Microscopic views?
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Muscae volitantes corpus vitreum.ormyodesopsia.
It’s either something you're born with—genetics, really—or just a sign that your eyes are starting to show their age.
In plain English, they're called floaters.
The simple explanation? They're basically little bits of debris trapped inside the vitreous humor—which, since it's a closed chamber, doesn't have much room to move around.
Because light travels from the lens through that vitreous fluid to hit your retina,
you end up seeing these tiny particles. Ideally, the vitreous should be perfectly clear, without any junk floating in it,
so the reflected image would stay sharp and free of these "musics."
In the States, there are plenty of ophthalmologists who can perform surgery if they actually start bothering you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater
I personally have a prescription of -0.5, but I don't bother wearing glasses.
Sure, they might sharpen my vision, but they also make those "musics" stand out more.
Without them, everything stays slightly out of focus, which honestly makes them less annoying.
It’s either something you're born with—genetics, really—or just a sign that your eyes are starting to show their age.
In plain English, they're called floaters.
The simple explanation? They're basically little bits of debris trapped inside the vitreous humor—which, since it's a closed chamber, doesn't have much room to move around.
Because light travels from the lens through that vitreous fluid to hit your retina,
you end up seeing these tiny particles. Ideally, the vitreous should be perfectly clear, without any junk floating in it,
so the reflected image would stay sharp and free of these "musics."
In the States, there are plenty of ophthalmologists who can perform surgery if they actually start bothering you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater
I personally have a prescription of -0.5, but I don't bother wearing glasses.
Sure, they might sharpen my vision, but they also make those "musics" stand out more.
Without them, everything stays slightly out of focus, which honestly makes them less annoying.