Eye disturbance

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Eye disturbance

Asked for Female, 53 Years

Hi. My dad has been complaining about how he sees hair-like objects which he says are present anywhere he looks at and that it starter a week ago. Also, the corners of his iris are white-ish specially in the lower part. It is like a halo around his iris. His cholesterol and glucose levels are normal.

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Dr. Seema Behl Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon 34 yrs exp Mumbai · Accepted Answer

Dr. Seema Behl

Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon 34 yrs exp Mumbai

Hi...the hair like thing may be floaters, which are common especially as u age, hv high numbers, post surgery etc. Good to do one check up to rule out things. The halo thing may be arcus ..harmless ..with age and if u hv diabetes, cholesterol r otherwise too.

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