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Q: Seeing Blue Dot
asked by: Seraphine on August 13th, 2008
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Hi,


I am seeing a small blue dot a few times a day. The frequency of the appearances have been steadily increasing over the last few months. Very rarely I see a cressent shaped flash of light at the edge of my vission- but that might be because of my contacts. Today, the blue dot was a bit bigger and had a slight halo around it.

My ophthalmologist said the occasional appearance of a blue dot is normal. I have pretty horrible near-sightedness and am a glaucoma suspect (I'm under 30). He says my prescription is so bad that it is hard to tell what is normal. He says I have a thin ...cornea?....and high pressure. But the vision field and HRT ( don't remember the acronym, sorry) tests came back normal.

I guess if he thinks its normal - it probably is- to see spots...but I'm a bit worried anyway due to the recent appearance and the increases in frequencies.

I do not have floaters, do not see black bars, or flashes of light that cover the entire vision field.


Any similar experiences? should I be more/less worried? Anything that might help?



Thanks Very Happy
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sdfwerwer
replied on October 9th, 2009
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Seeing a Bright Blue dot
I am very nearsighted and have glaucoma (I'm 45). I saw a blue dot about one month ago. My opthalmologist does not know what to make of it. The blue dot was very bright, just like if it were a blue laser pointer dot. It appeared for about 1 sec, disappeared about for about 5 sec and then reappeared for about 1 sec. It has not been back for the past month.
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lynnerg
replied on November 11th, 2009
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I have had blue spot sightings for years, sometimes quite often, and sometimes they are quite large. My eye doctors over the years have said it is nothing to worry about, so I don't. I consider it my own private light show and tend to enjoy seeing them.

I also get optical migraines...not painful but they put on their own light show (a flashing crescent that starts out as a small point and expands to the sides of my eyes, then rolls out of view.) Again, he (and everything else I've read) say they're harmless.

If your doctor isn't worried, then you might just go ahead and enjoy the novelty of it. At least, that's what I've been doing.

Hope this helps.
Lynn
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