Does anyone else have this eye oddity?

Question

This might be hard to understand, but I'll try to describe it. If I look out of my left eye, everything is normal. However, if I look out of my right eye, it seems as if everything is normal, except it is as if I am seeing through a slight shade of pink. Is this normal?

Answer 1

I see brighter out of one eye than I do the toher. I am in my 40's and noticed this when I was about 4 or 5 years old. None of the Doctors I have ever worked for think it is anything serious.

Answer 2

if it is really noticable, then it is probably normal. but if it is enough to bother you, you should get it checked. thats the same with me, except my right eye sees things a little dimmer.

Answer 3

I do that too and I've heard that it is normal.  It only happens after I rub my eye though.  I just asked the same question a couple hours ago!  ( :

Answer 4

No and No maybe you have pink eye you might want to go to a doctor to get that checked out

Answer 5

An acquired chromatopsia can be 'nothing' or 'serious'. Starting at the front, many people get deposits of iron in their corneas. On the surface it's one thing, on the inner surface or Kruckenberg spindle is another. Can cause a shade of pink in ones vision. Is usually both eyes though.

A change in the lens color can do this. If the lens absorbs certain pigments it can produce a color change. Again, usually both eyes, and usually not noticed till one of the lenses is removed during cataract surgery where one can 'see' the difference in the normal vs the clear.

If the vitreous has blood in it, there can be a pink haze or pink color to one's vision. A posterior vitreous detachment with a surface tear of a retinal vessel or a vessel on the optic nerve can lead to this type of chromatopsia. A retinal detachment with shallow posterior detachment early on can present with a change in color perception such as you describe.

Macular diseases can cause this such as Central Serous Choroidopathy or Retinopathy. There are usually other signs as well, but this can be the presenting sign or symptom. Optic nerve disease whether swelling or inflammation can also present with this.

Diabetes and other great 'mimic' diseases such as TB, Syphilis, vasculitis, MS, etc. can all present with this. Retinal Dystrophies can present like this....

To work it up, see an ophthalmologist who is interested in medical diseases. The cataract surgeons are more interested in doing that surgery, so they don't 'look' as hard as some of the other ophthalmic sub specialties.  The most likely to give you a diagnosis would be a retina specialist or neuro-ophthalmologist...depending on the type of practice. If it's a 10 people an hour practice, the chances of getting a firm workup or initial diagnosis is sort of slim. Someone needs to take a little time.