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Floaters appear as barely moving dots, spots, circles,wavy lines or amoeba-like shapes when looking out of the involved eye. It is almost like looking through an aquarium with the floater-shapes moving in the water.
Flashes appear as camera flash bulb type bright sparking lights usually seen one's peripheral vision.
Floaters may represent harmless changes in the clear vitreous gel of the eye but especially if new, prominent and associated with flashes, can signal the presence of a retinal tear or detachment. Flashes may represent a new retinal tear or traction. Because of this, new floaters and "flashes" require a prompt appointment with an eye doctor with a dilated retinal examination. An expedited exam with identification and office-based treatment of a retinal tear can prevent retinal detachment and visual loss.View Thread
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As we age we all develop cataracts. Could they be the cause of your deteriorating vision?View Thread
Again, write down all of these and all of your other questions and bring them to your next retina appointment. The doctor who has examined you can answer these questions much better than I can.View Thread
Thanks again.View Thread
Let me say that from a very mentally depressed state as a result of total lack of useful knowledge by any doctor (and I've seen MANY specialists!), and being forced to try Restasis which merely made things worse, I'm now trying to recover my life after a gap of nearly 18 months.
The key is that the relaxation has to be with full consciousness, but INSIDE one's head. The best exercise is to imagine that the eyeball has been disconnected from the muscles and is falling off into the cheeks. But anyway, there are a number of other things I've discovered and elaborated (including on youtube) on my website above.View Thread
Here is a link to lots of information about astigmatism:
http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/astigmatism-eyesView Thread
It will be very reassuring to know that her full eye exam is normal.View Thread
Could be a one time "lightheaded" kind of occurrence or something more important but need much more information to determine.View Thread
I assume that the comprehensive eye exam was performed by an ophthalmologist familiar with this issue. If this were one of my family members, I would seek the expertise of an experienced neuro-ophthalmologist.View Thread
First, although you didn't mention it, I am sure that you have absolutely stopped wearing the contact lenses. This is critically important because contact lenses should never be worn in an inflamed or uncomfortable eye.
Possibilities include an ongoing eye infection or an allergic type reaction to your contact lenses or your solutions.
Time to see a specialist. Go to www.AAO.org and "Find and Eye MD" and select a "Corneal/External Disease" specialist.View Thread
Perhaps it would be a good idea for you to see a (nice) specialist in this area. Go to www.AAO.org and press the tab up top which says "Find and Eye M.D." and search under "Cornea/External" disease specialty.View Thread
Read the full WebMD article:
Saving on Eye Care: Bargains and Risks
....and share your own experiences? Where do you cut corners and what tips do you have to share?View Thread
That being said, we tell people to reduce stress and sleep more but I'm not sure anything other than the passage of time makes this better.View Thread
Either way this should get better in the next day or so. Otherwise check in with your doctor when she returns.View Thread
We call this symptom "foreign body sensation" and the possibilities include a small foreign object that you can't see, a scratched or irritated or dry cornea, and as often occurs, its starts as one thing and all the manipulation that you do to examine and try to remove something actually creates more irritation.
The short answer is that if all is not back to perfect by tomorrow morning, call and make an appointment with your eye doctor.View Thread
Your description is very suggestive of a kind of migraine which is affecting your vision. Was the vision alteration followed by a slight headache?
If having these "rainbows" is a new issue for you, it is probably smart to discuss with your primary care doctor as well as have a full exam with your ophthalmologist.View Thread
Most well trained eye doctors use a method other than air puff as their preferred method to check eye pressure.View Thread
Probably best to call the doctor that performed the laser to seal the retinal tear.View Thread
Pinkeye -- also called conjunctivitis -- is redness and inflammation of the clear membranes covering the whites of the eyes and the membranes on the inner part of the eyelids. Pinkeye is most often caused by a virus or by a bacterial infection, although allergies, chemical agents, and underlying diseases can also play a role.View Thread
Any new tender swelling in the eyelid is likely to be a stye aka chalazion / hordeolum.
If not resolving by itself or with warm compresses it would be best to have your eye doctor take a look.View Thread
You are very smart to leave out the contact lenses.
If the redness and blurred vision goes away quickly, you can try a new pair of contact lenses. (assuming you wear soft contacts) and avoid that type of mascara.
If the redness and blurred vision does not go away quickly, you need to see an ophthalmologist.View Thread
How old are you? What exactly do you mean by tilted? Do you mean that images seemed doubled? Distorted? Did the visual problem go away if you covered one eye or the other? Has this ever happened before? How long did the condition last? Was it followed by a headache?
Possibilities include an ophthalmic migraine. As a one-time occurrence, it may be hard to know for sure what happened.View Thread
i have seen a few different doctors but nobody ever told me that.
THANK YOU!View Thread
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