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Flashes of lights and floaters in children: Flashes of lights and floaters in children are visual abnormalities in which a child sees flashes of light and floating specs or dots or other shapes. See detailed information below for a list of 13 causes of Flashes of lights and floaters in children, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Medical Conditions associated with Flashes of lights and floaters in children:
Children's health symptoms (230 causes), Vision symptoms (2526 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Eye symptoms (5412 causes), Face symptoms (8109 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Visual problems (2143 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Vision distortion (1970 causes)
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Migraine (37 causes), Cerebral disorders, Retinal damage, Posterior vitreous separation, Posterior vitreous detachment, Hypoxic states, Uveitis (59 causes), Intraocular neoplasm, Intraocular vascular tumors, Inflammatory eye conditions
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