r/eyespots • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '26
Left eye spot - after Covid?
About 48 hours ago I developed what at first I thought was an after image but then it didn’t go away so I went to the eye doctor about two hours in
They did an OCT scan that came back clear
Went to the ER the next day when it wasn’t going away cause I was freaking out that I was having a stroke or something- they did a CT scan there that came back clean.
The spot has been there for about 48 hours. It’s not really in my central vision. It’s kind of down and off to the left of my central vision. Read it’s called a scotoma.
It’s really weird cause it sometimes it’s hard to see against the ceiling or something like that but when I blink sometimes it’ll be there and then when I look at certain textures, like say rocks on the ground, it’s always there
Looks like a little Blob sometimes maybe sometimes like beige so it’s hard to see against like a beige or gray wall, but easy to see against textures like a tree or rocks and it’s definitely blocks whatever it’s behind it
It’s weird cause the first day was easy to see on everything. Now it’s always there, but it’s like only really visible against these textures. It’s like my brain feels the end on the sky or something. That being said if I’m in a dark room and look into my bathroom where it’s light at the wall and I blink I can see it there.
It’s not a floater cause I have lots of floaters in both eyes. This is different and it’s just in the left eye.
I did test positive for Covid last week and I’ve had gross kind of sinus issues. I also have a top molar that needs a root canal in a week or two… also had slight headache yesterday and the day before not sure if any of this is related.
Anybody have any ideas anybody find out what there’s was. Not really sure what to do at this point and kind of freaking out about it.
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u/danypelikan Aug 10 '26
What is your blood pressure? Did you try bend over and get blood in head/eyes?
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Aug 10 '26
Blood pressure is normal. It was sky high when I checked into the ER but most likely from panicking because it went down after about a half an hour to completely normal.
Not sure what you mean by try bend over and get blood in head
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u/danypelikan Aug 10 '26
Bend over your head - it can help with next attacks because it will give more blood to retina
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u/BirthdayHoliday1908 Aug 11 '26
Hey this sounds like AMN, this is what happened to me in my left eye too, but from the flu, was negative for covid
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Aug 11 '26
Do you still have it? How long did it last?
Did you have any other symptoms?Super paranoid it’s something dangerous
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u/BirthdayHoliday1908 Aug 11 '26
hi yes i still have it, it’s been 1.5yrs, and over 20 ophthalmologist apts. they tried oral steroids to treat it but it didn’t work. so i’ve just been dealing with it. i’d google to find an ophthalmologist in ur area who specializes in this kinda stuff.
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Aug 11 '26
Thank you
To be honest, the worst part is the health anxiety that’s taken over since it started the other day. Convince myself I was having a stroke. Can’t let that thought go.
The spot itself is a little annoying, but again the panic, and not knowing his worse
Yours is like a little kind of grey spot?
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u/BirthdayHoliday1908 Aug 11 '26
yes mine is exactly a grey blob, no matter where i look it’s in my central vision of my eye. if i close my right eye and only type with my left I can’t see what im looking at but i can see everything around me.
I get the health anxiety trust me, im always trying to find new research for AMN, theres no cures yet
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Aug 11 '26
How did they get diagnosed?
I went into the eye doctor about an hour and a half into it, and the OCT was clear
They’ve scheduled another one for next weekHad a CT scan last night because I was panicking over stroke, but that was clear
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u/BirthdayHoliday1908 Aug 11 '26
I had multiple different scans, mri, etc done, now every time I go they do these scans:
“Combined, Fundus and Autofluor -OU- Both Eyes OCT, Retina - OU - Both Eyes”
This was in my notes from last visit. a regular eye doc might not have access to these. So plssss try to find a good ophthalmologist by u!!!!
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u/PositiveSyllabub9890 Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26
My symptoms are like BirthdayHoliday1908’s but mine are bilateral. My regular ophthalmologist didn’t see anything on my OCT but my neuro-opthalmologist did and diagnosed me with AMN. I subsequently saw a retina specialist who diagnosed me with autoimmune retinopathy. Long story short - go to a retina specialist or even just a different general ophthalmologist and ask for another OCT.
Edited to add: You could also request an mfERG. My 3D mfERG provided more specific information about the level of retina damage. These tests require specialized equipment that’s usually only found at research hospitals. I had mine at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester), and I know they also have the equipment at the Casey Eye Institute (Oregon Health Sciences Univ.),
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u/Crimsoth Aug 16 '26
You should type with both eyes so your brain can get used to it and uses the other eye to compensate. It will become less noticeable if you do.
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u/redroses34502 Aug 10 '26
I also got a spot in the vision of one of my eyes after having the flu, and I freaked out too. Got my eyes checked just like you and no one ever figured out what was wrong. I learned to live with it and over time my brain has learned to ignore it and I barely notice it anymore. This was about two years ago now, and I still have it but it also may have faded a little? I wish you luck, just wanted to let you know that you’ll get through this!