Seeing blue light in vision

Sometimes when bright sunlight shines on my eye, I can see a faint blue light in my vision. It is not in the center of my vision but more to the side. Also, the blue light goes away whenever I squint but returns when I open my eyes wide. Also, sometimes I can see veins in my vision along with the blue light. I am myopic R(-5.00) L(-4.50). I also have astigmatism. Any idea if these are bad symptoms?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

They don't necessarily have to be bad symptoms. They could be entopic phenomena, could be uncorrective refractive error. You need to see an ophthalmologist for a baseline eye exam. If in the USA find one at www.aao.org     elsewhere have your family MD refer you.

JCH MD

[laredflow]

Thank you Dr.Hagan