35 and got floaters and I think flashes as I do not know exactly.
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I have got loads of floaters since two weeks ago. When to a doctor and she dilated the eye and said there was nothing wrong but if persists to come back.
Now I feel that when I blink from my right eye, I see a flash. Is that how flashes come?
I am not sure. it is only when I blink. Anyone has any experience.
I am going through so much lately... this is just one more thing... please let me know what flashes are. I am so scared that it maybe a serious thing as I have googled so much and it seems serious.
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moon53540 may26103
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may26103 moon53540
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lyn37881 may26103
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My advice would be to see a Retina Surgeon if you are at all worried. I spent over 8yrs with a detached retina as every eye doctor I saw said the flashes I was seeing was either a schisis or posterior vitreous detachment, when in fact my retina had detached and it's now chronic and surgery will only make it worse. I had never realised how many different specialists there are with eye doctors, even a retina specialist isn't able to diagnose things as specifically as a retina surgeon.
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lyn37881 may26103
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I don't get the flashing lights every time I blink, some days seem worse than others, I think it often depends on the light I am in at the time. My symptoms started as seeing like a camera flash right on the edge of my vision, it would only happen when I went from a light room to a dark room so when they said it was posterior vitreous detachment I just assumed the diagnosis was correct, but to be on the safe side I went to see someone privately and that specialist told me I had a schisis which is a thinning of the retina. For 8yrs the symptoms pretty much stayed the same until last year when I noticed some flickering in the periphery of my vision, so I went to the optician to get my eyes tested. They did a field of vision test, something I hadn't had done before, and noted that I had lost 25% of my peripheral vision in the affected eye. I was then given an urgent referral to my local eye hospital and saw 3 specialists before being referred to a retina surgeon from Moorfields and his diagnosis was that the damage to eye was from years ago, so most likely that was what my first symptoms were. My vision is okay to be honest, I have to go back to see the specialist in December as he thinks to do surgery on the eye would mean I could lose my central vision, which would be worse than the peripheral vision I have lost. If you have seen a retina surgeon and they have said your eye is fine then I'm sure it is, I don't want to worry anyone with vision problems but it does concern me that so many people don't see someone qualified enough to give a correct diagnosis.
may26103 lyn37881
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If you do not mind me asking. How old are you ?
Even when I keep my eyes closed, I see a white spot where I see the flash when I blink. Dead scared.
lyn37881 may26103
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I'm 63, so mine started when I was about 55. I know that posterior vitreous detachment is common as we get older and it does give symptoms of flashes. I forgot you mentioned floaters, I've always had floaters in the past, not a huge amount but enough to be annoying at times. However in the last 8mths or so they are noticeably worse, it almost looks like snow when I look against a pure white background, but unless I do that I really don't notice them.
moon53540 may26103
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may26103 moon53540
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Trying to get back to my life as I was obsessing over this for 3 weeks and I am so tired and I have neglected most of my work related my profession and family.
Thank you for inquiring.
moon53540 may26103
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