Weird question, I know. But are those really germs? When I do it it's like the light unfolds on my eyes and I see all these screens of light and there are little germs (of all different shapes and sizes) moving around on them. If I'm gentle with my squinting I can even manipulate the screens and switch between them.
It's pretty weird (and hard to explain), but cool at the same time. What am I actually looking at? Are they germs?
2007-06-07 00:12:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Optical
PS: I've been able to do this since I was little, so I don't think there's anything wrong with my eyes.
2007-06-07 00:15:01 · update #1
They are bits of dust etc. floating around at the back of your eye.
Use Eye drops, while you are lying down, before you got to sleep. It will help eliminate a good many and your eyes will seem better in the mornings.
Opticrom Aqueous is a good drop.
2007-06-07 01:39:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is dust particles only. Germs would have hairs and tails and move around each other. The dust on the other hand will float and move together in bunches and rows. Dust could be round or come in strings like fibers coming off from clothes. They all get dragged by the eyelids. You can remove those dust by splashing water or use eyedrops or by crying. They are harmless, but some synthetic fibers can be irritating.
2007-06-07 00:18:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does not seem to be unusual! Often, suspended dust particles can play tricks like that on your field of vision, when you squint into the light! add to that a li'l bit of imagination and artistic instinct, you have these images dancing for you!
2007-06-07 00:21:01 · answer #3 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called eye floaters and they are tiny clumps of gel or cells inside the vitreous, the clear jelly-like fluid that fills the inside of your eye. They are completely normal to an extent.
2007-06-07 00:32:57 · answer #4 · answered by neverwhere11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋