What is happening when you “see stars” for a moment after you take a big stretch, stand up too fast or take a blow to the head etc?? ….

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I’m taking about the bright dots which appear that seem to zip around in your sight for five seconds or so, usually after one of the above…..?

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Unfortunately I have no explanation, but I just want to attest that I know exactly what you mean (by the comments so far, not everyone seems to)!

It’s like a bunch of white fireworks stars making quick sprints in multiple directions in your field of vision, then disappearing after a couple seconds, right? Meanwhile your vision is not blurred or dimmed at all, just these bright dots appear in the foreground for a while and then are gone.

Also not the same thing as feeling dizzy from low blood pressure, because that includes feeling weak and fainty, and the visual symptoms are more, umm, stationary.

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