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I have been seeing a black small dot floating around me on my left side of my body. I also saw what looked like a feather like items floating in front of me by my left eye. I waved it away but it kept reappearing. This happened yesterday after 6 p.m. and it lasted for hours. It bothered me so that I was unable to sleep until day break this morning. I have never experienced anything like this before.
hi.. thanks for writing to us. i have gone through query and understand your concern. you said you were seeing small dots or feather like items floating in front your eyes, from what i understand, you are experiencing something called FLOATERS or FLASHES. These are nothing but tiny flecks of protein or pieces of blood vessels in the vitreous (jelly like fluid) inside your eyes. you may experience them mostly when you look at bright light. In most of the cases, these are bothersome causing discomfort but are not harmful. If they are bothering you frequently try moving your eye balls up and down, side to side so that floaters move away from your filed of vision. however if they suddenly increase with light flashes and if there is any vision loss it can be RETINAL DETACHMENT which might cause complete blindness. In such cases, please consult an ophthalmologist immediately. I Sincerely hope my answer helped. do not hesitate to write back in case of any doubts, thank you.
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What Causes Floating Object In Vision?
hi.. thanks for writing to us. i have gone through query and understand your concern. you said you were seeing small dots or feather like items floating in front your eyes, from what i understand, you are experiencing something called FLOATERS or FLASHES. These are nothing but tiny flecks of protein or pieces of blood vessels in the vitreous (jelly like fluid) inside your eyes. you may experience them mostly when you look at bright light. In most of the cases, these are bothersome causing discomfort but are not harmful. If they are bothering you frequently try moving your eye balls up and down, side to side so that floaters move away from your filed of vision. however if they suddenly increase with light flashes and if there is any vision loss it can be RETINAL DETACHMENT which might cause complete blindness. In such cases, please consult an ophthalmologist immediately. I Sincerely hope my answer helped. do not hesitate to write back in case of any doubts, thank you.