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Afterimages, Floaters, Glitter,
I have a lazy left eye and have power in both eyes. I have floaters too in both eyes. There are many web like, tail like, bubble and dot like. For 20 days I have been seeing afterimages of objects like grills, clock, text and images on phone, laptop and tv. Sometimes in Sky I see sparkle glitters like jugnus too many. Sometimes persistent afterimages for the bulb for 3-4 mins if I close my eyes it becomes multiple. Today I noticed a little bit of a light sensitivity also. I got a dilated retina exam at Shroff eye centre 3 days ago and my retina is fine. The doctor is saying the afterimage phenomenon is normal. This did not exist 20 days ago How is it normal? I worked in IT, I am using refreshed tears eye drops. Also, I start to feel tiredness, little pain and burning sensation in my eyes
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Afterimages can be a normal thing if your retina is normal
If you are not convinced by the ophthalmologist, get examined by another retina surgeon to know if any retina related issue is causing these afterimages
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pl avoid stress and strain. Pl have regular follow ups.
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Dr. Paridhi
Ophthalmologist
6 yrs exp
New Delhi
Hi. This could be laser eye strain. As you tend to work on screens most of your time, it can trigger such experiences and symptoms.
So I am going to tell you some steps that you can take to avoid this. For more information you can consult me directly.
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Use 20-20-20 screen rule. After every 20 minutes try to look 20 feet away for 20 seconds to relax your eye strain.
Next you can keep using the refresh tear eyedrops but please be cautious about the shelf life.
Let me know how your last exam went. I will need some refractive details of your visit.
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Rest I understand your concern about why this started suddenly. These kinds of visual symptoms can appear without a clear trigger—sometimes related to stress, screen use, or minor changes in how the brain processes visual information. Even though it feels new and alarming, it doesn’t mean something serious is happening.
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