Hello
I managed to see an optician yesterday as I've had a blurring/white spot in my left eye for about 10 days. I also had a few days of painfully achy eyeballs at the beginning of this time.
The optician did a standard eye test, visual field test, examined my eyes with lights, and did an OCT scan. Everything looked fine, although my vision in my left eye was slightly worse that it was 18 months ago.
The blurring in my eye is odd. I'm aware of it almost all the time - it's worse in bright light. It doesn't flicker or move like migraine aura and doesn't drift like floaters. I'm just aware of a fuzzy obstruction to the side of my vision in that eye.
The eyeball ache - hurt when I moved my eyes or touched them - went after about 4 days. I do still have a mild left-sided headache/jaw ache. I think the blurriness was worse on the first couple of days and then improved a bit but not completely.
So, my question is, could it still be optic neuritis even with the normal eye examination? I've got a huge list of other neurological symptoms and potentially something autoimmune going on. Basically, I'm concerned this is pointing to MS or Lupus.
Sorry this is long, and thank you!