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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 427034" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I had this happen suddenly last July. We were visiting easy child & SIL1 in Canberra, I had to go collect husband & difficult child 3 from the museum and as I drove out, I thought I saw lightning in the distance. I drove on a little further and realised that the lightning flashes were my vision, and then I saw the floaters - a red-brown mist inside one eye. I drove on and tested my vision as I went, trying to assess what it was. By the time I collected husband & difficult child 3 (I handed the wheel to husband) I knew I needed the hospital, possible detaching retina. But I also needed to not alarm mother in law who was also staying nearby and coming for dinner. So I sat through dinner and after mother in law left, husband & I headed off to the hospital and spent most of the night there.</p><p></p><p>End result for me - retina was not detaching, but there was a bleed behind the retina, a tiny tear, which was where the red-brown floaters had come from. Blood. Just a trace. The cause was vitreous separation.</p><p></p><p>Where it is now - the large red-brown floaters have shrunk but darkened. I have large, obvious floaters in the vision in that eye. No other lines or other issues though. I've had no treatment, just observation and supervision.</p><p></p><p>I have to get glaucoma checked as well as visual fields, every 12 months now. Visual fields are fine so far (therefore no macular degeneration, or peripheral vision loss). The floaters etc are annoying - I keep cleaning my glasses in case it's dirt on the lenses. I probably do have lines in there too, but there's so much "space junk" it's hard to tell.</p><p></p><p>The probable cause is extreme myopia, I was told. Being so very short-sighted has led to the problem being more acute. The eye is longer and sort of stretched, this puts more pressure on the vitreous humour to pull away at the back of the retina.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 427034, member: 1991"] I had this happen suddenly last July. We were visiting easy child & SIL1 in Canberra, I had to go collect husband & difficult child 3 from the museum and as I drove out, I thought I saw lightning in the distance. I drove on a little further and realised that the lightning flashes were my vision, and then I saw the floaters - a red-brown mist inside one eye. I drove on and tested my vision as I went, trying to assess what it was. By the time I collected husband & difficult child 3 (I handed the wheel to husband) I knew I needed the hospital, possible detaching retina. But I also needed to not alarm mother in law who was also staying nearby and coming for dinner. So I sat through dinner and after mother in law left, husband & I headed off to the hospital and spent most of the night there. End result for me - retina was not detaching, but there was a bleed behind the retina, a tiny tear, which was where the red-brown floaters had come from. Blood. Just a trace. The cause was vitreous separation. Where it is now - the large red-brown floaters have shrunk but darkened. I have large, obvious floaters in the vision in that eye. No other lines or other issues though. I've had no treatment, just observation and supervision. I have to get glaucoma checked as well as visual fields, every 12 months now. Visual fields are fine so far (therefore no macular degeneration, or peripheral vision loss). The floaters etc are annoying - I keep cleaning my glasses in case it's dirt on the lenses. I probably do have lines in there too, but there's so much "space junk" it's hard to tell. The probable cause is extreme myopia, I was told. Being so very short-sighted has led to the problem being more acute. The eye is longer and sort of stretched, this puts more pressure on the vitreous humour to pull away at the back of the retina. I hope this helps. Marg [/QUOTE]
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