Dear XXXXXXX,

Thanks for the query.

I understand your concern.

These black spots are called floaters. These are small fibers which are present in the fluid at the back of the eye. This fluid is called vitreous Humour. This is a jelly like substance of the consistency of white of an egg.

This vitreous, when due to age, develops some small fibrils, they appear black on a white background.

These spots to qualify to be called as floaters have to appear almost constantly, move with the movement of the eye, appear on a white background and disappear on a dark background. They follow the movement of the eye with a small fraction of a second time lag.

These floaters do not come for a second and disappear. They may disappear when they move to the periphery.

Make sure your spots fit into my description.

Second part of your query has a different explanation. When you see any stationary object and close both eyes alternately, you will realize that you see more of your right side of the object with your right eye and more of your left side of object with your left eye. This is called steriopsis. This is a normal phenomenon. Check this out to make sure that this is what tou are experiencing.

As far as your diabetes, glaucoma and hypertension, all you have to do is to keep sugar, Intra-ocular pressure and Blood pressure under control to keep them from effecting your eyes.

Kindly make sure that these explanations apply in your case. And visit an ophthalmologist to confirm or rule out each of these mentioned causes.

Hope I have answered your query. Please do get back to me if you have additional concerns.

Wishing you good health.

Regards.

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Dear XXXXXXX,
Thanks for getting back to us.
A non floating black spot requires investigations. A pertinent investigation is perimetery. Field charting can give us a clue about the reasons for these black spots.
In view of your history of glaucoma, regular field charting as a means of follow up is necessary.
Field charting along with routine examination of the eye will give us a clue to the present problem
Kindly have these investigations done to get to a definitive diagnosis.
I hope I have answered your query. Please accept my answer if you have no further queries.
Regards.

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Dear XXXXXXX,


Thanks for getting back to me.

Retinal haemorrhages do not cause such black spots. The black spots of retinal haemorrhages are a shower or blob of a floater. They are fixed and not transient as in your case.

White shining flashes may be transient (not black spots) and are caused by retinal changes, for which a peripheral retinal degeneration is to be ruled out.

A black transient spot is basically unexplained and a thorough retinal examination is needed to rule out any significant pathology.

Hope I have answered your query.

Please accept my answer if you do not have further concerns.

Wishing you good health.

Regards

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Dear XXXXXXX,

Flouorescein angiography is unlikely to reveal too much of information in the absence of any apparent retinal change, which you do not seem to have.

Flouorescein angiography will show the defects in the deeper layers of retina, behind the surface, which is seen by routine fundus examination.

Again a routine eye examination is mandatory.

I hope, this helps. Please accept my answer in case you have no follow up queries.

Regard.

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Dear,

Thanks for getting back to us. Retinal hemorrhages mixes up in the jelly like vitreous gel appear as black spots when small and if the hemorrhage is more, then the patient does not see at all.

Such black spots start disappearing in 3-4 months time and if they do not disappear then a major surgery is planned whereby we cut up this jelly and replace it with fluid.

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