Seeing double

Double vision

Seeing double: Seeing double is listed as an alternate name or description for symptom:

• Double vision

Causes of Double vision (Seeing double): See detailed list of causes below.

Double vision (medical symptom): Seeing two images, overlapping images, shadow images, or ghost images (diplopia)

Introduction: Seeing double

Double vision (medical symptom): Any type of vision loss (e.g. blindness, blurred vision, double vision, etc.) is a symptom of great concern. Many of the causes are very serious medical conditions. Certain types of vision changes can be a medical emergency where delay can lead to loss of sight (e.g. for causes such as glaucoma, eye injury, retinal detachment) or loss of life (e.g. for causes such as stroke, TIA, etc.). Even transient or temporary blindness or loss of vision cannot be ignored because it can result from serious conditions such as stroke, TIA, hypertension, epilepsy, or migraine. Seek immediate professional medical attention for any such symptoms of vision changes.

Causes of Double vision (Seeing double)

The list of medical condition causes of Double vision (Seeing double) includes:

• Normal peripheral vision - most people can see double if they look to the extreme of the peripheral vision field.
• Head trauma
• Eye injury
• Brain injury
• Orbital fracture

All 221 causes of Double vision

More Specific Symptoms for Seeing double:

Review the causes of the following types of more specific symptoms for Seeing double:

• Double Vision in Both Eyes (43 causes)
• Double Vision in One Eye (16 causes)

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Broader Symptom Types for Seeing double:

Research the causes of these symptoms that are more broader types of symptom than Seeing double:

• Vision changes (2526 causes)
• Vision distortion (1970 causes)
• Visual problems (2143 causes)
• Eye symptoms (5412 causes)
• Face symptoms (8109 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)

More Symptom Information for Seeing double

For a medical symptom description of 'Seeing double', the following symptom information may be relevant to the symptoms: Double vision (symptom). However, note that other causes of the symptom 'Seeing double' may be possible.

More information on symptom: Double vision:

• Double vision

Seeing double: Related Medical Topics

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