VISUAL HALLUCINATION

Hallucinations are false sensory perceptions; hallucinations involve taste, touch, sound, smell, and sight. Some of us have hallucinated at least once or twice; hold on before you doubt or argue. Let us give you relatable examples of hallucinations;

You might have heard your name, even answered, and discovered no one called you. Yes, then you have temporarily had auditory (sound) hallucinations.

If you have felt as if an insect is crawling on your skin and upon observation, you found no insect. That is tactile (touch) hallucination.

How about perceiving a smell that no one else perceives? It is an olfactory (smell) hallucination.

For this blog post, our focus is on visual hallucination. 

     WHAT ARE VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS?

This type of hallucination is associated with sight; it involves seeing things that are not real, such as objects, lights, people, shapes, or animals. There is no exact origin regarding the cause of visual hallucination. 

   PROBABLE CAUSES OF VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS

Causes of visual hallucinations may include:

• Charles Bonnet Syndrome
• Short term after effect of cataract surgery
• Visual migraines
• Use of medication  
• Kidney dialysis
• Parkinson disease
• Stroke
• Dementia
• Pituitary tumor
• Optic neuritis

 If you or anyone around you is experiencing visual hallucinations, consult an Optometrist. At TREETOP VISION EYE CENTRE (TREVEC), the best eye clinic located at Utako Abuja. We are well equipped with a health care team who could help prevent visual hallucinations from becoming vision emergencies. In our next post, we will discuss visual hallucinations due to Charles Bonnet Syndrome.

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