Should I be concern that when I move my hand in front of my face I see my hand leaving a trace between the first and the last positions of my hand movement?

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Should I be concern that when I move my hand in front of my face I see my hand leaving a trace between the first and the last positions of my hand movement?

NOV 26, 2012

Question:

When I move my hand in front of my face I see my hand leaving a trace between the first and the last positions of my hand movement. Can you please advise me what is going on and what I should do?

Answer:

You may be experiencing afterimages in the occipital lobe in the back part of your brain where visual images are formed. Your experience does not sound like a normal function of the visual system. Your ophthalmologist can evaluate this visual malfunction and determine whether it is optical or neurological in origin.

Answered By: Lee R Duffner MD FACS
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