I have had floaters in my eyes for many years but this is different.
The clearest place to notice this is by looking at a bright but cloudy sky.
I can see the usual floaters which move around when I move my eyes. But I can also see tiny bright white specks that move around on their own even if I keep my eyes still. There are loads of them and they seem to dance about like daphnia in a pond.
Is it possible to be seeing live lyme spiros moving about in my eyes or is it something else?
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Spirochetes are far too tiny to be able to see in the eye but, yes, I've wondered this, too. I also have what you describe. I found the explanation for that and hope I saved it someone in my file.
I'll be back with some links later.
the meantime, floaters can take various forms, size and action. But those little curly cues on speed do have a logical explanation. Antioxidants can help, as I recall. -
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
What I see and have described here before as "squiggly things" was this phenomenon, and I have had it as long as I can remember. I was so glad to finally have an explanation for it that wasn't illness-related.
I see it mostly on blue sky, or a light background, and it is hundreds of tiny bright objects that appear to swim and squiggle in diffeent directions, head-first. But they are just "white blood cells that move in the capillaries in front of the retina of the eye, near the macula."
You may be experiencing something else of course, but just a thought.
I was told by my Opthalmologist that floaters generally dissipate or fall apart and drift after a while, but I have one in my left eye in the center of my vision that has not moved or changed in about 5 or 6 years now, since it appeared.
I reckon everyone is different, so maybe yours will go away with time and gradual wearing down of the detritus materials.
Vision: Natural Ways to Maintain Eye Health - By Jim English
Excerpt:
. . . A number of nutrients have been extensively studied for their ability to treat a wide variety of vision-related conditions by preventing the damage caused by free radical activity and by enhancing the delivery of blood and oxygen to the retina to help repair tissues. . . . -
Posted by middlesizedpanda (Member # 20676) on :
Well, you learn something new everyday!
Thank you so much, I was begining to think I had a detached retina.
Panda
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Still, lyme can affect the eyes. Be sure to keep your LLMD informed of changes and, if possible, establish care with a LL eye doctor. The links above offer great ways to help keep the eyes healthy. Antioxidants are important; addressing infection is vital.
The expanding clinical spectrum of ocular lyme borreliosis.
Mikkil� HO, Sepp�l� IJ, Viljanen MK, Peltomaa MP, Karma A.
Department of Ophthalmology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
Excerpt:
. . . CONCLUSIONS: Lyme borreliosis can cause a variety of ocular manifestations, which develop mainly in the late stage of the disease. Photophobia and severe periodic ocular pain can be characteristic symptoms of Lyme borreliosis.
In the differential diagnosis of retinal vasculitis, Lyme borreliosis should be taken into account . . . . -