With huge respect, I am suffering from scintillating scotoma. 1) My question is how I protect my self from this problem so that it not appear again and again in my eyes. 2) Is yoga and exercise reduce this problem. 3). I am student of CA & CMA so I need to study for long time I observe that when my eyes get stress the scintillating scotoma appear at any time. It has intervals like in 1 month it happen only 1 or 2 times. Please answer my questions thank you so much. thank you Doctors and Lybrate.

Dr. Sajeev KumarGeneral Physician32yrs exp

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Scintillating scotoma, also called visual migraine, is the most common visual aura preceding migraine and was first described by 19th-century physician Hubert Airy (1838?1903). It may precede a migraine headache, but can also occur acephalgically (without headache. An aura is a perceptual disturbance experienced by some with migraines or seizures before either the headache or seizure begins. It is not uncommon for migraine sufferers to experience more than one type of aura during the migraine. Most people who have auras have the same type of aura every time. You need to take medication after a check up.  

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