I have had a stroke what has happened to my vision?

A stroke occurs when there is a leak or blockage to the blood vessels in the brain. This can lead to quite a characteristic vision loss of half the field of vision in each eye. The loss of vision is called hemianopia and means half vision. If you have had a right hemianopia you may have difficulty in reading along a line of print but easily find your way back to the start of the next line.
If you have had a left hemianopia you will find it easy in following a line of print but struggle to find your way back to the start of the next line of print.