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About one and a half days ago my right eye started a vitreous sac detachment. Today I had it confirmed from an eye specialist - which is what you are supposed to do if you are experiencing this condition. There is a chance that you could get a retinal tear that could effect your eyesight. My wife had this happen to both of her eyes about five years ago (one eye first and then the other eye). So I was familiar with the symptoms and the fact that the doctors would want to se me. Here is a link that explains this better than I can: Vitreous Detachment, Facts About [NEI Health Information].
Until my wife developed this; I had never heard of it. Which brings me back to this post. Even though the majority of our elderly will develop this condition; I do not think there are many that are aware of it? All of a sudden you can see flashes of light, hundreds of floaters, and shadows or shadowed shapes floating in front of your eye/eyes. Our eyes will eventually accommodate for this change and most of these symptoms will go away. My feeling is that there will be some individuals that might feel that they saw something move and the only explanation was a ghost. Most people will not come to that conclusion - but there is always one.
It probably would have scared me. But since my wife went through it years earlier; I was prepared. I never heard of it before my wife's experience. In that link, that I posted, they claim that it is common condition over 50 and very common over 80.
Yes; I think I would have preferred a ghost! But it is painless - just annoying.
At no time did I mistake any of my medical manifestations for paranormal ones. They are easily distinguishable.
That is what I would presume most of us would do - but not all. Anybody, that is unaware of the changes in our aging bodies, might look for a different explanation. That would be especially true if you were a firm believer in ghost. We are humans and not all the same or are the symptoms of conditions, like mine or yours, all the same. I am just throwing it out there and I am sure that there are some that are not aware of these changes (like we were before my wife had the same problem five years ago).
That is what I would presume most of us would do - but not all. Anybody, that is unaware of the changes in our aging bodies, might look for a different explanation. That would be especially true if you were a firm believer in ghost. We are humans and not all the same or are the symptoms of conditions, like mine or yours, all the same. I am just throwing it out there and I am sure that there are some that are not aware of these changes (like we were before my wife had the same problem five years ago).
I was not disputing the validity of paranormal manifestations. I was just saying that it is easy to tell the difference between the floaters or Auras and the paranormal stuff.
I was not disputing the validity of paranormal manifestations. I was just saying that it is easy to tell the difference between the floaters or Auras and the paranormal stuff.
I am not disputing that for most of us. All I am asking is if these conditions can account for some 'sightings". Like I said before: "Anybody, that is unaware of the changes in our aging bodies, might look for a different explanation." I know that this is just speculation on my part. But, because we are 'humans', not all interpret what we see, hear, feel the same. Not all of us will experience conditions, like we are experiencing, the same - my vitreous sac detachment is slightly different than the two that my wife went through.
Have you ever seen the ghostly image visualized in that Mayo Clinic link on migraine aura? I know that they stated that it can last for hours. Is there any possibility that some might only experience the image for a brief period of time? Is it possible that could account for a small percentage of 'sightings'?
I grasp what you're saying now. I am more informed of what is going on in my body than most as I have a medical education but it I suppose, if it is a first time experience as you state in your example, it might be possible to misinterpret the symptoms.
This is a good article about a condition that some Migraine patients may suffer from: Derealization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Combined with the Aura, it may have a bearing on how they interpret the visual symptoms.
That would be possible? As a matter of fact; I had been to an eye specialist only about a month before this particular problem that I now have. Something, like the vitreous sac detachment, could happen shortly after you left any eye specialist. It is just a part of aging and cannot be predicted.
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But it is painless - just annoying.
