Eyes Seeing Flashes And Shadows At The Side Of Eye. What Could Be The Cause?

Posted on Mon, 15 Jul 2013

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Mon, 15 Jul 2013 Answered on

Tue, 6 Aug 2013 Last reviewed on

Question : eyes seeing flashes and shadows at the side of right eye

Answered by Dr. Dr. Basheer Ahamed (1 hour later)

Hello,

Considering your age and medical conditions(Hypertension and Diabetes) there may be many causes for this problem.

The commonest ones are

1. Cataract of the eye. In the presence of diabetes it matures faster.
If present it has to be operated upon.

2. Vitreous Humour opacities due retinal bleed.

3. Retinopathy(Diabetic and Hypertensive) and macular edema.
You need to regularly screen for retinopathy.
If present it needs to be treated with Laser.

Consult your Ophthalmologist for evaluation of the eye and vision.

Hope the answer helps you.
Pleased to answer other queries.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar