Still seeing trails

Posted By Louise on August 26, 1999 at 13:17:43
"I wear contact lenses to correct near-sightedness, and about a month ago I started to notice an odd symptom in my vision. In low light, if I'm focusing on a still object and something moves slowly through my field of vision, I can see a short trail following the object. I do not notice this in daylight, and it happens in both eyes. I switched to my glasses about a week ago to see if it would go away, but it persists with or without correction. I had my regular eye exam about 5 months ago and everything was fine then. I am 27 years old, I am a nursing mother, and I have a mild case of mitral valve prolapse. I don't know if any of this helps to explain my symptoms. What is causing this? It is only mildly irritating, but it worries me a little.

[HFHS MD JL]

Posted By HFHS M.D.-JL on June 20, 1999 at 23:29:05
First of all it does not sound like anything I would get concerned about. This may represent a floater that you are visualizing. A floater is an opacity in the gel in the eye that people describe as a speck or dust that moves in the visual field. There are other visual phenomenon described that I was thinking about however these are noticed in bright light. Again, I would not be overly concerned, but I would check with your ophthalmologist."
I submitted the above posting and received the above response.  I've since seen my eye doctor, and he could not tell me what was causing the problem.  Upon closer scrutiny, I find that I can see the phenomenon in bright light, only not as well as in low light.  Also, I think I know what a floater looks like, and it doesn't look like this.  What are "the other visual phenomenon described" that you were thinking about?  Because I don't know what this is, I worry about it often.  Please tell me what you think it could be and if I should be concerned.











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