Lightning Bolt Flashes In Vision

Causes of light flashes in the eye.

Lightning bolt flashes in vision. Flashes of light are pinpricks or spots of light that you see in your field of vision. Flashes of light can happen in one or both of your eyes and have different shapes colors frequency and duration. Lightning bolts in vision i also have the beginnings of maclular degeneration in my left eye for the past three months i have been seeing what looks like a small electrical charge similar to what you would see in a lab firing between two points. They are not caused by lights or anything else outside of your body.

They can look like arcs or small streaks and come and go very quickly sometimes just at the corner of the eye. Flashing is a symptom of seeing a flash of light in the vision. Lori tindel kahn westmed ophthalmologist. Often times substance in the inner rear portion of the eye breaks loose causing floaters.

Possible eye emergency flashes of light and floaters in the vision optometry march 24 2014. This is rarely seen as a normal visual phenomenon throughout life. That looks like a series of small red or dark coloured spots a cobweb thread of cotton a mosquito or fly in your vision contact and consult your eye care professional as soon as. Photopsia is the symptom of seeing flashes of light and is essentially harmless but it may be a sign of more serious complications elsewhere in the body that.

Like lightning bolts or floaters e g. If you have a recent onset of flashes of light e g. Wang describes them as split second bright white disturbances in the vision that people often describe as a lightning bolt. Flashing lights in vision can appear in the corner of the eye in one s peripheral vision or as floaters that appear to drift in the air and have a variety of causes.

If you re seeing flashing lights in your eyes persistently however you may need to. People often say seeing flashes of light is like seeing shooting stars or lightning streaks flashes of light in your vision come from inside your eye.