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Chronic "afterimage" (visual snow?)

by blue_eyes1, May 15, 2007 12:00AM

Hello. I'm a healthy 40-y-o woman who has had an afterimage for approximately 3 weeks. It is a streak in the right lower field of my vision. When I close my eyes it is white; when I open my eyes it is gray/black, then disappears.

I've had these "afterimages" on and off for many years. I have no other symptoms, though I think that these tend to occur during allergy season (I have allergies to pollen). When I was in my teen years, I had classic migraine with aura--I no longer have those episodes.

Instead of going to an ophthalmologist to find out my eyes are fine (seems like many on this forum have gone down that road, and I go every 2 years, anyway), would you hypothesize that this is a neurologic issue? Is it dangerous, or something I shouldn't worry about?

Thank you for your advice.

Doctor's Answer

by Forum-OD-MP, May 15, 2007 12:00AM

um, no. this could be a retinal problem. you need to rule out retinal detachment. you need a dilated eye exam. the sooner the better.

it may very well be nothing or not an eye problem. but based on that description, no one will know anything until someone looks.

schedule an eye exam.

Member Comments (3)

by aimee37, May 15, 2007 12:00AM

oh, this is not "visual snow", either.

by aimee37, May 23, 2007 12:00AM

To: blue_eyes1

Hi blue_eyes1

Your symptoms are similar to many of those who visit this site: http://p210.ezboard.com/bthosewithvisualsnow

please take a look.

:-)

by aimee37, May 23, 2007 12:00AM

Sounds like persistent aura, please contact me at ***@**** to participate in survey about persisting perception disorders

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