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Posterior vitreous detachment query

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Scotsman_dan
Scotsman_dan

Hello, I’m new to the site and I have a query. My PVD started about 2 weeks ago with flashes in my Peripheral vision. This was followed by a sense of more floaters. I went to my Eye A&E: a Doctor carried out a full exam. Good news is that there are no tears ‘tobacco powdering’ etc but could see the vitruous was starting to shift.

Over the last week I’ve come to realise that the floaters aren’t so much new - they seem to have shifted position. I’ve had floaters for years and in particular - I’ve had what seems like a film or sheet of floaters consisting of lots of small light grey circles. This always ‘floated’ somewhere in the top right of my vision and rarely troubled me. This now seems to have shifted down in to my central vision which is now highly distracting especially in the sun.

I wondered if anyone else has had a similar experience? I’m hoping that as the vitreous shrinks, the floater moves past central vision and settles.

Also, I find that, sometimes, the flashes seem to happen in response to when I am focusing on reading.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

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  • suzana86
    suzana86 Scotsman_dan

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    Hi there,

    I am very high myopic and I started to have your symptomes in May 2019, I rushed to the opticians and they did check my retina and she mentioned that my vitreous is becoming liquid, then I went to a specialist just to make sure everything is fine, and he has done the scans, eye fundus, OCT everything and he said that it's fine, then went again 2 times to check my retina and all good but the symptomes are still there, flashes in my outer corner, they are like bubbles popping and stars, this is very scary and they didn't mentioned about PVD. How long dis it take for you to get the full detachment of the gel? Do you still have symptomes?

    Many thanks

    • rhonda59974
      rhonda59974 suzana86

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      Hi Suzanna

      Sorry to hear you're still having visual disturbances.

      I think we spoke about this last year.

      My PVD started in December 2019 and I'm still having occasional flashes in the corner of my right eye, especially in a darkened room.

      Called the eye hospital yesterday though and they didn't seem concerned but said to return if i had a shower of floaters or a " curtain effect" across the eye.

      Thankfully I don't but it's still upsetting and hard to live with.

  • rhonda59974
    rhonda59974 Scotsman_dan

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    Thankyou so much for your prompt reply Scotsman, I do appreciate it.

    The info you gave is very helpful.

    I'm sorry you had another PVD in your other eye. I was told this may happen.

    I have the film in my right eye too. Reassuring that you're the same and that it's part of the process.

    Great to hear you've been checked and are ok.

    Did you visit your optician?

    I called the eye hospital yesterday, that I first attended, and they said to only go there if it was an emergency.

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