Are people who suffer visual migraine aura, forbidden from having a driving license?
Visual migraine aura creates blind spots, flashes and visual distortion which makes driving dangerous. It is also a brain dis-function.
Is it against the law for a sufferer of visual migraine to have a driving license or to drive a car, or do a job involving driving such as bus driving?
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Yes. This would be the most dangerous things that a person could do, not only to themselves but to the countless others that drive our loved ones, including our most precious children and parents, over the road. Please report anyone you know that drives while suffering any type of seizure to the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, but first the local authority’s. Statistics show that most fatal accidents within 10 miles of home. Almost all seizures have some type of “aura” included whether sensory or visual. Good luck and God Bless
Hi, that’s a good question!
Migraine sufferers are still allowed to drive and can hold down jobs like that.
Rather than a brain dysfunction it is actually a blood vessel that gets constricted which causes these symptoms. They tend to pass after a few hours. I would imagine that a suffer would avoid that kind of job anyway, simply because of the possible difficulties it could cause in carrying out his/her duties. If not lease because they will want to lie down in a darkened room rather than have the noise of school kids at home time!!
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