I lost part of my eyesight in medical school - here is how it made me a better doctor

I lost part of my eyesight in medical school - here is how it made me a better doctor READ MORE: How glasses could be making your vision WORSE , doctors warn By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 11:49 EDT, 29 June 2024 | Updated: 11:52 EDT, 29 June 2024 e-mail View comments A doctor who started going blind in medical school has said her potentially career-ending condition has actually made her a better doctor by teaching her 'the importance of advocating for your own health.' Dr Tara Narula, a cardiologist in New York City, lost part of her vision in medical school Cardiologist Dr Tara Narula, from New York City , was sitting in a lecture hall during her second year of medical school in the early 2000s when she noticed colored lights blinking in the corners of her right eye.

Her symptoms continued for several months until she went home for the holidays. She visited an eye doctor who found no issues other than a small hemorrhage in the back of her right eye - which is when blood vessels break in the eye, causing bleeding. However, when a neuro-ophthalmologist ordered a test that required Dr Narula, now in her 40s, to press a button every time she saw a flash of light, 'there were a whole series of flashing lights I had missed.

' Soon after, she was diagnosed with inferior arcuate defect, which leads to blurriness and spots in direct vision and has caused her to permanently lose the vision in the bottom part of her right eye. 'Getting this news at the star.