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Which Specialist Should Be Consulted For Eye Floaters?
I was sitting today and suddenly I began having black and white blinking jagged images appearing in my right eye. It lasted for 20 minutes. I have had a macular pucker in this eye which required surgery several years ago. So naturally I called my eye specialist and went it to have it checked. She said there was nothing wrong with my eye and thought it might be something vascular. I m in good health and didn t have any other symptoms, though I do have some pain in my right eye. What type of a doctor do I need to see and what other symptoms should I watch for?
Mon, 9 May 2016
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These sound like floaters--changes in the density of the vitreous humor (the jelly in the eyeball). Usually they aren't serious but if they suddenly appear they may indicate a partial retinal detachement so you need a thorough retinal scan to check for that
These sound like floaters--changes in the density of the vitreous humor (the jelly in the eyeball). Usually they aren't serious but if they suddenly appear they may indicate a partial retinal detachement so you need a thorough retinal scan to check for that
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