Scintillating Scotoma Gif : Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Dwyane Smith29 Sep, 2021Health

When the, part of the visual field becomes almost pixelated, and you may only see a portion of what you are trying to look at. Your vision may appear to be shimmering. It?s called a ?Scintillating Scotoma gif?. If you slightly turn your head, the absent portion will become visible, but the scotoma (from the Greek word for hole) will still be present there, in a different place. Like other types of Scotoma( A blind spot in your vision) Scintillating Scotomas appear as an illusion, dots, or blind spots in your patch of sight. It is induced by cortical spreading depression. There are many times when this is caused by abnormal electrical currents flowing through your brain.