Hello everyone,

I haven’t posted in a while (mostly because things have gotten better). I suffered a minor/moderate concussion back in January and although the initial symptoms were not too bad, I ended up experiencing some mild visual disturbances such as starbursts and afterimages. These were not eye related, but rather brain related. Nowadays they don’t bother me much at all. In fact, I hardly notice them unless I pay attention to them.

One thing that definitely did happen as a result of my concussion, was an increase in floaters. I got this checked with an eye doctor and was told that everything looks normal but that some of the vitreous in my eye became slightly detached from the impact of hitting my head. I know PVD is usually age related, but I am only 28. No change since then (7 months ago). I had my last eye check up last week and got discharged because everything was normal. I was, however told to go to A&E if I notice any signs of retinal detachment.

Obviously now I’ve convinced myself that I will get retinal detachment from this concussion. I mistakenly thought that it can only happen straight away or a few weeks after you hit your head, but apparently it can happen even years after!

I was just wondering if anyone else who suffered a concussion a while back had issues with partial PVD and if you had to do anything about it (like more frequent eye checks?) I know retinal detachments are quite rare even in people who suffered head injuries, but I just can’t stop worrying about it. The rational brain says that it’s probably going to be ok. My ophthalmologist wasn’t concerned, she discharged me; she didn’t even want to see me for a check up in a few months’ time. Is this just anxiety??