Saw red spot in line of vision

[jen3000]

Hi

I was outside the other morning reading a book while watching the sunrise--- all of a sudden the letters in the book had little dots on them, I moved inside to a dark room and there was a big grey spot in my vision, I then went to a lit room and the spot turned red.   It lasted about 2 minutes then my sight returned to normal.  It was such a freaky thing,
everyone I was with said it was because of the sun.  Being that the spot was red, could've it had been bleeding?
I have a call into the eye dr., just to question it, but havent gotten a call back yet.

Thank you -

[dukey]

Definitely not bleeding. Sounds like an afterimage from the sun to me.

[maggie49]

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[jen3000]

In case anyone is wondering, the eye doctor wanted me to come in so he could take a look at the retinas.  Everything looks fine.   He said it was most likey an afterimage or an occular migraine.  

thanks

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

Bleeding could cause a large red spot in the vision but vision would be very blurry and it would not go away for a long, long time.  It could have been an afterimage of the sun.  Make sure you have a complete exam with ophthalmologist to make sure there is nothing more.

MJK MD