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I'm 17 years old and I've had flashes in my left eye's peripheral vision for almost 2 years now with no additional symptoms, I didn't worry about it before because the flashes were very scarce, sometimes I'd not get them for months and something just few times a month and it didn't bother me much so I didn't give it much thought, last week after seeing a flash I tried to learn more about it and did some searching and I've been freaked out since then reading about retinal tears/detachment causing flashes and blindness, now every time I see a flash I get a panic attack, I have OCD and I can cause myself symptoms that doesn't exist and since last week I keep thinking/feeling there's something wrong with my left eye and there might be something wrong with my retina
I was just wondering what are the actual symptoms you had when you suffered a tear or detachment? It might ease my worries
I don't have any floaters and don't get these flashes frequently, sometimes once a day and sometimes once a week and no other vision problem, my vision is perfect with no blur or anything, if somehing serious was wrong with my eye I would get more symptoms right?
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mrsmop Alexzendra
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Hello Alexzendra, the worst thing you can do, is to ask Dr Google!
Have you had your eyes tested recently? That is the next thing you should do.
If you are in the UK, go somewhere like Specsavers & make an appointment to have your eyes tested. The optometrist [optician] is qualified to check your eyes for things like retinal detachment & if s/he finds anything wrong, s/he will send you to your local hospital eye clinic, where you will be examined by an ophthalmologist, who is a doctor who specialises in eyes.
From the way you speak, I would guess you spend a lot of time online & that can cause eye problems, such as dry eyes. Dry eyes can cause flashing lights amongst other things.
Go to an optician & don't worry.
Good luck!
molly98599 Alexzendra
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Hi Alexzandra, I started having those flashes about a year ago. My doctor sent me straight to the eye clinic at the hospital( I knew about the retina thing, and I was very worried.)The same thing happened to the other eye, and I went through the same procedure, I both cases, all was fine. My vision can be 'cobwebby' quite a lot, and it appears this is normal, and goes on for a while.It's not really a problem. I hope this is helpful to you.
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