Temporary blindness can occur without any apparent physical cause

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Clinical research consistently demonstrates that temporary blindness or visual loss can manifest as a functional or medically unexplained symptom without any identifiable physical or organic pathology.

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The claim posits that temporary blindness can occur without an apparent physical cause. Multiple retrieved papers document functional visual loss, conversion disorder, and medically unexplained visual loss (MUVL) in patients where comprehensive medical and neurological evaluations reveal no organic disease or physical damage. Thus, the evidence strongly supports the claim.

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Medically unexplained visual loss in children and young people: an observational single site study of incidence and outcomes.

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Daniel MC, Coughtrey A, Heyman I, Dahlmann-Noor AH. Medically unexplained visual loss in children and young people: an observational single site study of incidence and outcomes.. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2017.37

Documents cases of medically unexplained visual loss in children without identifiable organic structural disease.

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Conversion Disorder Manifesting as Functional Visual Loss.

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H. Agarwal. Conversion Disorder Manifesting as Functional Visual Loss.. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.02.008

Describes an instance of conversion disorder manifesting as functional visual loss despite negative neuroimaging and physical assessments.

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Functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)

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J. Stone, M. Sharpe. Functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder). 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198713005.003.0133

Discusses functional neurological symptom disorder where sensory dysfunctions such as visual loss occur without standard neurological disease markers.

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Unraveling functional neurological disorder in pediatric populations: A systematic review of diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.

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Al-Beltagi M, Saeed NK, Bediwy AS, Bediwy EA, Elbeltagi R. Unraveling functional neurological disorder in pediatric populations: A systematic review of diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.105290

Reviews functional neurological disorder in pediatric populations, confirming the presentation of sensory disturbances like blindness without organic pathology.

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