Spent 6 hours at the hospital. My eye flipped out on me for over an hour, twice.
To describe what happened you need to picture this:
I had a line start to wave in the upper eye. Like looking under water. Then it also went diagonal and because like looking though a prism. With all the rainbow of colours. I lost prepfial (sp) vision on the right side. It was like looking in a triangle with blinders.
Sharp pain lasted for a few hours after that.
Today it is all pain. Not going away
The doc at emerg says they is no tear and it doesn't sound like ON ( Optic neurtsis) and the nerve looked okay. He called an ophthalmologist and asked it was ON. Never heard of the symptoms I talked about .
I am really afraid now of losing my vision … this is the third different symptom that no doctors can explain.
2007-10-22 09:40:59 · 3 answers · asked by minkoala 2 in Health ➔ Optical
It sounds like you had an ocular migraine. It can be very scary when you experience it - it can last a couple of minutes or hours. We dont know why it occurs or what causes it. If you do experience this - it is better to have it checked by an optometrist or opthalmologist just to make sure there is not a retinal detatchment. But sometimes people experience more often than others. Hope this helps
2007-10-23 04:35:01 · answer #1 · answered by LindyN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Panic is never good, but you should have a thorough exam by not only the opthamologist, but a neurologist as well. Not to cause more panic, but brain tumors can affect vision.
2007-10-22 16:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by sursumcorda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you be having migranes? Sometimes migranes can be accompanied by some very wierd (and scary) visual effects.
2007-10-22 20:44:39 · answer #3 · answered by Flying Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋