Does Stress Affect Vision?
Central serous retinopathy
Symptoms
- Dim and blurred blind spot in the center of vision
- Distortion of straight lines with the affected eye
- Objects appearing smaller or farther away with the affected eye
Signs and tests
Your health care provider can usually diagnose central serous choroidopathy by dilating the eye and performing an eye exam.
It may be done with a noninvasive test called ocular coherence tomography (OCT).
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