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Monocular Ghosting, Starbursts, Both Eyes

Since May, I've had several "ghosting" problems in low-light conditions or anything with high contrast on low contrast (e.g. white letters on a black TV screen). For example, if I look at the monitor light in the dark, the light has a faint duplicate "ghost" right above it. I've uploaded several crude examples to help illustrate my point.

This first image shows an LED light on an appliance. In bright light, the ghosting is absent or minimal. In dim light, I get a raised ghost image above it with a streak under the ghost image. The ghost image seems to go away when I look toward the top rim of my glasses (I have myopia.) It also vanishes in a pinhole.

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This second image shows what the ghosting looks like without my glasses on. It appeears to be one blotch, but instead of circular it looks "pear-shaped".

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And finally, another problem I've been having is starbursting of shiny objects. Car headlights are very bad at night and I notice it with bright reflections off cars during the day as well.

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Also, I've noticed a faint "halo" surrounding streetlights at night as well. Both eyes elicit the problem with either closed, it does not go away if I close one eye.

I will be seeing a doctor for evaluation, but can any of these signify a serious problem such as a brain tumor or any other kind of tumor or stroke or hemmorhage? I've been worried sick.
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233488 tn?1310693103
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it sounds that your fixation and ideation on your symptoms are excessive. See a neuroophthalmologist and if your fixation and catastrophic illness persist see a psychiatrist.

JCH
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Thank you for your reply. My concerns over neurological problems are lessened, however, judging by the symptoms, does it sound like they will find anything untreatable or incurable within the eye? I'm eighteen if it matters.
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233488 tn?1310693103
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It is not likely that your problem is due to brain tumor, stroke or hemorrhage. Much more likely due to internal eye problem. See a neuroophthalmologist. Find one at www.aao.org

JCH MD
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Also, the ghosting improves with distance. If I look at an alarm clock in the dark really close, there is no ghost image.
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