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After first run week 5 I got flashes before the eyes. Is this normal?

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Elfe5 profile image
Elfe5Graduate

That doesn't sound normal to me. Maybe check with your GP??Have the flashes stopped?

Irish-John profile image
Irish-JohnGraduate

It's not. I earnestly urge you to have that checked out. It could be simply related to low blood sugar or it could be more. But as a person who is kind of careless about my battered old carcass even I take anything that sounds like what happened you very carefully. Qualified medical will sort it out and then you won't have to wonder what it "could be" - if your like me, the uncertainty is usually worse than the reality :)

Very best wishes for it Sue. Keep us posted if you can,OK :)

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IannodaTruffeMentor

In a word.......no.

Get checked out by your GP.

It may be nothing but could be a symptom of something serious.

davelinks profile image
davelinksGraduate

The only flashes I know of is the ones I get at the start of a migraine, then I get a headache.. would advise see GP..

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Maddee_6333Graduate

Definitely get yourself checked out.

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misswobbleGraduate

I was thinking about migraine especially if it was sunny. I run along a long avenue, sided by railings on both sides, and you get shadows formed by every one of the uprights, and it bother my eyes . It's quite weird but deffo headache inducing

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