Couple weeks ago we were up North for a wee break in a Cottage. It was from Fri 5 Nov and point of the break was to get the dog away from the fireworks that go for about a week around here. Anyway I digress.
After one evening in the hot tub, I was sitting reading my book and was conscious of flashing lights in corner of my left eye. Was sure it was an LED light reflecting from somewhere but couldn’t see any. Went to bed and in morning, In pitch black room, I could see them in corner of my eye.
Went to optician when I came home who did a ton of tests and said that it was potentially a vitreous detachment. He explained all about it and I am booked in for an 4 week review but worryingly, if there is any change for the first I have to go straight back but if out of hours to try and access an emergency eye hospital!
The lights seem to have stopped, as has the huge floaters that I had at the beginning (he did say the brain would learn to ignore them). However it really leaves you feeling very vulnerable as to what you would do going forward if you had to lose sight in one eye! Hopefully it won’t come to that!
Anyone else suffered from similar and can assure me it’s just one of these insignificant things we get as we get older??
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Would usually expect it to do just as the optician suggests with the floaters and flashes going within 2-3 months or so, however check the stuff in the red box in this link:
www.nhs.uk/conditions/floaters-and-flashes-in-the-eyes/
The "dark curtain" effect can mean a detaching retina - that needs seen by an optician (they do urgent eye assessments for the NHS at least in Scotland) or hospital eye specialist via A&E (phone NHS24 first or you'll be waiting yonks) within 24hrs if possible, and if present it needs fixing within 1-2 days to stop it gradually worsening and eventually blinding the eye.
Cheery, eh?
Last edited by: Lygonos on Tue 30 Nov 21 at 22:31
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///it.s obviously something to be aware of and take care with, but this, from an organisation that should know, seems reasonably balanced:
www.rnib.org.uk/eye-health/eye-conditions/posterior-vitreous-detachment
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Vitreous detachment - Lygonos
