Medical Question for Neurosurgeon or MD?

Question

Vision Blurry/Lightheaded
After jogging this morning, I was doing standing long jumps and after landing I saw fuzzy circles in rainbow color in my vision-it didn't go away for almost half an hour and I got more and more faint-reality started drifting away. Should I be worried?

Answer 1

This is a very difficult question to answer well. There could be so many things going on, ranging from completely normal and no problem to potentially more serious. A full history and physical would be required to answer this well, I believe. And its hard to really interpret "reality started drifting away", etc...

But, a couple "common" things came to mind in an otherwise healthy person based on what you said.

It could have been a migraine headache. A type that has no pain, but only a strange visual disturbance, like that which you described. Less common than the well-known throbbing migraine headaches, but they do happen and are quite strange!

It could have been hypoglycemia, ie. low blood sugar...from all your activity, etc. If your sugar levels got too low, you could have the scenario you described.

It could have been dehydration.

And/or, it could have been a combination of one or more of the above.

But again, it could be more serious...so if this sensation continues or other strange symptoms come, seeking some professional help for an initial basic workup would be wise (history, physical, general health panel, etc).

A little vague, but hopefully somewhat helpful...