Are my eyes normal?!
Question:
Are my eyes normal?
When I look at a light background and keep my eyes still, I can see hundreds of little dots flying around. They almost look like sperm wriggling about but when I try to focus on them they disappear from that particular spot, although I can still see them all around it. I cant see them if I look at something dark, but they are particularly prominent if i look at the sky or something out of the window. What are they, are they normal and does it mean I have little creatures living in my eyes?
Answers:
Hey there hun! They are called floaters and they are completely normal! You can usually see them when you look at a plain background like the sky.
"Floaters are actually tiny clumps of gel or cells inside the vitreous, the clear jelly-like fluid that fills the inside of your eye.
Floaters may look like specks, strands, webs or other shapes. Actually, what you are seeing are the shadows of floaters cast on the retina, the light-sensitive part of the eye."
Check out the link it shows what floaters look like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/image:float...
Floaters are USUALLY quite normal and can accompany a headache.
If the following happens that is when they are a problem
"If you suddenly see new floaters, or eye floaters accompanied by flashes of light or peripheral vision loss, it could indicate serious conditions such as diabetic retinopathy; vascular abnormalities such as retinal hemorrhages or carotid artery disease, or the beginning of a retinal detachment. The retina can tear if the shrinking vitreous gel pulls away from the wall of the eye. This sometimes causes a small amount of bleeding in the eye that may appear as new floaters. You should see your eye doctor immediately"
Hope that helps hun!!! :)
