Gas bubble

[Lojo1]

Is it possible to displace or knock out a gas bubble? I had a vitrectomy 3 days ago, just drying my hair and knocked eye - not a hard knock - under lower lashes.  Highly myopic so not sure if I've seen the bubble in my eye at all, let alone now. What does it look like? State of panic.

[JohnHaganMD]

The gas bubble displaces itself and moves depending on the position of your head. It would take a huge blow to the eye and it would have to rupture the globe for the gas to get out of the eye unless there was a suture line leak.  The bubble usually looks like a light or dark circles that moves with the head and obscures vision within the circle.

[Lojo1]

Thanks. What is the ''globe' please? A suture leak sounds major and unavoidable, with or without a knock. Pretty sure that didn't happen, I hope.

[JohnHaganMD]

the gas bubble assumes a globe like shape. Since its in front of the retina it creates a round, circle/oval spot that may be light or dark. As the gas goes away the bubble gets smaller and smaller.