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Fluid Blind Spots and Cranial Pressure
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Fluid Blind Spots and Cranial Pressure

by banglydollocks, Aug 16, 2006 12:00AM
One day I had a pain in my eye which my eye doctor thought was sinus pain. A strange light appeared in the 2 o'clock position of my right eye. After a few days something happened and my central vision went in the right eye. My vision is also blurry. Gets better, gets worse, but not that I don't have to wear my glasses.

My blind natural spot got bigger and whilst monitoring it on the Amsler grid, I noticed that it changes shape, it gets bigger and smaller.

My left eye developed an extended blind spot which also changes size. Never getting small enough though!

I started getting blind spots apearing around the top part of my vision in my left eye above the central vision. But now my worst fear is coming true. The blind spot is developing in my central vision of my left eye.

These blind spots are like swirling water, they seem to be a sort of greeny colour.

I've been for many tests and no-one seems to thing anything is wrong with me.

I am highly myopic and I have had LASIK.

I seem to have the symptoms of Intercranial Pressure. Also Got a real problem with night vision.

At last I know I'm not the only once facing at least one of my problems.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

by Forum-OD-MP, Aug 16, 2006 12:00AM
you need further testing.  although blind spots that change in size/color/shape are not usually retinal problems...they're more likely vascualr events (ocular migraine).  true blind spots caused by retinal problems do not change shape or size quickly, and they never change color.  they also never, ever get smaller.  so any shape that changes color or ever gets smaller cannot be a retinal problem.  it pretty much has to be a vascular event like an ocular migraine, or a perceptual problem.
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