I can see the shadow of my retina vaso

[Yuans]

When I wake up in the morning and open my eye.i can see the shadow of the vaso of my retina.like when i get a fundoscopy but not so apparent.it last for less than three seconds once i close and open my eyes and don't appear several minutes later.i also have floaters and flash and visual snow.it has make me can't sleep well.who can tell me what's wrong with my eyes and thank you very much!

[mardyart]

I enjoy looking at these shadows. I use a bright light, much like a security light you might have in the yard. I don't look directly at the lamp but slightly offset and then if I sway from side to side they become visible. I have been able to focus on them to such a degree that I can also see (sounds stupid I know) the blind spot. At first it appeared as a dot but the more I was able to focus, i realised the light was reflecting or refracting in such a way that it It appears as (if you'll bare with me) a 3D cone in the center of my vision. The whole image appears as a negative or x-ray. I've never seeked medical advice and it has never affected my vision. Just thought I'd share, this with you. Thanks for your time.

[kjelltp]

I can partly see the retina vascula vessles when I look through a small hole.....If I wake up in the middle of the night I have really bad visual snow too..almost like ant wars on TV (no signal on old CRTs).    

[derwankel]

Yuans, I am a high myope with the same problem - one eye only, first thing in the morning I see it when I get out of bed and the "shadow" is kind of yellow...  It started about three monsth ago.

I work at Johns Hopkins Hospital and have an annual retina checkup yearly.  Had one today in fact and mentioned it to my retina doc.  She said that a small percentage of people have this phenomenon but she did not say it is necessarily indicative of anything bad.  I got a clean bill of health.  Just to be safe, you might want to have a doc dilate your eyes and check...

[Yuans]

Doctor I can see such thing when I am running.Or the moment I jump up,it disappears very quickly. but every time I jump I can see it,a very big weblike shadow.

[Yuans]

Doctor I can see such thing when I am running.Or the moment I jump up,it disappears very quickly. but every time I jump I can see it,a very big weblike shadow.

[Yuans]

Thank you very much for your reply.
  I mean the outline of the vessel of retina.its shape like the cobweb,i don't know how to say.it disappears quickly when i open my eyes,like the shadow of a lamp merge when you move your eyes from  a lamp. I am very afraid of detachment of the retina.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

Do you mean shadows of your vessels?  This is normal.

Dr. O.