Have you ever........

[mankie]

.....seen those little things flying around you off to one side, but then when you move your eyes to look directly at them they disappear. Then when you close your eyes they turn into tiny neon lights.
 
 
 Just what the fuck are they? I had one last night that would NOT go away, the little bastard.

[ratioci nation]

yeah I get those all the time
 
 I like to think it is the result of a giant brain tumor

[mankie]

I get them quite a bit too....just assumed it was a stroke.
 
 The one last night was just pissing me off more than the others usually do.

[MaLo]

Originally posted by mankie:
  .....seen those little things flying around you off to one side, but then when you move your eyes to look directly at them they disappear. Then when you close your eyes they turn into tiny neon lights.
 
 
 Just what the fuck are they? I had one last night that would NOT go away, the little bastard.

floaters...the result of fluid in front of your retina...if they get out of hand, they can be a symptom of a retinal detachment
 
  http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw187866.asp?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348}

[markie]

Ahh Flying flies.....
 
 The correct medical term is Latin, Muscae Volitantes. It means flying flies. Do not focus on them or they will drive you quite insane.

[markie]

Originally posted by MaLo:
 

Originally posted by mankie:
 [qb]they can be a symptom of a retinal detachment
 
  [/b]

As everyone has them, they are not a sign or retinal detachment. Well not unless you get a lot of new ones appearing.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I heard they were due to not enough sex.
 
 Never had them myself.

[MaLo]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
   

Originally posted by MaLo:
 

Originally posted by mankie:
 [qb]they can be a symptom of a retinal detachment
 
  [/b]

As everyone has them, they are not a sign or retinal detachment. Well not unless you get a lot of new ones appearing. [/b]

Yup!  I did mention that if they get out of hand they can be a symptom.  
 
 My dad has had two retinal detachments, one when i was born, and then another like 15 years ago.  So many dinner time conversations growing up focused around retinas and floaters and flashs.

[markie]

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
 
 
 Never had them myself.

Oh you have them. You probably just have not concentrated on anything, ever. Stare at a white sheet and if you look hard you will see little grey flecks, try moving your eye to see them  and they move with your eye. Because they are in your eye.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
  I heard they were due to not enough gay sex.
 
 Never had them myself.

You might be on to something.

[markie]

Originally posted by MaLo:
  Yup!  

Sorry 'bout that. I just didnt want Mankie worrying his pretty little head.
 
 So I understand the floater part, explain the flashes?

[MaLo]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
   

Originally posted by MaLo:
  Yup!  

Sorry 'bout that. I just didnt want Mankie worrying his pretty little head.
 
 So I understand the floater part, explain the flashes? [/b]

from webMD:
 Flashes of light or sparks when you move your eyes or head. These are easier to see against a dark background. The brief flashes occur when the vitreous gel tugs on the retina (vitreous traction). Vitreous traction may tear the retina, leading to a retinal detachment.
 
 I have like 800 pamphlets on this at home, my eye doctor keeps mailing them to me.

[chaz]

I always called it 'seeing stars'.

[mankie]

Originally posted by chaz:
  I always called it 'seeing stars'.

Seeing stars is different though isn't it? You do actually see stars when you get walloped on the mellon, it's happened to me on numerous occasions.

[Bags]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
 

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
 [qb]
 
 at a white sheet and if you look hard you will see little grey flecks, try moving your eye to see them  and they move with your eye. Because they are in your eye. [/b]

I think what you just described is different -- I have those, but they're constant -- they move with your eye because they are tiny scratches *on* your eye.  They're always there, I just notice them once in a while (usually when looking at a white wall, etc., but if I want to, I can see them right now even in front of the computer screen).  You don't see the scratches when you close your eyes.
 
 I've heard of floaters, but haven't experienced them.  Has something to do with gunk in the fluid in your eye...