Migraines with aura affect 20 to 25% of people who get migraines. It is common to experience visual disturbances such as flashing lights or blind spots. Seven images depict what these aura symptoms ...

An ocular migraine refers to any type of migraine that causes changes in your vision with or without an accompanying or subsequent migraine headache. Ocular migraines can disrupt your daily life by ...

The term “ocular migraine” is outdated. Doctors now call it migraine with aura (both eyes) or retinal migraine (one eye). Migraines with aura are typically not life-threatening, but in rare cases, ...

Doctors previously used the term “ocular migraine” to refer to any migraine episode with visual symptoms. Now they favor more specific terms such as retinal migraine, which features symptoms in one ...

Kaleidoscope vision makes you feel like you’re looking through a kaleidoscope or broken glass. You might have blurred vision, brightly colored vision, and see fragments or geometric shapes.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column about migraines and strokes. About 40 years ago, I began having occasional visual-interference episodes with zigzags, blurry central vision, and more that ...