{"id":1007,"date":"2017-05-30T17:31:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/ophthalmology\/flashes-floaters-and-haloes\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","slug":"flashes-floaters-and-haloes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/ophthalmology\/flashes-floaters-and-haloes\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashes, Floaters and Haloes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Differential diagnosis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Flashes\n<ul>\n<li>Vitreous detachment<\/li>\n<li>Retinal detachment<\/li>\n<li>Diabetic changes<\/li>\n<li>Papilloedema<\/li>\n<li>Migraine<\/li>\n<li>Brain lesions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Floaters\n<ul>\n<li>Vitreous condensation<\/li>\n<li>Posterior vitreous detachment<\/li>\n<li>Vitreous haemorrhage &#8211; diabetes, BP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Retinal detachment risk factors<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Myopia<\/li>\n<li>Previous eye surgery<\/li>\n<li>Family history<\/li>\n<li>Collagen disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Retinal detachment red flags<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>New onset floaters (&lt;6\/52) &#8211;\u00a0urgent ophthalmology<\/li>\n<li>New onset flashes (&lt;6\/52) &#8211; urgent ophthalmology<\/li>\n<li>Reduced visual acuity &#8211; same day ophthalmology<\/li>\n<li>Relative afferent pupillary defect<\/li>\n<li>Fundoscopy &#8211; reduced red reflex, detached retinal folds, vitreous opacities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Differential diagnosis Flashes Vitreous detachment Retinal detachment Diabetic changes Papilloedema Migraine Brain lesions Floaters Vitreous condensation Posterior vitreous detachment Vitreous haemorrhage &#8211; diabetes, BP &nbsp; Retinal detachment risk factors Myopia Previous eye surgery Family history Collagen disease &nbsp; Retinal detachment red flags New onset floaters (&lt;6\/52) &#8211;\u00a0urgent ophthalmology New onset flashes (&lt;6\/52) &#8211; urgent ophthalmology &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/ophthalmology\/flashes-floaters-and-haloes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flashes, Floaters and Haloes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":369,"menu_order":155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1007","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1654,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1007\/revisions\/1654"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}