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Borashi - 28 Jun 2005 23:39 GMT

Okay, the last 2-3 months my eyes have been really watery so I tend to
thought it was just allergy symptoms cause it rained a lot the last few
months where I live. Yesterday I noticed in my left eye there was a
slight white spot and when I looked into light with just that eye or at
an angle I noticed a rainbow color. It didn't affect my field of vision
in my right eye at all though. Today I thought it was over with cause
when I woke up I was fine, but came down on my computer for a while and
took a shower and noticed it reoccured again my left eye. I wouldn't
say it's a bluriness but it kind of is like an obstruction of something
in my lower left region of my field of vision in my left eye, like a
white obstruction of something.

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Mike Tyner - 29 Jun 2005 00:42 GMT

> months where I live. Yesterday I noticed in my left eye there was a
> slight white spot

Are you describing a visual field disturbance that obscured part of your
vision, the same no matter where you look? Not a "white spot" you could see
on your eye in the mirror, right?

> and when I looked into light with just that eye or at
> an angle I noticed a rainbow color.

Sudden rainbows are often due to corneal edema. You don't wear contacts,
right?

> It didn't affect my field of vision
> in my right eye at all though.

That's important because cortical problems would affect both eyes at the
same time.

>Today I thought it was over with cause
> when I woke up I was fine, but came down on my computer for a while and
> took a shower and noticed it reoccured again my left eye. I wouldn't
> say it's a bluriness but it kind of is like an obstruction of something
> in my lower left region of my field of vision in my left eye, like a
> white obstruction of something.

Episodes of edema and transient visual field loss in one eye sounds like a
corneal problem. You didn't mention pain or redness so it might not be
infectious, but sterile infiltrates are rare in those who don't wear
contacts. You didn't say.

If a slit-lamp examination of your cornea is normal, it's important to
evaluate your pupils, optic nerve and visual field. The point of that is
your symptoms call for a doctor visit. A basic visit to an optometrist or
ophthalmologist will be $75-150 out of pocket, and your problem is billable
to major medical.

-MT

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Mike Tyner - 29 Jun 2005 15:20 GMT

> say it's a bluriness but it kind of is like an obstruction of something
> in my lower left region of my field of vision in my left eye, like a
> white obstruction of something.

And this part sounds like a floater.

-MT

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