Why do I keep seeing little sparkly worms flashing in front of my eyes everytime I move too fast.

[OrmIrian]

It's odd. And a little irritating. Just since this morning.

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Is your blood pressure a bit low / high?
Did you sleep with your arm squashing your eyes,lol?

I don't know and no I don't think so. Have a slight headache now.

arghh....go to get it checked NOW.

I have just been to the eye place for me, and found that I have had an ifection that I ignored and I now have permanent damage to my eye, yet if I had gone the day I had vision issues I would have just needed drops and instant cure (well, not instant but YNWIM)

I now need glasses full time. (I have other eye issues too, but the damage is my panic today!!)

not wanting to panic you BTW....I am just now in panic mode myself regarding eyes and so.....visions issues??? Get checked!!!

Eek! My eyes are bad enough as it is ....

well....it may be mothin, but going on my eyes today, I would say get checked!

Go to the opticians. It is quite likely to be a condition called retinal migraine, which is annoying but harmless BUT it could be one or two other things which are less harmless, so go to the optician ASAP.

Thankyou.

It's stopped for now. But I will keep any eye (ho ho!) on it. Do not need any more problems with my eyes.

If you have a high prescription for short-sightedness (i.e. -8 or more) you should go to A&E/eye hospital and get it checked out. my optician said there's a very small risk of tearing the retinal wall when your prescription is this high and to go straight to the hospital, not to wait for a GP or optician's appointment.

If you're not as bad as me, then you may have just burnt your retinas a little from bright sunlight, will be fine tomorrow. The headache can be pyschosomatic. May as well book in for an eye test just to be sure.

OrmIrian, don't mean to alarm you but could be a sign of a retinal tear/detachment. If ocular migraine it usually lasts only for 20 minutes or so, not for the whole day. I would go to A and E in your nearest eye hospital.

I don't know you, so apologies if this is too personal a question, but are you pregnant? Visual disturbances in pregnancy can be a sign of preeclampsia so would need to be checked out as an emergency.

Headache and visual disturbances i would seek medical advice asap.

Not pregnant no, 3littlefrogs.

But am beginning to get a little worried now....

i get this quite a bit, usually when i'm tired or get up too quickly!

Yes, it could be a sign of retinal detachment (I ended up in AE with these symptoms and it was* retinal migraine but that's why you shoudl check it out).

I used to get ocular migraines a lot but the longest they ever lasted was just over an hour. I think you should get it checked out.

Hi there Ormirian. I have this all the time, have been to the dr about it and mentioned it to a neurologist (I was referred when I had a wierd migraine with scary weakness and loss of vision -eek) anyway MRI showed my head is fine but the flashing lights are apparently normal. Funnily enough it first happened when 9 months pregnant with dd1 so there was panic about pre eclampsia but the flashing has remained ever since and my blood pressure is fine. Having read the other posts though I wonder if I should worry? Maybe I should put in an application for a labrador!!

Sorry, should have said not ALL flashing lights are retinal detachments/tears but the eyes should be checked out, just in case!

I get this too occasionally. I'm certain it's a BP thing, since it only happends when I stand up too quickly, coupled with a slight dizzy feeling.

My GPs answer? Don't stand up so quickly!

Funnily enough I was speaking to my DB last night and he reminded me that he used to get this a lot. Low blood pressure apparently coupled to the fact that he's 6.5" tall.... Like pumping water to the top of a 40 storey towerblock with a water leak at the bottom . Anyway....thanks for all your advice. I seem fine this morning but will be aware if it comes back.

I got this a lot when I was a teenager. It was linked to low bp, and I had a lot of fainting episodes at the same age.
I rapidly grew to be 6ft1, so am sure it is all linked.

After many years of no flashy worms, I 'saw' some a few months back.

argh, meant to finish my sentencte.

Meant to say, wonder if I have low bp again now I have not worked for a few years and the dc are not so stressfull....

I get them all the time too. I have low BP but attribute it mainly to tiredness as I often see little sctully things in the corners of my eyes. I am fairly tall too at 5'9". I have had them checked out by specialist but he says probably just not enough kip. They were worse when pregnant.

I get disturbed vision occasionally - only about twice a year. I can't see properly when it happens - like looking at a Cubist painting only worse, like the pixels in a picture have become magnified. I have assumed that it is some kind of migraine without the pain and I get it when I have worked too hard, too much coffee, too much computer-gazing. It does usually go after an hour or so. I should get my eyes checked again though as it has been a while.

Yes Sky that sounds like me too. I get a 'line' of pixels across my vision that takes about half an hour to move all the way across. I have only had it like that when on the pill or pg.

It is weird, isn't it? I got frightened the first time but now I know just to relax and it will go away so I find it quite interesting. It is just bad if you need to drive somewhere or do something urgently.

To the OP, I would definitely get your eyes checked in case it is anything serious.