Entry tags:
ocular
I had a weird visual phenomenon this evening.
As I was getting a popsicle out of the freezer, there was a small spot in my vision, like the kind you get after staring at something bright. I didn't think anything of it until I sat down in front of my computer and had trouble reading because of the spot. It was grey and blurry with my eyes open, but bright when I closed my eyes. It occurred to me that I hadn't been staring at anything bright, so what the heck could it be?
The spot was in the center right side of my vision. The edge of the spot was psychedelic, flickering color patterns. Over the course of about 15 minutes, it got larger until it filled almost half of my right eye's vision.
I did a search to find out what it could be.
https://www.ourhealth.com/conditions/eye-conditions/temporary-blind-spots-in-vision
Some of the comments on that page mention high blood pressure, so I got out Q's blood pressure monitor and checked mine. 105 over 65; that is normal for me. By then, the spot had faded away.
From some more that I read, it sounds like it might have been an ocular migraine, without the headache. I haven't had anything like that before. Except one time when I was a kid and I lost my vision for a few minutes while I was waiting for the bus; never could explain that either but I had attributed it possibly to chlorine getting in my eyes as I'd just come from the swimming pool.
Now I'm feeling a bit woozy. Not sure if it's an after-effect of that strange phenomenon, or just because it is late.
update, Saturday afternoon: Today while working in the yard, exerting myself, I had a different visual phenomenon, one which isn't unusual for me. The kind where when I close my eyes, I see dark clouds with bright/silvery linings. That only lasts a few seconds.
As I was getting a popsicle out of the freezer, there was a small spot in my vision, like the kind you get after staring at something bright. I didn't think anything of it until I sat down in front of my computer and had trouble reading because of the spot. It was grey and blurry with my eyes open, but bright when I closed my eyes. It occurred to me that I hadn't been staring at anything bright, so what the heck could it be?
The spot was in the center right side of my vision. The edge of the spot was psychedelic, flickering color patterns. Over the course of about 15 minutes, it got larger until it filled almost half of my right eye's vision.
I did a search to find out what it could be.
https://www.ourhealth.com/conditions/eye-conditions/temporary-blind-spots-in-vision
Some of the comments on that page mention high blood pressure, so I got out Q's blood pressure monitor and checked mine. 105 over 65; that is normal for me. By then, the spot had faded away.
From some more that I read, it sounds like it might have been an ocular migraine, without the headache. I haven't had anything like that before. Except one time when I was a kid and I lost my vision for a few minutes while I was waiting for the bus; never could explain that either but I had attributed it possibly to chlorine getting in my eyes as I'd just come from the swimming pool.
Now I'm feeling a bit woozy. Not sure if it's an after-effect of that strange phenomenon, or just because it is late.
update, Saturday afternoon: Today while working in the yard, exerting myself, I had a different visual phenomenon, one which isn't unusual for me. The kind where when I close my eyes, I see dark clouds with bright/silvery linings. That only lasts a few seconds.