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Post by montuiiri on Mar 19, 2005 16:57:22 GMT -5
i am 20 years old and from the uk. and i am sorry if i ramble in my story below.
last april i began having a numb pain in my left templ.it went on for months not knowing what it was.i began to worry and went to the doctors etc, had a ct brain scan. no problems. i had my eyes checked and was told that i needed glasses for like watching the tv/computer or when my eyes were tired. i didnt feel i did, so i never took them up on this.the headaches gave way to pains in my stomach and back (kidney regions). i had tests yet no problems! so anyway aroundoctober i felt as if my eyesight was changing, id get bloodshot eyes at night through watching the tv whereas before i hadnt noticed it. come december i had got floaters which were like solid floating objects in my eyes. anyway i also began to notice a small o shaped cell like object in my left eye. now this has got worse and has become more like 3. i went on a plane recently and when i looked from the plane i noticed lots more. now i am worried that my eyes will get worse, however i have now taken up the glasses and also had the optician put drops in my eyes to see what he can see. he says this is normal and they wont go away. now does anyone have any advice for me? please. i did get in touch with a laser doc in usa who said in not much different words, get on with your life, ignore them as they wont kill you. however i feel this is the cause of my headaches as i get them occasionally now and my left eye becomes like flared up with a bloodshot eye if you understand me and sore feeling.
i am sorry to babble so much, but i have put this off for so long now and would appreciate some help.
many thanks in advance.
will
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Post by montuiiri on Mar 19, 2005 17:01:21 GMT -5
i also meant to mention that i notice like little sparkles when i look at the sky or bright stuff, i have heard somone say it as being like little fireflies, please help me thanks again will x
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Post by Larry on Mar 22, 2005 5:13:28 GMT -5
Hello Will, Did you see an ophthalmologist and get your eyes properly checked? I know this can be hard in the UK given how public health systems operate. Sounds like your floaters being over 3 months old aren't the type that fade away. The fading type is made up of blood produced such as from an injury. The more or less permanent type of floaters are commonly made up of collagen fibrils that are binding together and cast shadows on the retina. You may get lucky and yours could fade or move out of your visual axis over time. Really you need to see the ophthalmologist to see if something more serious isn't going on, like a retinal tear. When you say you see sparkles does it look like flashes of light? Flashes are associated with the detachment process of the vitreous from the retina (PVD or post vitreous detachment), and that usually occurs in middle age and beyond. However, you being only 20 and seeing these sparkles in the daylight makes me think this is something else you're experiencing. Really you need a good eye exam, and the optician you saw isn't the right person to do it. Here's a few links to help start your research: www.stlukeseye.com/Conditions/Floaters.aspwww.eyemdlink.com/Condition.asp?ConditionID=70www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/vitreous.htmlRegards, Larry
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Post by ade on Mar 30, 2005 13:23:44 GMT -5
Hi there, I too see the sparkles that you are talking about - though I have seen these for as long as I can remember (before getting floaters), when looking at a bright sky.
They are like white dots (lights, specs) darting around, in an apparently random fasion. What you are seeing is white (I think?) blood cells flowing through the (veins?) in your eyes (the blood supply flowing through/into the retina).
I understand it is normal to see these - but I do not know a lot about them, perhaps someone else can offer some information.
If anyone finds out more about these sparkles I'd be interested to learn more.
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Post by ade on Mar 30, 2005 13:32:22 GMT -5
Have found this on the "Exploratoriums" website (a museum, tourist attraction of some kind), seems to confirm that right light with the right background makes these things really apparent ... www.exploratorium.edu/xref/exhibits/blood_cells_in_the_eye.html"Blood Cells in the Eye shows visitors the blood cells of their own eyes. When the visitor looks into a special cylinder, he sees bright sparkles against a blue background. The sparkles move in the rhythm of the visitor's pulse. These sparkles are the red corpuscles in the blood vessels that bring nourishment to the retina. It's possible to see these blood cells on a foggy day, but the blue light in this exhibit makes them especially easy to see."
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Post by ade on Mar 30, 2005 13:47:13 GMT -5
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