Does anyone know a LOT about eyes?!
Question: Does anyone know a LOT about eyes!?
I think there's a problem with my eyes!. I am seeing both stars and waves on a regular basis (maybe 5 times a day)!. They look like clear heat waves, only they just appear, float down, and dissapear!. If I try to touch them (which i have once for some strange reason), they move somewhere else!. And then I see blue, green, or purple tiny bright dots sometimes, which appear and dissapear extremely quickly, and no more than one at a time!. I saw an eye doctor once, but no help and this has been going on for a while now!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
It sounds like you are experiencing floaters!.
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It's good that you had your eyes checked by an eye doctor!. Optometrists and ophthalmologists are able to distinguish between common floaters and serious problems!.
Assuming that you are seeing floaters, the reason why they move is because when you shift your eyes to look right at them, it stirs up the vitreous gel that the floater rests in, sending it flying away from your central vision!.
If the problem persists, or you would like some piece of mind that nothing is wrong, return to your eye doctor or get a second opinion!. To properly investigate your symptoms, you will need to have your eyes dilated (drops to open your pupils wide enough to see inside)!. Preferably, your doctor should preform Binocular Indirect Ophtalmoscopy, or BIO (pronounced bee-eye-oh)!. BIO is a method for viewing the retina that involves the doctor wearing a bright light on a headband and holding a lens near your eye!.
This is a link to an image of a doctor preforming BIO:
http://www!.eyetumour!.com/images/largebin!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index!?!.!.!.
It's good that you had your eyes checked by an eye doctor!. Optometrists and ophthalmologists are able to distinguish between common floaters and serious problems!.
Assuming that you are seeing floaters, the reason why they move is because when you shift your eyes to look right at them, it stirs up the vitreous gel that the floater rests in, sending it flying away from your central vision!.
If the problem persists, or you would like some piece of mind that nothing is wrong, return to your eye doctor or get a second opinion!. To properly investigate your symptoms, you will need to have your eyes dilated (drops to open your pupils wide enough to see inside)!. Preferably, your doctor should preform Binocular Indirect Ophtalmoscopy, or BIO (pronounced bee-eye-oh)!. BIO is a method for viewing the retina that involves the doctor wearing a bright light on a headband and holding a lens near your eye!.
This is a link to an image of a doctor preforming BIO:
http://www!.eyetumour!.com/images/largebin!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It might be something wrong like in your brain, or you have an infection of some sort!. See your regular doctor or a specialist!.Www@Answer-Health@Com