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When Gail Acosta began seeing flashes of light out of the corner of her eyes, she thought it signified a neurological condition. It wasn’t until after a friend suggested she get an eye exam that she learned she had retinal ischemia, a condition in which there’s a lack of blood supply to the retina.
Retinal ischemia can be diagnosed through a retinal scan, an angiogram or with an optomap.
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