do u sometimes see squiggly lines in your eye & wen u try to follow them they move...?

Question

i do....mm its weird, does anyone know what im on about?

haha its fun ...keeps me busy anyway lol

Answer 1

Yes, I do. I have had them checked but there is nothing you can do to remove it. I have a lot of them and it could be pretty annoying at times...but also funny...like you...i try to follow them. hahha

Answer 2

They are floaters: A blurry spot that seems to drift in front of the eyes but does not block vision. The blur is the result of debris from the vitreous of the eye casting a shadow on the retina. The spot is the image formed by a deposit of protein drifting about in the vitreous, the clear jelly-like substance that fills the middle of the eye.

Floaters are often described by patients as spots, strands, or little flies.

Floaters are usually benign (not serious). They can, however, occasionally result from a separation of the vitreous gel from the retina. This condition is called a posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). Although a PVD occurs commonly, there are no retinal tears associated with the condition most of the time.

No treatments are available for floaters although they tend to become less annoying over time. Remember also that floaters are usually not associated with serious eye problems.

Permanent or recurring white or black spots in the same area of your field of vision may, however, be an early warning sign of cataracts or another serious eye problem. If you experience a shadow or curtain that affects any part of your vision, this can indicate that a retinal tear has occurred and has progressed to a detached retina. In this situation, you should immediately consult an ophthalmologist since time is of the essence.

Answer 3

Those are commonly called floaters. Usually what you're seeing is particles of things in your tears (like dead cells) or bits of a gel-like substance that your eye produces to protect it (sometimes this stuff clumps up a little and looks like floaters). These can show up at any random time, but they're more likely to when you're crying, your eye is irritated, or you stare at something bright for a while. If you think it's entertaining to see those, here's another really weird thing that can happen: sometimes if you look at the sky (not the sun) on a bright day, you can actually see the blood cells moving around in your eye; this looks similar to "snowy" TV screens (if you don't know what I mean, it's what it looks like when the cable is messed up or you go to a channel you don't have).

Answer 4

They are called floaters, as others have already noted. Parts of dead cells floating in your eye, or on the cornea. Quite normal. The best way to see them, is through a lens at a bright. white background. A common way to see them is by lying on your back looking at the sky.
A very amusing way is to look through a drop of water lying on a lens (eg, spectacles) towards a bright light some distance away (eg, at night, looking at a streetlight). By moving the lens nearer or closer, you can see two or more layers of magnified floaters (You are looking at a reflection of your eyeball). I discovered this one rainy night, when waiting for a friend.

Answer 5

The clear floaters are protein and the red ones are bood
vessel fragments left over from the original formation of the
eye.

Answer 6

They are called floaters. They are debris floating around in the liquid of your eye. I am glad you learned to love them because they do not go away.

Answer 7

I love them!

As everyone's stated before me...they're called floaters

Answer 8

You maybe referring to 'floaters'. These are dead cells floating on the surface of your eye. Completely harmless.

Answer 9

They're floaters - completely normal and most people have them!

Answer 10

They are called floaters