Hi, i'm 24 years old and i've been experiencing these symptoms lately:


- pain...Tender pain, especially in the inner part of the right eyeball/brow are, that seems to radiate through the right part of the forehea and occasionally head.
I notice it, when its cold. Like for example at night, when i'm lying on my front, I feel the coldness, I turn over onto my side and that pain disappears as its warm from the pillow. In australia, its getting on to be winter soon. Sometimes, its like my eye feels cold and dry.

- light sensivity. If I am in a well lit place, I need to blink a lot. I feel if I stare at anything, and then close my eye, when I later open it, I have a clouding over of vision. Like it blankets...A veil of grey/black, sometimes reddish tinge. It lasts about 3, 4 seconds, then fades away and i'm able to see as before. The vision apart from this occasional blanketing over, is okay.

- in a well lit place, for example staring at the computer, I find I start seeing like sparks. They are thin white/purple wire type sparks, which appear in the centre of my vision fiel. They seem to pulsate too, with each appearance. I have about 5 or 6 of these pulsating wires flash, then it subsides.

I'm scared. I have had iritis since the age of two and I lost sight in my left eye due to glaucoma in 1999. The above is happening to my right eye. I'm worried, and scared like you can't imagine. My opthamologist appointment is coming up this friday...I'm terrified of going. Please could anyone help me identify what this could be? Ease my mind a little?

Thankyou.

A.