I keep seeing little sparkles fall..?

Question

Its been happening so much recently, its just like. out of the corner of my eye i can see something sparkling white and it falls for literally 2 seconds and when i look at it its gone. Anyone have any ideas?

Its been happening more than 3 times a day. And its been going on for years now.

Answer 1

No Worries...

It's merely Tinkerbell the Fairy, farting.

Answer 2

Get to a doctor.  It could be something like retinal detachment, and you could eventually lost your sight.

http://www.agingeye.net/visionbasics/fla...

Answer 3

Yes i have that happen often. It usually comes if I have been staring at the computer too long, I am tired and getting a really bad head ache.

If you keep getting these I would see a doctor.

Answer 4

See your optometrist, and he will direct you as needed. May need to see a medical doctor.

Answer 5

Could be floaters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floaters

Could be many natural things. Why ask on R&S? See an optometrist.

Answer 6

Classic migraine symptom

Answer 7

well if it isn't an optical migrane then I think you are having a spiritual experience... I have experienced that as well in an icu unit where someone was pretty much dead after a car accident...they had a fan on him and I saw all these sparkles begin to come out of the fan and go all around him... i blinked my eyes and everything and i really saw it happen...he didn't end up dead like they said he would , he wasnt completely healed either but I do know there were hundreds of people praying for him ... I think it was spiritual in a big way...so count your blessings it is a good thing, maybe people are praying for you too.

Answer 8

Migraine

Answer 9

See a doctor quick.

Your retina could be detaching

Answer 10

On the religious/spiritual aspect, it could be fairies.

Friends have told me that all magical / other worldly apparitions cannot be seen by humans even though they may function right before our eyes.  This is apparently because they move too fast for us to see.

The sparkles you are seeing could be energy, generated from other wordly activity.  Perhaps they disappear when you turn because you change your line of sight.

Anyway, I just thought "fairies" because that's what I associated with sparkles in the sky.  I'm not sure if you could be something else unknown to us.

Answer 11

They're called "floaters"  You should have an eye exam.

Answer 12

Yes, I get them too sometimes.

Its caused by pressure on the optical center of the brain. If you get them regularly you REALY should see a doctor.

Mine are caused by migraines.