If you've ever noticed small
transparent "cell-like" objects floating within your eye sight, you are not just seeing things and you don't have
special powers. You are seeing loose
red blood cells floating on the liquid lining of your
eyeball. They are either single cells or
clusters, and hopefully small ones. If you are actually seeing red, this is a problem and you should see a
doctor. I'm pretty sure this is
factual
It turns out there is an even more common cause of this and it comes from some
specialmatized scientographers.
from http://www.eyefloaters.com
The most common cause of these
floating specks in the vision is
thickening and
shrinkage of the
vitreous, frequently starting in
middle age. The vitreous gel can pull away from the
inner wall of the eye, causing a
vitreous detachment. When this happens, the material that was formerly against the wall of the eye, comes into the center of the eye, forming
clumps or
strands seen by the patient as floaters.
Vitreous detachment and floaters are more common in people who are nearsighted, have had
eye surgery, or had
inflammation inside the eye.
Floaters can also be caused by blood or inflammatory cells.
Patients are almost always told by eye doctors to live with their floaters. But in many
cases this is impossible because the floaters affect their daily activities such as driving and reading.
Awareness of the
floater is greatly increased any time the
pupil is made small, such as when looking at a
white wall, or looking at the
sky.