Floaties in eye?!
Question:
Floaties in eye?
I have had floaties in my eyes for a while now and my doctor said not to worry about them. Sometimes I get nervous because I think that this is a sign of blindness. Is anyone experiencing this same problem and if so has anypne been able to get rid of it by using some product or herb? Please let me know. Thanks!
Answers:
Hello there! I have experienced floaters everytime I look at a plain background or when I look at the sky! Just to clarify that we are speaking of the same thing, check out this link for a picture of what floater will look like!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/image:float...
Many people see floaters and in many cases this can be quite normal!
"Floaters are actually tiny clumps of gel or cells inside the vitreous, the clear jelly-like fluid that fills the inside of your eye.
Floaters may look like specks, strands, webs or other shapes. Actually, what you are seeing are the shadows of floaters cast on the retina, the light-sensitive part of the eye."
Floaters are USUALLY quite normal and can accompany a headache.
If you suddenly see new floaters, or eye floaters accompanied by flashes of light or peripheral vision loss, it could indicate serious conditions such as diabetic retinopathy; vascular abnormalities such as retinal hemorrhages or carotid artery disease, or the beginning of a retinal detachment. The retina can tear if the shrinking vitreous gel pulls away from the wall of the eye. This sometimes causes a small amount of bleeding in the eye that may appear as new floaters. You should see your eye doctor immediately
There are no medications available that are effective in treating most floaters. Patients with floaters due to inflammatory eye diseases may be helped by medicines to treat the inflammation; however, the floaters may remain after the treatment. Although floaters can be bothersome, most people learn to ignore them. A vitrectomy or laser treatment can be done to treat floaters but they would have to be pretty serious to do so!
They can be annoying but best thing to do is ignore them and they go away :) What I do is when I start to see them I do not focus on them... I just focus on the objects I am looking at and then I do not even notice the floaters anymore!
Hope that helps a bit hun :)
