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Hemianopia

Hemianopia refers to the lack of vision in half of the visual field. The symptoms include double vision, distorted light, poor night vision, and visual hallucinations. Various causes include stroke, trauma, bleeding in the brain, tumors, infection, migraines, and seizures. In most cases, both eyes are involved. This condition may be partial or complete.

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Is there any treatment for homogenous hemianopia due to stroke?

Query: Hello doctor,My father aged 54 years had PCA infarction (stroke) two years back. He is suffering from homogenous (right) hemianopia. Is there any treatment for this? Please suggest me.  Read Full »

Dr. Manjunath Natarajan

Dr. Manjunath Natarajan

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. How has the hemianopia fared over these two years? Is it increasing or decreasing? PCA (posterior cerebral artery) is one of the arteries supplying the visual pathway and its lesions usually cause visual field defects. Most of the defects will improve over time as and w...  Read Full »

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