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Floaters and fuzziness
by Nolllies, Dec 01, 2007 04:05AM
I have had a recent spree of symptoms. It all started about seven months ago when I noticed I had a particularly large amount of floaters in both of my eyes. I could not tell you how many I actually have, not only do they move independently of each other, and in a way that prevents me from seeing them all at the same time. Since then I have had a steady increase in the number of floaters that I have in my vision. I went to a retinologist in July who told me that i have lattice degeneration. Since I had never been to an opthalmologist before, I went to one and he referred me to the retinologist that I saw.
When I saw the retinologist I told him that i had a large number of floaters in my eyes; he even asked me if it was in both eyes, to which I replied "yes." The other day I called him because lately, flat or plain surfaces have been looking as though I am seeing them through a television set with a small amount of static. He said that I am probably just paying more attention to my vision than I was before; but before he said that I had to remind him what patient I was. One of the things he asked me was which eye I had lattice degeneration in. I had presumed from his description that it was in both eyes. After all, I was there to have the cause for a symptom appearing in both eyes examined. I told him that I thought I had it in both eyes, this he was surprised by. Should I go to a new retinal specialist? Should I assume that my old specialist is competent? Is the fuzziness a symptom of something other than lattice degeneration? Does lattice degeneration usually only occur in one eye? What else could be causing this problem?
When I saw the retinologist I told him that i had a large number of floaters in my eyes; he even asked me if it was in both eyes, to which I replied "yes." The other day I called him because lately, flat or plain surfaces have been looking as though I am seeing them through a television set with a small amount of static. He said that I am probably just paying more attention to my vision than I was before; but before he said that I had to remind him what patient I was. One of the things he asked me was which eye I had lattice degeneration in. I had presumed from his description that it was in both eyes. After all, I was there to have the cause for a symptom appearing in both eyes examined. I told him that I thought I had it in both eyes, this he was surprised by. Should I go to a new retinal specialist? Should I assume that my old specialist is competent? Is the fuzziness a symptom of something other than lattice degeneration? Does lattice degeneration usually only occur in one eye? What else could be causing this problem?
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There is no reason to doubt your retina surgeon's competency. A busy ophthalmologist may see 30-50 patients in a 9-10 hour day, 6 days a week and have 25,000 patient encounters in a year. If he did not have your chart in front of him don't blame him for not being able to recall the specifics of your case.
I will never discuss a patient's condition without the chart in front of me. I may have 6 Mary Smiths in my practice and a dozen william browns's.
I believe the fuzziness is something other than lattice. Lattice can occur in one or both eyes. I would return to your original general ophthalmologist.
JCH III MD