Sparkling, Not Blue Field Entoptic Phenomenon?

[cabinman]

I have been getting a progressively worse sparkling in my eyes for the last 2 months. I've been to neuro's and a neuro-opthamologist and it is not a migraine. I have floaters in both eyes, and this is definitely a separate issue from the floaters. I can look & keep my eye stable and see my floaters falling, but this sparkling zips and pops in all areas of my vision and moves up, sideways, etc...

I do not get the sparkling in my eyes when it's dark (not visual snow) but I do get it in bright backgrounds. If I open my eyes and look at a white, tan, or even a cloudy/rainy sky I see the sparkling, at any time. The sparkles pop & move a little bit and the longer I stare, the worse and more apparent it comes. It happens in both eyes.

Is there anything else this could be other than BFEP? I have read that BFEP is really only visible against blue backgrounds due to the wavelength of blue light passing through the capillaries in front of your retina, which is why I am looking to see if it is something else.

Is there anything else this could be? Any neurological issues that could cause this?

[DonW66]

To dukey,

You don't have to "focus on the blue (or whatever) field".


They are adjacent to the retina/photoreceptors.

Don W.

[cncpro]

do you still have it

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[dukey]

This sounds like BFEP too me. It can be seen on many different backgrounds by an exeprienced eye obsessor...like me. I can see it on grey, off-white, yellow etc if I focus hard enough. It appears as sparkles if you are not able to follow the cells movements quickly enough.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Since you have had an extensive work up I would think the thing to do is try and put it out of your mind unless something changes or new develops. Yes it could be an entopic phenomena

JCH MD