Brief Flashes

Posted By John on May 23, 1999 at 09:55:15
Doctor:
This may be a bit of a strange question. How does one descibe the flashing lights that may be seen with lattice degeneration?. My most recent exam 2 months ago was OK,and my retinal specialist stated that how my eyes are, he thinks my first indication of trouble would be a shower of floaters, not the flashing lights. Once or twice, upon opening my eyes in the middle of the night recently,I get a brief sensation of a "flicker" in my vision----similar to a flouresent lick flicker-lasted only a few seconds and stopped when a looked elsewhere. Happened weeks apart. Never happened during the day. My doctor once decribed the flashes to look for as lightning streaks. I see some "sparks" in my vision after a sneeze occasionally, and this has been checked as normal.  I guess my main question is this: would the flashing lights be seen during the day as well other than just at night as I described, and more frequently? I read that it is normal to get some light flashes as we get older as long as they are not seen with a shower of floaters. I am 39, with lattice and high myopia. Thank you for taking the time to respond, and for this terrific resource for people with questions.










Follow Ups:


Re: Brief Flashes HFHS MD - NI 5/23/1999
(2)

Brief Flashes John 5/23/1999
(1)

Re: Brief Flashes HFHS - MD - NI 5/23/1999
(0)