Glare, starbursting, floaters, perhaps loss of vision

[tessihs]

Hello. I'm a normal, young person in my twenties. I'm overally very healthy, never had any major diseases or such.

However, last spring I started having some strange vision problems in both of my eyes.

Here's _ALL_ the symptoms I've had over the past 4 months or so... (Note that some of these MIGHT be normal effects and I realize that I do pay too much attention to my vision currently.)

I first realized that my eyes are having a lot more "photophobia" and sensitivity to light. The light often "floods" into all over my vision, causing "glare" -effect thus reducing my contrast of seeing some objects. Very annoying.

I've also noticed that there is a halo around lights, sometimes it is rainbow colored.

Also, to me lights appear to scatter as if they were stars, like starbursting which is worst at night. I can even see these starbursts at daytime. At first I could only see them at nights. I've noticed that blue, especially neon blue lights scatter more than normal light, especially if it is a LED light.

And then. About 1-2 months ago I suddenly started having a lot of floaters in my eyes, which have never been there before and I think they have increased by a lot now. At first I thought I had around 4-5 of them, over my vision, but now there is more like 15 or more of them, different shapes which move when I try to catch them with my eyes.

I also realized something strange, when I look at a very bright light, yeah, I can see the floaters more clearly then. However, I noticed that there is also something else there - it looks like there is like a whole FIELD of small tiny cells floating downwards in my vision, much like floaters, but a whole field of these tiny little bubbles.

Also, it kind of feels as if I can't see that clearly these days. It's hard to explain. When I look at a white wall, it somewhat feels like the wall isn't completely white and that there is some reducement in my whole field of vision. My nightvision feels like it has gone a lot worse than it used to be. Also, in dark when I move my head and eyes around, I can see some flashes of light, but I think this is a normal phenomeon.

I've visited 2 eye doctors over the last 3 months and they couldn't tell me what is wrong. I'm thinking tha maybe I have a vitreous detachment. but what can cause the other symptoms, glare, starbursting, halos and loss of vision, floaters? :/

i've got myopia, -4.5 diopers in both of my eyes.

I'm kind of getting depressed of this as it feels like I'm alone with this problem and nobody can tell me what is wrong. Of course, I'm also worried that I'm eventually get blind and nobody can help me with it. :( I am hoping that someone could give me some directions what might be wrong.

[tessihs]

Sorry, I meant Vitreous detachment in the post - NOT retinal detachment:)

[tessihs]

I was visiting an ophtamologist today and he diagnosed me with a vitreous detachment. He said it is not common for young people, but it had happened to me. He said that the other symptoms are "most probably" because of it. It kind of left me ponder, still.

Can dry eyes cause such symptoms? I'm living in an apartment that has somewhat dry air. It feels like I have dry eyes especially when I wake up but it gets better when the day goes on. I do not think retinal detachment can cause all these symptoms.

Thanks for the replies this far!

[allmymarbles]

"However, I noticed that there is also something else there - it looks like there is like a whole FIELD of small tiny cells floating downwards in my vision, much like floaters, but a whole field of these tiny little bubbles."

When I had truly sharp vision I used to stare at the sky and watch the "tiny cells floating downwards."  I was studying highschool biology at the time and assumed they were single-cell organisms that my eyes had magnified. They were nearly transparent. Alas, my eyes are not so great anymore and I can no longer see them. And I can no longer see dust motes or the veins on the wings of a fly.

[tessihs]

Yes, I was in the exam of an ophtalmologist. I will see another EyeMD soon. I'm just afraid that he can not tell me anything else than the other two.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

Are you seeing an EyeMD (an ophthalmologist)?   The glare symptoms are usually not associated with floaters (which can be due to a vitreous detachment).  See another EyeMD.

Dr. O.

[tessihs]

Just adding something again

Eye pressures were perfectly normal both times and both the doctors said that the retina looks normal and healthy. I've also been to blood tests, which were perfectly normal. No diseases like diabetes or anything were seen there.