My glass window has a screen door on the right side. When I look on the side of the window with the screen door, the lines of the fence looks wavy and the wired fence looks wavy/crooked. But when I look at the left side of my window without the screen door, everything looks straight and normal. I read that if you see things wavy/crooked, that is a sign of macular degeneration (a condition where your eye deteriorates). But I took the Asler grid test and I see the graph fine with no wavy lines. However when I looked at my window with the screen door, things looks wavy and not straight. Should I go to the doctor?
2007-05-31 05:57:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Yes, this is normal. Your brain knows that there is a small grid of lines in the screen, but your eye/brain "sees" both the small grid of lines and also all the black of the screen. This only happens when you are far away from the screen. If you move closer the waviness shold stop because you eye/brain can now see individual grid lines on the screen.
People also see this when looking at siding on a house from a certain distance.
2007-05-31 06:29:40 · answer #1 · answered by jalwerdt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reread yr ?????/ as y have stated /the one with no screen is free from wavy/ crooked / when u look / the screen one it is no longer clear /ur eyes have to adjust / for the barriers in the line of vision / i know what i want to say / but dont know how to explain it
2007-05-31 14:05:55 · answer #2 · answered by hotdogsarefree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an optical illusion caused by the lines in the screen.
2007-05-31 13:05:33 · answer #3 · answered by TAT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may want to have your eyes examined ~Some medications affect the eyes ~ better to have a baseline exam ~I would go ~
2007-05-31 13:21:20 · answer #4 · answered by Drinda C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋