Sometimes I see a tiny white spot in my vision, always wondered what it was, it's taken me a long time to realise the spot is always in the same area. When I was a kid I opened a CD player and looked at the IR laser inside, could that have burnt a small spot on my retina that from time to time would show up as white? My theory is the nerves get bored from never seeing anything there and sometimes fire on their own. But maybe they would do this even without any damage from lasers?
I'm asking here, because when you tell an optician you see white spots, they get scared and tell you its a symptom of detaching retinas. Well I'm young and healthy and my retinas are not detaching. The spot is tiny and always of a similar nature. In the day it will appear white, sometimes at night its more of a red colour.
25 Dec 2013, 8:50 am
