I've had floaters (can clearly see them in the sky) since childhood. I've considered laser surgery to get rid of them, but never gotten around to it.
Sometimes it worries me, but the condition is "stable".
Sometimes it worries me, but the condition is "stable".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomen...
They do indeed “float”. If I move my eyes they move with them, then have momentum when I stop moving my eyes. They’re way more visible against static, bright backgrounds (like blue sky) but I can see them in indoor lighting, too.
I’ve had them since I was very young. The white flashes you’re referring to I’ve only noticed recently, and are very different things. They do require a bright blue sky for me to see them.
They do look a whole lot like things we saw in biology class under microscope.
In response to top of thread, retinal detachment does usually start with new floaters.
My first floater came with an unusually timed cluster headache ( like a migraine but usually with predictable timing ) so I had accompanying visual auras. Because I didn’t recognize it as a cluster I described it to the on call eye doc as new floaters and sparkles. That got me an emergency trip to optical ER and a slightly disappointed surgeon.
I thought I had them when I was young, but I learned they were just a form of phosphenes.