Scintillating Scotoma - my eyesight issue on 2nd March 2021

Scintillating Scotoma: That's the fancy name for what happened to me after my first Moderna Covid 19 vaccination on 2nd March 2021


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I call it the jagged halo effect.  

It's a form of migraine -  the less fancy name is Ocular Migraine. 

One of the possible side effects of the Moderna Vaccine is headache; which can lead to migraine.

I learned this today after an appointment and thorough examination with an Optometrist. 

Phew.  What I experienced is one of those "this too shall pass" conditions. I can expect/anticipate a similar condition following my Moderna Vacc #2 on 30th March.  

The good news is this.

There are no signs of macular degeneration or glaucoma. I do have "mild" cataracts,  but this has been the case for a number of years and I am very far from needing  cataract surgery. 

Oh lucky man!

But the Scintillating Scotoma effect did bother me, and I am glad that I had my eyes checked today.

Thanks to my wonderful Eye/Med insurance via the Episcopal Church Pension scheme  I paid the princely sum of $38 for today's consultation and examination. Oh lucky man again.

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P.S.  I had vicious migraine headaches until I reached  my mid-twenties.  I remember driving to Bristol (my home town) from London; and being so afflicted  that I broke my journey in the city of Reading, Berkshire. and checked in to the Reading General Hospital for R&R before resuming my journey.

Migraine headaches are just about unbearable.  Ocular migraines are a bearable nuisance 


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