If you think you are losing your sight, read these three signs. If you are experiencing these symptoms, go to your ophthalmologist.
Severe and sudden eye pain. Possible vision problems can lead to sharp and sudden eye pain. If your optic nerve becomes inflamed, it will cause eye pain and vision loss. It can also lead to recurrent pain around or inside the eye. Ignoring the pain can lead to more serious vision damage. Pain in the eye will result in constant excruciating discomfort in the area. Eye pain that happens on the surface may cause itching, scratching, or burning sensation. Eye pain can be caused by a foreign object, infection, or trauma. Eye pain, which can be followed by vision loss, could be a symptom of an emergency medical issue. Schedule an appointment with your ophthalmologist as quickly as possible if you begin to lose your vision while experiencing eye pain.
Hallucinations. We have made a list of common hallucinations that most people see when they have vision problems. Seeing flashes of lights and bright floating spots. When your vitreous gel inside your eye rubs against or pulls on your Renita, people say they saw flashing lights or light streaks. You may have experienced this odd sensation if you have ever had trauma to the eye and started to see “stars”. These flashes of lights will go on and off in several weeks or months. Floating “spider webs”. Most eye floaters are caused by age-related matters as the vitreous in your eye starts to become more liquid. Fibers within the vitreous tend to clump and can cast tiny shadows on your retina. The shadows you see are called floaters“curtain covering” one eye. A shadow or a “curtain” is described when vision is blocked by dark or grey shapes moving across the visual field. People have hallucinations when they lose their vision because their brain isn’t getting as much information as it was before. The brain responds by filling in the gaps with fantasy patterns or images stored in their brain. These stored images are what cause hallucinations.
Other symptoms. Here are some more symptoms that could lead to vision loss. Sensing a “cup filling up with ink” in one eye, unusual, even painful, sensitivity to lights or glare. Swollen red eyes. Tiny blood vessels, which are invisible to the naked eye, can become red and swollen because of possible eye problems. Changes in the color of the iris. If one eye changes its color, it could be referred to as heterochromia. Changes in eye color can signal certain diseases. Any sudden change in vision. Any sudden change in vision could lead to vision loss. Ways this can happen are eye rubbing, dry eyes, crying, aging, or bad eyeglass prescription. White areas in the pupil. White spots on the eye can vary in how serious they are. Some can be not noticeable and others can cause lots of discomfort. Itching, burning, or a heavy discharge in the eye. A cause of combined eye burning, itching, and discharge in the eye, could possibly be an infection. Causes of the infection can include the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores and can also be spread to the eye.
If you have these symptoms, call your ophthalmologist immediately to schedule an appointment, to make sure you don’t damage your eyes anymore. Always check out your eyes if you are feeling discomfort. While waiting for your appointment, get a small towel wet with cold water and put it over your eyes. This will loosen your eyes until you get them checked out.