PVD & Photopsia

Yes, it is the symptom that I was mentioning earlier. The eye specialist was impressed I could utter out such medical terms which are meant specifically for the medical profession only. I paid RM125 for my eye examination just to find out if there is any retina detachment or retina holes that occurred due to the PVD. I was told nothing of that sort at this moment after a thorough examination of my eyes using some speciliazed scopes and equipment.

I did not know that to examine the details of an eye, one has to get the eye pupils dilated by dripping certain kind of eye drops. Once the pupils are dilated, then the details of the eye structures could be revealed in great details with the aid of opthalmic equipment. I was told to look all over different directions while a checking lens was placed right in front of the position of the eye pupil, acting like a little torch that shone the light to check the nooks and corners of the eye. I was relieved when told that there was no retina holes or whatsoever, and I only need to come back in 2 weeks' time for another follow-up checking. There is no medicine whatsoever for this PVD and photopsia!

The dilation, movement of eye ball looking at different directions plus the squeezing of the eyes by the lens and checking equipment made my eyes watery and hard to focus. I had a hard time to re-adjust the eyes with the bright ambient environment. Fortunately my son was driving me home from the specialist clinic. I had to put on a sunglasses to drive all the way to Terengganu, without which I do not think I could manage the bright sunlight outside the car. It was really an experience for me! So remember to bring along your sunglasses if you want to go for an eye check-up! The dilation of your eye pupils could last for hours! Without a pair of sunglasses, your eye sight would be blinded by the glare from the outside sunlight when your pupils are artifically dilated!

I was told not to go on stressful exercise such as jogging. I do not understand the reason why but somehow I feel that this eye problem might be related to my over-exerting myself while I tried that 6-7 km run about 10 days ago.

During this trip to the eye specialist, I bumped into Gurmeet Singh, my UM classmate and also my once colleague in UMW Toyota Assembly plant. I had not met him for years! What a coincidence that he went to the same doctor to have his eyes check-up for his previous laser eye-sight correction done there!