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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 11:19    Post subject: Floaters
Anyone... Experienced these?

http://www.uic.edu/com/eye/LearningAboutVision/EyeFacts/Floaters.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floaters

Ahaha, sneezed and suddenly saw these things moving, and though I was going mad for a second. Anyone seen these?
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 11:26    Post subject:
Yup, I get them all the time .. especially when I sneeze heavily, or even shout. Pretty funky vision effect Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 11:28    Post subject:
I also have them almost constantly, but they don't bother me anymore, i'm just used to them now Razz


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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 11:36    Post subject:
Pff haha, thought I was going insane or something. Never heard about them before, and no one mentioned seeing these things before. Smile
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 11:38    Post subject:
yup common as muck, i used to sit happily trying to follow them about as they skitted across my eyeballs lol.
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 11:51    Post subject:
i tend to get them when i get a head-rush, i always thought it was where the analogy "seeing stars" came from.
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 11:53    Post subject:
KaiKo wrote:
i tend to get them when i get a head-rush, i always thought it was where the analogy "seeing stars" came from.


Same here, actually. I'd never bothered to look up the phenomenon and read what it was really about .. I just figured it was natural and happened to everyone. It's pretty though, heh.
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 13:35    Post subject:
I thought this was going to be about something left in a toilet.
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 13:53    Post subject:
were not all dirty northern buggers Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 14:38    Post subject:
Thank jesus, I finally know what those are...
Seriously, thank you Leo I experienced them the first time couple years back (or that was when I noticed them) and up to now I feared my eyesight was going bye bye.
Thanks for the wikipedia article there Smile
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:14    Post subject:
yeah, me too. When I look at the blue sky i see them, also in the snow if I concentrate Wink
But yeah, you really can see them heavily when you sneeze hard. They are really bright for me when I sneeze tho... and they are there for about 5 sec, open and close my eyes sometimes... and they are gone Very Happy


strange thing... I got them when I was about 13, and been there since lol!
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:22    Post subject:
As I understand it those things aren't normally going away?
But in some cases they can be removed?
Why should you have that done? It's not like their harmful and by time you get used to them Very Happy
Plus I only really see them in the morning on white walls and in the blue sky Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:24    Post subject:
mine have always the same shape and i remember seeing them since i was 3 years old.


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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:25    Post subject:
deelix wrote:
yeah, me too. When I look at the blue sky i see them, also in the snow if I concentrate Wink
But yeah, you really can see them heavily when you sneeze hard. They are really bright for me when I sneeze tho... and they are there for about 5 sec, open and close my eyes sometimes... and they are gone Very Happy


strange thing... I got them when I was about 13, and been there since lol!


That's a diff thing. That's related to high blood pressure:D

you get up too fast. you see them. you have a hot bath and you get up. you'll see them. Razz


floaters are different.


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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:31    Post subject:
WaldoJ wrote:
deelix wrote:
yeah, me too. When I look at the blue sky i see them, also in the snow if I concentrate Wink
But yeah, you really can see them heavily when you sneeze hard. They are really bright for me when I sneeze tho... and they are there for about 5 sec, open and close my eyes sometimes... and they are gone Very Happy


strange thing... I got them when I was about 13, and been there since lol!


That's a diff thing. That's related to high blood pressure:D

you get up too fast. you see them. you have a hot bath and you get up. you'll see them. Razz


floaters are different.
No they are not Razz

I got them all the time when the sky is blue

wikipedia wrote:
Floaters are particularly noticeable when looking at a blank surface or an open monochromatic space, such as blue sky.


It also fits perfectly to the description of the first link, most people experience them as teens and in their 20s. And my blood pressure is fine^^ like who the hell have problem with that when they are 13. Doesn't see shit when I stand up fast btw.
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:33    Post subject:
Hm. Gotta get my eyes checked out by a doc anyway (something everybody should do every couple of years)
Now I just have to find out what those things are called in German Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:38    Post subject:
Reklis wrote:
Hm. Gotta get my eyes checked out by a doc anyway (something everybody should do every couple of years)
Now I just have to find out what those things are called in German Very Happy
checked mine when I first noticed those floaters, and they where perfectly fine Very Happy Had them for 7 years, and if the article are right I guess they will be gone by we are 30+ Very Happy

edit: Those I have when I sneeze are different from those I see in the sky^^
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:45    Post subject:
they to me are like dust particles or clear cells, is the only way i can describe them, that just bob along the fluid on ur eye lol.
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:49    Post subject:
moosenoodles wrote:
they to me are like dust particles or clear cells, is the only way i can describe them, that just bob along the fluid on ur eye lol.
sounds exactly like mine. Someone with skills should make a good illustration vid of his/her. They come in various sizes and stuff tho, so its hard to tell whats common :/
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:50    Post subject:
Just tried looking at a white wall Very Happy
I noticed exactly two of those dots and a small squiggly line wandering around my fov so I don't care too much.
Gonna tell my doc about when I see him the next time. Whenever I find time to go...
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:56    Post subject:
bah im talking about these lil balls of glowy light that are like all over the eye. it happens when you have a headrush. climbing 10 sets of stairs in one go and then looking up they'll pop up.

your guyses aren't floaters


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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 15:56    Post subject:
Reklis wrote:
Just tried looking at a white wall Very Happy
I noticed exactly two of those dots and a small squiggly line wandering around my fov so I don't care too much.
Gonna tell my doc about when I see him the next time. Whenever I find time to go...
You never notice them if there is some contrast tho, so they doesn't bother me much. Some people are bothered more than others, but threating floaters is not recommenced... there can be complications that can ruin your sight for good. So live with them Very Happy

Asked my grandmother about it and she said she had them when she was 20, but they are gone now. She is 69 tho Laughing Anyway, sounds like its very different from people to people.
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 16:10    Post subject:
I have them almost all the time. If i look at a pure white wall in a well lit room. Also, 90% of the time i look up at the sky. It freaked me out at first as well, but looked it up a long time ago. It's crazy sometimes they seem so close it's like you could almost reach out and grab them.

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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 16:36    Post subject:
but seeing those similar things (just smaller and brighter) while i sneeze iv just had for a year or so. I have a feeling others also see them as very bright too... unless people sneeze while they look at a bright wall or up in the sky witch I doubt^^
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 16:49    Post subject:
Nah, I get some small floaters when looking toward anything, not just white surfaces or the sky. Razz They are like "dancing" in-place or something. Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 16:58    Post subject:
iNatan wrote:
Nah, I get some small floaters when looking toward anything, not just white surfaces or the sky. Razz They are like "dancing" in-place or something. Laughing
yeah, I can notice them other places too, but they are not as annoying (for me at least)

Anyway, sounds just like the big round shade that most people got one one of their eyes; very common Razz That thing is also kinda annoying if you think about it.

NEI wrote:
Floaters are little "cobwebs" or specks that float about in your field of vision. They are small, dark, shadowy shapes that can look like spots, thread-like strands, or squiggly lines. They move as your eyes move and seem to dart away when you try to look at them directly. They do not follow your eye movements precisely, and usually drift when your eyes stop moving.

Most people have floaters and learn to ignore them; they are usually not noticed until they become numerous or more prominent. Floaters can become apparent when looking at something bright, such as white paper or a blue sky.


Source: http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/floaters/index.asp

imo, this place gave the best info, and answers Wink
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 17:41    Post subject:
iNatan wrote:
Nah, I get some small floaters when looking toward anything, not just white surfaces or the sky. Razz They are like "dancing" in-place or something. Laughing


Wow I get those too, usually when I look at sky. I never wondered what those were, but never really got upset about them. That was kind of a funky thing, and I went along with it Laughing


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PostPosted: Thu, 7th May 2009 19:44    Post subject:
iNatan wrote:
Nah, I get some small floaters when looking toward anything, not just white surfaces or the sky. Razz They are like "dancing" in-place or something. Laughing


Exactly, actually, they have some kind of ragdoll-ish movement pattern Razz


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