Eye Care Blog

A very common phenomenon of imperfect eye sight is that one, already mentioned, which is known as muscae volitantes, or flying flies. These eye floating specks are usually dark or black, but sometimes appear as white bubbles, and in rare cases may assume all the colors of the rainbow. They move somewhat rapidly, usually in curving lines, before the eyes, and always appear to be just beyond the point of fixation. If one tries to look at them directly, they seem to move a little farther away. Hence their name. Read the rest of this entry »

In another case that came to my attention, a man returning from Europe was looking at some white clouds one day when eye floating specks appeared before his eyes. He consulted the ship’s doctor, who told him that the symptom was very serious and might be the forerunner of blindness. It might also indicate incipient insanity, as well as other nervous or organic diseases. He was advised to consult his family physician and an eye specialist as soon as he landed, which he did. Read the rest of this entry »