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Post by Frank on Jul 31, 2004 19:54:43 GMT -5
Meet my biggest floater in my right eye. Real size is bigger then displayed here thou ...  For 98% is see that floater as the first one drawed. But I have seen it in other forms. There was one day at work, I was playing with it. And it changed to all the other forms in about 5 minutes. After that it went to the first shape again. It doesn't happen that often ... I only saw it 2 times ... Is this normal? I find it odd ... |
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Post by Larry on Aug 2, 2004 2:02:09 GMT -5
When I too observe my floaters as they cross my field of vision, they appear to be able to spin only on one axis. That is they rotate as two dimensional objects and don't turn on their sides. It's sort of like they are leaves floating in a thin layer of water between two glass panes. I'm guessing syneresis occurs more like a thin layer of fluidity running parallel across the length of the eyeball. If the gel of the vitreous formed bubble shapes I think our floaters would more likely be spinning as three dimensional objects.
It makes me wonder if pressure applied to the eyeball could force the liquefied areas to work their way to the outer areas of the vitreous. Even if it were possible, the pressure required would probably destroy the eye as a functioning organ.
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Post by Moderator on Aug 4, 2004 7:14:45 GMT -5
My floaters change shapes as they move around, but I'm not sure if it's in the same way as you. They always come back to the original shape.
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Post by Frank on Aug 7, 2004 20:07:56 GMT -5
They always come back to the original shape. Same here  |
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Post by JohnMaton on Sept 14, 2004 3:22:11 GMT -5
I spent a week of my summer holiday at a ski resort in the French Alps at about 1,800m (accommodation) and we hiked up to 2,200m each day. Now I do not know if it was due to the activity or the thin air, but on returning back home (altitude 220m), my floaters had gone. Thinking about it, I had no recollection of them for the last three days or so of the holiday. Well they came back (within about two days), but a short reprieve. Was it the pressure difference? If so, could this help with analysis to a cure? Anyone else ever observe this?  |
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Post by Moderator on Sept 14, 2004 5:04:08 GMT -5
I spent a week of my summer holiday at a ski resort in the French Alps at about 1,800m (accommodation) and we hiked up to 2,200m each day. Now I do not know if it was due to the activity or the thin air, but on returning back home (altitude 220m), my floaters had gone. Thinking about it, I had no recollection of them for the last three days or so of the holiday. Well they came back (within about two days), but a short reprieve. Was it the pressure difference? If so, could this help with analysis to a cure? Anyone else ever observe this? Thats really interesting. I was just wondering though, before you went off, how many floaters did you have and how visible were they? Could you see them indoors? Did you see them all the time outdoors, and they they affect your day to day activities? I'm just wondering how serious your floaters were before they disappeared |
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Post by JohnMaton on Sept 14, 2004 5:22:55 GMT -5
I have one in my left eye that is slap bang in the centre of my vision and gets in the way when I read. I have small bits in my right eye, but tend to be more to the edge, so do not cause a problem. I have had my eyes checked (dozens of different checks) and then was asked to have a MRI scan of my brain (they thought that I may have MS - that put life on hold for a week). The professor that checked my scans and other things discussed my eye problems and diagnosed it as Mouches Voulant and wrote a polite but stern letter to the eye doctor with regards to the miss-diagnosis. I see them outside, inside and with my eyes closed. I now work with my blinds closed and have to read text at an angle.
I am thankful of this web site as I was getting rather depressed with the situation. At least I can get some information on what is apparently an unknown issue - even for some eye doctors!
Some days are worse than others (the intensity of the floaters), but as I say, they went, crystal clear (and I know what to look for), but came back two days after returning.
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Post by Larry on Sept 24, 2004 5:29:41 GMT -5
Hmmmm..... It does make one wonder.
When our eyes are dialated we don't see our floaters, thanks to the fuzzy vision. But what is their about air pressure that could possibly affect the vitreous? Lets see, divers can get the bends (the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood stream) if they assend to quickly from underwater depthes. 2200 meters is about 6600 feet I guess. Thinking about it, I was at 7000+ feet a few weeks ago at the rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and I don't remember having a floater problem. I wasn't paying attention to them, now I wish I did.
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