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White see-through haze in both eyes when I move them. Advice please!
35 male. This suddenly occurred 6 weeks ago while I was teaching my students in class. It definitely is a new thing.
Hard to explain, but it happens when I move my eyes left to right along with looking at something bright in the background. As with my classroom with the bright windows in the background. Students in front of the window are quite dull indeed. But can occur in front of a bright laptop or watching TV too.
Depending on the brightness of the background, this white haze takes up 50% of my vision and flashes across in the OPPOSITE direction to the movement of my eyes. It does mimic floaters in the fact that they appear to keep moving for a millisecond longer after I stop moving my eyes. But they disappear a millisecond after I stop moving my eyes. They never block my vision as they disappear! Its more of one big haze in each eye. Not many smaller ones.
This began at a time where I was getting strange pressure headaches and some stress too. Occurred a week after a CT scan for the sinuses (all normal) and a week of anti-biotic usage and steroid nasal spray for suspected ear infection (ENT later found no problems with my ears). So I had an MRI of the head, all normal. Then I had my eyes checked by an optometrist. Initially without dilation, then the following week with dilation which included retinal photography and "puff test" of the eye for glaucoma.
Results all normal.
Still noticing this, another optometrist recently conducted a test with an OCT scanner. All normal.
I just came back from a skiing holiday and noticed the more usual floater symptoms (although ones I have never seen before) of BLACK squiggly lines and blotches in vision when looking at the snow.
Other possibly non related symptoms are dry eyes, noticeable blood vessels moving in towards the iris from all sides of the sclera. Random sandy feeling in eyes which at times appear to come from one of these blood vessels. Tender temples (although better recently) and muscle tightness in neck and under chin. Severe tinnitus!
Recent other tests: blood work including C-Reactive Protein and a Liver function test. Normal.
Thanks for reading my crazy rantings! Its just I have never heard of anyone discuss such floaters. Usually only small defined shaped ones. Advice would be appreciated.
Hard to explain, but it happens when I move my eyes left to right along with looking at something bright in the background. As with my classroom with the bright windows in the background. Students in front of the window are quite dull indeed. But can occur in front of a bright laptop or watching TV too.
Depending on the brightness of the background, this white haze takes up 50% of my vision and flashes across in the OPPOSITE direction to the movement of my eyes. It does mimic floaters in the fact that they appear to keep moving for a millisecond longer after I stop moving my eyes. But they disappear a millisecond after I stop moving my eyes. They never block my vision as they disappear! Its more of one big haze in each eye. Not many smaller ones.
This began at a time where I was getting strange pressure headaches and some stress too. Occurred a week after a CT scan for the sinuses (all normal) and a week of anti-biotic usage and steroid nasal spray for suspected ear infection (ENT later found no problems with my ears). So I had an MRI of the head, all normal. Then I had my eyes checked by an optometrist. Initially without dilation, then the following week with dilation which included retinal photography and "puff test" of the eye for glaucoma.
Results all normal.
Still noticing this, another optometrist recently conducted a test with an OCT scanner. All normal.
I just came back from a skiing holiday and noticed the more usual floater symptoms (although ones I have never seen before) of BLACK squiggly lines and blotches in vision when looking at the snow.
Other possibly non related symptoms are dry eyes, noticeable blood vessels moving in towards the iris from all sides of the sclera. Random sandy feeling in eyes which at times appear to come from one of these blood vessels. Tender temples (although better recently) and muscle tightness in neck and under chin. Severe tinnitus!
Recent other tests: blood work including C-Reactive Protein and a Liver function test. Normal.
Thanks for reading my crazy rantings! Its just I have never heard of anyone discuss such floaters. Usually only small defined shaped ones. Advice would be appreciated.
What's the new thread? I would like to follow that.
I haven't also noticed the floaters as much the last time, but still always have the haze. It's black the most time. It feels like I have a lot of water in my both eyes, it plops sometimes. But the haze is in one.
Well let me know the url of the new topic!
I haven't also noticed the floaters as much the last time, but still always have the haze. It's black the most time. It feels like I have a lot of water in my both eyes, it plops sometimes. But the haze is in one.
Well let me know the url of the new topic!
Sas, well a very nice young lady worked on my back and gave me acupuncture on the right side trapezius. She noticed the tight muscles. I didn't mention my eye problem... one step at a time :-)
I have been more relaxed this week and I haven't noticed the floaters as much, some days not at all, even in the classroom. So I am still undecided if they have been there all along and its all got to do with stress. Only if we can find others who see what we see may solve the mystery. Maybe I should start a new thread asking for others to try this? EDIT: I just did :-)
By the way, I have noticed that my left eye has a double floater. One goes one way and the other goes opposite (with my eye movement).
I have been more relaxed this week and I haven't noticed the floaters as much, some days not at all, even in the classroom. So I am still undecided if they have been there all along and its all got to do with stress. Only if we can find others who see what we see may solve the mystery. Maybe I should start a new thread asking for others to try this? EDIT: I just did :-)
By the way, I have noticed that my left eye has a double floater. One goes one way and the other goes opposite (with my eye movement).
I think we have the same. Are they outside or in bright light black?
How old are you and what for tests have you already done?
Did you went to the GP? What did he say?
@Cloudburster: Let me know what the physiotherapy said!
How old are you and what for tests have you already done?
Did you went to the GP? What did he say?
@Cloudburster: Let me know what the physiotherapy said!
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