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Seeing floaters in eyes
I have been seeing a some floaters , like lines and dots in my eyes (both) for a long time. I have consulted an ophthalmologist who told me that there is no particular treatment for this. Since this is causing some kind of irritation while looking at some plane backgrounds and looking at bright surfaces, i would like to know if there is anything i can do to naturally get rid of this or reduce the effect of these floaters. Kindly advise. Thank you in advance.
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Floaters usually do not cause any reduction in vision (visual acuity on snellen chart). They affect u as much as You let them affect your day to day life.
Mild symptoms can be ignored. If u do any exercise that includes standing against the gravity, please avoid for a few weeks. It usually settles down.
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If the problem persists, u need to get a retina periphery examination and a dilated lens examination to rule out any lens opacities.
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If u notice any flashes of light, please visit ophthalmologist as soon as possible
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Floaters are usually nonpathological.please learn to omit them but get your fundus examination done so as to rule out any retinal problem.
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Dr. Karthik Ambur
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
7 yrs exp
Nellore
Floaters can be because if many reasons....
Please mention whether you are myopic?
Floaters are caused mainly due to posterior vitreous detachment which could be partial.
We need to intervene if
Many more eye floaters than usual
Sudden onset of new floatersl
Flashes of light in the same eye as the floaters
Peripheral vision loss
Normally in mild cases we dont need to intervene
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