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Vitreous air bubble

An air bubble in the eye's vitreous appears black to the viewer.
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177275 tn?1511755244
Never had VEGF inhibitor injected into my eye. Most patients describe black does if they see dots at all.

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Excuse, convex.
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Air bubble was due to anti-vegf injection.
If a concave set of surfaces that is of greater refractive material ... that object will tend to condense the light,
The air bubble inside the vitreous is of lesse refractive ability,
Therefor this object will disperse the kight.
I.E., goes black.
P.S.
Been there, done that!
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177275 tn?1511755244
No.  Air will only be in the vitreous due to injury or surgery. it may be too small to be seen, it will look like an air bubble to a trained Eye MD looking in with an indirect ophthalmoscope, if large enough and using a pen light it may look like an air bubble. It also makes a difference whether the person has his own lens, whether its cataractous or whether a person has an intra ocular lens.
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