What are eye floaters?
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Floaters are caused by the break-down of the gel (vitreous) in the back of the eye.  They are usually very normal and occur more with age.  However, if you have experienced a sudden increase in them (or just started seeing them) or see associated flashes of light, you should see an eye doctor ASAP (optometrist or ophthalmologist - either is fine) to rule out a retinal or vitreous detachment.
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Most of the time, those are brief after-images; it's a reflection of the processing of images by the retina.\n\nOn occasion, it can reflect retinal pathology--retinal detachment, occlusion of a blood vessel, etc--and it can be the prodrome of a migraine.\n\nIf it only occurs briefly and with closed eyes, it is generally nothing; the disease states usually will cause the little dots whether your eyes are open or closed.
617508
I don't really know what a bloodblister is so if you think it might be an infection you should really go and see an optometrist, not a doctor because they don't have the equipment to check out your eyes properly. I alsp wear contact lenses and I suffer from dry eyes and sometimes I get little spots (they look like little pimples) on my bottom eyelid among my lashes or on the inside corner of my eye due to blocked tear ducts. I stop wearing my lenses and get drops but also try to clean out the ducts using hot water and a cotton bud and try to squeeze out the mucous like stuff. It really isn't pretty but it works.
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Floaters are basically a break-down of the vitreous (gel) in your eye that happens with age.  There is usually nothing pathological about them and there is no remedy.  There is one surgical procedure called vitrectomy that removes the gel, but the risks of the surgery far outweigh the inconvenience of a few little floaters.  If you are concerned that you have a retinal problem, absolutely get a second opinion, otherwise another doctor will tell you the exact same thing.
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I get that sometimes too. I have hypoglycemia. I also take a medicine for depresseion called Welbutrin which I have taken for 4 years now. Also I have reached the ripe age of 41!  I think all these things combined is what causes my spots, blurryness and shadows. I was told by my eye doc that the floating spots that move are age spots that most people get with age (over 40). They are protien fillers that build up. The sugar imbalance cause the color spots. Eating more protien in my diet and less fats/carbs helps me.
1117178
It sounds like a pterigium or a pingueculum but without a visual, it is impossible to diagnose. See your local Ophthalmologist.
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I am not sure what you mean. Do you mean eyeshine: animal eyes seeming to glow in the dark looking at you? \nCheck out the links to see the explanation for that.
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I'm not 100% sure, the wording is a little ambiguous.Maybe this will help.\n\nhttp://www.eye-floaters.com/images/eyeanat.gif
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It is not a stye, a stye is a swollen gland at the root of eye lash , so it is on the eye lid. If you have a bump on the eye ball . where is ? is it on black portion (cornea) or white(sclera). The bump on the sclera close to cornea is mostly an inoccuous lesion called "Pingueculum" which is a mild degeneration of conjunctiva, surface layer of sclera. It is not a thing to worry about unless it becomes when it can grow onto cornea then it is called "Pterygium" which needs surgery occassionally.
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I see them too in the dark.. and I have 20/20 vision so I don't think there is anything wrong with you unless it becomes prominate.\n\n\nAsk your family doctor it couldn't hurt. \n\nI always thought it was for this reason...... your eyes are made up of rods and cones that pick up light and color\n\nI see this as being similar to pixles on a tv\n\nour eyes have pixles so to say, and in the dark for our eyes to create the image, you get light and dark pixilation... just my opinion...\n\nwhen it's really dark I see static, not just black..... I know exactly what your talking about\n\n\nyour the first person who has ever said this
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Henry is correct, they are called floaters.  Some people have them all them time, others have them only when they cough or sneeze, some people never experience them.  I would have your eyes checked to be safe, make sure that is a natural occurrance and not something else going on.
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Conventional medical wisdom attributes Floaters to the amount of fat in your poop. While this IS true for certain diseases (cystic fibrosis, celiac disease, biliary atresia, abetalipoprotenimia and a few other weird sounding illnesses), it is NOT true for your run-of-the-mill healthy person. \n\nVegetarians would have you believe that the "perfect" stool (that is, one uncontaminated by the consumption of animal parts) is the Floater. Many vegetarians have spent their entire lives in the quest to produce perfection -- when in fact no particular diet can reliably produce Floaters. The vast majority of us bring forth Sinkers. \n\nSinkers really need a good P.R. person -- they have gotten a bad rap over the ages. Sure, Floaters are cute and all, but a good solid Sinker will never let you down. \n\n\nBACK TO WHAT MAKES POOP FLOAT... \n\nActually, it is gas that does it. Increased levels of air and gas in the poop make it less dense, and cause it to float. Simple as that. Dietary changes can lead to an increase in the amount of gas produced by the bacteria that live in the gut, which is probably what the vegetarians are basing their whole "perfect stool" theory on. I don't know -- the whole time I was vegan I never consistently produced Floaters. \n\nThen, after a couple of years, I grew disenchanted and yearned for a hamburger. And that was the end of Poonurse the Vegetarian. \n\n\nWHY DOES IT MATTER? \n\nIf you have diarrheal-esque Floaters for more than two weeks, you may have a malabsorption problem -- a dysfunction of the GI tract that affects the body's ability to digest and absorb fat. Acute gastrointestinal infections can also result in increased gas content in the intestines, due to rapid movement of stool through the GI tract. \n\n\nSO WHAT? \n\nSo it can be assumed that Floaters are NOT the most desirable of all stools. Sinkers are by far more common. Don't spend your life chowing down on tofu just because you think you are being cheated out of a Floater. Neither tofu burgers nor Floaters are worth the trouble. Sinkers are our destiny.
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It's an expression - having stars in your eyes means that you are looking onward and upwards to bigger and better things to an extent that you are not involved with what is around you - i.e. you are looking at the stars and can't see anything else.\n\nUnless you mean sty in your eye, in which case it's a kind of spot (or zit if you happen to be an American) on the inner rim of your eyelid.
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I have floaters. It has something to do with your retina. Should you start noticing many more just out of the blue, blurring vision, peripheral vision fading or blasts of bright light in your vision then you should get to a doctor quick b/c that could mean that your retina is detaching. Look it up in the search engine for more info.
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I believe the actual terminology for this is called "persistance of vision"\n\nIn loose terms, it's very much like when you stare at the black dot on the green apple for 15 seconds, then close your eyes, then with your eyes closed you see a white spot and a red apple.\n\nsee : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_of_vision
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they are called floaters and most of us get them but usually as we get older, you can ask a doctor about it, but really there isnt much that anyone can do about it.
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Questions like this make it hard for Dr to really discover just what a patient means.\n  Is the black spot in your vision? Is the black spot in the colored part of your eye? Is the black spot in the white part of your eye?\n  Depending on what you are trying to say depends on what the answer is.\n  Black spot in your vision is a floater.  Natural debris floating around in the back of your eye.  Might require medical examination to determine if care is needed.\n  Black spot in the colored part of eye could be a freckle but also needs to be seen to determine course of action if any.\n  Black spot in the white part of your eye could be a blood speck but again,need to see a Dr.\n  Want more specific answers,make your question more specific.\n  When did you notice it?  Is it in your vision or on your eye and if on your eye,where on your eye?  Have you had injury to eye or head?  Are you diabetic?