What You Need to Know about Eye Floaters?
Eye floaters are deposits or dark specks which floats in vitreous humour (which is the transparent liquid of the eyeball) and present in the field of vision. The eye floaters move when you move your eyes and that is why when you try to look the eye floaters, they move quickly out of your field vision and you may not be able to see them. Generally in most of the cases the eye floaters settle down at the bottom after some time in the transparent liquid of vitreous humour away fro visual field. The eye floaters become more prominent when you look at a plain bright background such as sky or white wall. Eye floaters are usually a nuisance, although in rare instances there may be numerous eye floaters which may interfere with clear vision. Many sufferers of eye floaters ignore them as they do not cause significant problem.
Eye floaters generally occur due to age related changes in vitreous humour. The risk factors include older age (more than 50 years of age), trauma in the eye, myopia or nearsightedness, diabetic retinopathy, cataract surgerycomplication etc. As we age, the vitreous humour changes in consistency and partially liquefies. This process may result in shrinkage of vitreous humour and may separate from the eyeball.
If eye floater(s) are giving trouble to you should see your ophthalmic surgeon for treatment of eye floaters. An eye surgeon will diagnose the problem clearly after proper examination of your eyes and advise treatment.
What treatment options are available for eye floaters?
Most of the eye floaters do not need any treatment, as they do not cause any significant health problem or do not cause any disturbance in vision. But when eye floaters cause any disturbance in vision it should be treated appropriately. Surgical option includes Eye Floaters Removal along with entire vitreous humour removal (known as vitrectomy) and replacement of vitreous humour with saltwater solution. But this procedure may not be able to remove all eye floaters and may also increase the risk of cataract. Another option is laser vitreolysis.
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