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Sometimes when I blink, I see a dark outline of my veins.
Sometimes when I blink, I see my veins sort of outlined on my eye. This is especially noticeable when I have a headache, especially sinus based. Is this something that should greatly worry me?
Seeing the blood vessels in one's eye is normal and called an entopic phenomena. Read about it on wikipedia. Seeing the veins is called seeing the Purkinje Tree
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Many thanks, that puts my mind at a bit of ease
Happy to help.
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