She may have a vitreous or retinal detachment or tear in one or both eyes. This can cause a bunch of black dot floaters to suddenly break loose and swirl and move up and around in the vitreous fluid inside your eye, impacting your visual field. Moving your eyes or head will kick them up like shaking a snow globe.
I had it happen to me out of the blue and it was like bees and flies were swarming my face. I couldn't help but to bat the air in front of me as a response. Luckily, I am well read and recognized what was happening and got myself to the ophthalmologist immediately.
For many months after, the sudden movement of swirling black 'bees' inside my eyes would trigger the reaction reflex and I then realized that this is what you see when a homeless crazy guy is batting the empty air in front of him. He's not crazy - he's just seeing black dot floaters!
GET HER TO THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST STAT!
She may have a vitreous or retinal detachment or tear in one or both eyes. This can cause a bunch of black dot floaters to suddenly break loose and swirl and move up and around in the vitreous fluid inside your eye, impacting your visual field. Moving your eyes or head will kick them up like shaking a snow globe.
I had it happen to me out of the blue and it was like bees and flies were swarming my face. I couldn't help but to bat the air in front of me as a response. Luckily, I am well read and recognized what was happening and got myself to the ophthalmologist immediately.
For many months after, the sudden movement of swirling black 'bees' inside my eyes would trigger the reaction reflex and I then realized that this is what you see when a homeless crazy guy is batting the empty air in front of him. He's not crazy - he's just seeing black dot floaters!