[blindkid] Flashes of light

[hpscheffer at aol.com]

Thank you Denise, I figured something like that. It is just good to hear for us and her that this is something rather common. 
Thanks for giving your input.


Heidi


-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Denise M Robinson <deniserob at gmail.com>
To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children) <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 12:00 pm
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Flashes of light


Yes, this happens with many of my students and has for over 20 years...one
of the most common complaints of kids...typically, something is going on
with the retina....
Denise

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 8:30 AM, <hpscheffer at aol.com> wrote:

> I wanted to know if any of your kids has had flashes of light in their
> eyes, my daughter has been having episodes of these in the last few weeks
> and they seem to be really bothersome, they last about 10 to 30 seconds and
> go away but it will happen for a couple of hours and then go away. We do
> have an appointment with the eye dr. and her ped. but would like to know if
> this has happen to anyone. She says they are really strong and very weird.
> She has complete detachment in 1 eye and partial in the other from rop, but
> it happens in both eyes.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Heidi
>
>
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