Seeing spots or
floaters in your eyes for the first time can be disconcerting and even a little
alarming.
Though most of
the floaters are normal, some can be a sign of underlying problems that youshould address with your eye doctor.
Eye floaters appear as
little irregularities that drift slowly across your field of vision. Floaters
often look like:
·
Little darkish spots or specks,
·
Threads or strings, or
·
Fragments of cobwebs
Floaters in the eye aren’t
optical illusions. They’re little bits of debris floating around in your
vitreous: the jelly-like filling of your eyeball that helps keep its shape.
Sometimes, as these floaters move around, they cast shadows on your retina.
This is what you see.
Most of the time,
age-related changes in your vitreous are the cause of eye floaters. As your
eyes get older, the vitreous jelly deteriorates: it becomes more liquid, starts
to sag and pull away from the inside of your eyeball.
Floaters can also
occur when the vitreous detaches from the surface of your retina. The
stimulation of the retina during this process will often cause flashes in the
eye.
Eye floaters and
flashes in the eye are an urgent matter for your eye doctor, especially if they
appear suddenly. They often signal retinal detachments, which could cause
blindness.
You should always
mention any vision changes or eye problems, whether floaters or something else,
to your eye doctor during your regular exams. Floaters are occasionally only
visible during eye exams, especially if they are close to your retina.
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