Still scared after two check ups

[concretebench]

I had blunt trauma to the eye a week ago now, and I opened my left eye and I couldnt see much out of it, it was like a black patch. I applied ice to it and it went and then I had blurry vision, I applied more ice and it went I could see fine.

To be on the safe side I visited the opticians and he gave me the all clear for a retinal tear. But said that there was some hemorrhaging in my peripheral temporal. He referred me to a eye hospital.

I attended that and they gave me the all clear, apart from the fact that they too can see blood at the back of my eye. They wish to have a check up in 6 weeks or so to see past the blood but as far as they were concerned its 100% fine. The fact that I couldn't see would've been the result of a burst blood vesel which made the blood go over the part of my eye which I use to see, hence why the black obstruction disintegrated when I put ice on my eye.

However ever since I had my test my eye has been giving me grief on and off. Like shimmer beneath my eye for  half a second,I can feel these abnormalities occur..

Im really worried as I have been researching and blood leaking in the eye can cause blindness (im not sure if it was leaking in my case but they said there was blood there). I know its probably worse than it is, but I just cant stop worrying about it. Its not flashes I see as ive had them before when I get up too quick, its not floaters as I know what they are. Its weird as I keep seeing these quick half second things in the lower part of my eye (which I had before when I got struck in the face they subsequently went after a week or two) They are exactly the same as before, and they went after a couple of weeks.

I've got to wait 6 weeks for a follow up, they said that by that time the hemorrhages may have cleared up and new fibres made but im still very worried about tears/detachments, even though they said that there isnt anything wrong with my eye.

[concretebench]

one night i did have a single white flash in my eye, it light up the whole of my eye, but since then ive been fine.

[concretebench]

But they werent lightning bolts, or arcs like a proper lightning its hard to describe.

[concretebench]

Hi

since i've posted this, ive had no flashes or 1 a day, its all but stopped.

[Houman Vosoghi, MD]

Flashes aren't the central or near cental stars you see when you get up.  They are like a small arc or bolt of light or lightning in the periphery (could be below, above, right or left).  Sounds like that may be what is going on.  You should call the eye clinic and have them examine you sooner than 6 weeks.  At least inform them that you are having the episodes and see what they say about follow up.

HV

[concretebench]

When you say a new burst of flashes of lights what do you mean?

I know what im seeing is not flashes of light as I know exactly what they are, I've had them when ive got up far too quickly before and it looks like stars.

These things occuring I can feel them happen, I know it sounds weird but I can feel them happen.

Plus these shimmers or whatever they are, happen right infront of my eye. Its not like floaters or flashes of lights that are a further infront of my vision, these things are like right below my eye. Does that make sense?

One thing to note is that I have noticed these things subside recently. Ive got them less and less throughout the day and only seem to get them at night before I go to bed now.

[Houman Vosoghi, MD]

I usually see patients back within 4 weeks.  Key here is for you to pay attention for a new burst of floaters or flashes of light (require reexamination within 24 hours) or a dark (black or gray ) curtain comming over your vision from the periphery toward the center (that would be an emergency= retinal detachment).

HV