6 year old sudden blurred vision

[Stephb84]

I have a 6 year old daughter who has had no vision problems whatsoever and has had great routine eye exams. On Friday I got a call from school to pick her up immediately due to blurred vision and sensitivity to light. Took her straight to the pediatrician who sent her to an ophthalmologist. Today went to see the ophthalmologist and was advised her vision and focus were perfect. I called pediatrician back after the appointment to see what the next step was and was told to  get a second opinion from a new  ophthalmologist . Concerned my daughter should be seeing a neurologist and not getting a second opinion. If you could please lead me in the right direction. Thank you in advance!

[redlockeddoc]

Sorry. This system corrected my spelling incorrectly.

Temporary blindness of an ophthalmic migraine

Scintillating scotoma

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[redlockeddoc]

I am a retired ophthalmologist. I agree that you should get a second opinion. However, your daughter may have experienced the temporary (20 minutes or so) of an ophthalmic migraine. The experience is called a scintillating actions. It may and often does occur without the headache. Migraine headaches usually occur insensitivity to light (photophobia.) They frequently run in family's and can occur early in life. If you do some research and discuss it with your doctor it may help. An ophthalmic migraine has very diagnostic characteristics. Good luck.

[Timothy D McGarity, M.D.]

I'd get a second opinion from another ophthalmologist and get the neurologist involved, too.