysm)
• Certain types of poisoning
  • Tobacco poisoning
  • Ethyl alcohol poisoning
  • Lead poisoning
• See also causes of central vision loss, peripheral vision loss, blurred vision, or vision loss
• Homonymous hemianopia
• Multiple sclerosis
• Amaurosis fugax
• Retinal vein occlusion
• Papilledema
• Optic nerve compression
• Migraine
• Glaucoma
• Hyphema
• Pseudotumor cerebri
• Keratitis
• Corneal edema
• Lens dislocation
• Trauma
• Vitreous hemorrhage

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Blind spot:

The following list of conditions have 'Blind spot' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Vitreous detachment ... floaters

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List of 51 causes of Blind spot

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Blind spot in our database from various sources.

• Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment - floaters
• Age-related macular degeneration - blind spot
• Amaurosis fugax
• Autoimmune uveitis - Floaters
• Brain injury
• Carotid aneurysm
• Certain types of poisoning
• Corneal edema
• Cytomegalovirus retinitis - floaters
• Diabetic Retinopathy - floaters
• Ethyl alcohol poisoning
• Eye cancer - An increased size of blind spot in ones vision
• Eye injury
• Eye melanoma - Floaters
• Floaters - and some possible causes of floaters include:
• Glaucoma
• Head injury
• Homonymous hemianopia
• Hyphema
• Keratitis
• Lead poisoning
• Lens dislocation
• Macular degeneration
• Migraine
• Multiple sclerosis
• Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome - blind spot
• Optic nerve compression
• Orbit Tumour - blind spots
• Papilledema
• Pituitary tumor
• Posterior uveitis
• Posterior vitreous detachment - floaters
• Pseudotumor cerebri
• Rare congenital conditions
• Retinal detachment - floaters
• Retinal vein occlusion
• Retinopathy - floaters
• Sarcoidosis
• Scotoma
• See also causes of central vision loss, peripheral vision loss, blurred vision, or vision loss
• Senile Retinoschisis - floaters
• Stroke
• TIA
• Tobacco poisoning
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trauma
• Uveitis - Floaters
• Vitreous bleeding
• Vitreous degeneration
• Vitreous detachment - floaters
• Vitreous hemorrhage

Medical Textbooks about Blind spot

Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Blind spot. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Blind spot (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

Medical Books Excerpts

• Vision Loss
• "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
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• Vision Loss
• "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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• Vision loss
• "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Vision loss
• "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Vision loss
• "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Vision loss
• "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Vision loss
• "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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