Eye floaters are annoying—here's what it means if you're getting them.

YAG photoablation effective first-line treatment for vitreous opacities Verify that the floaters are stable and ensure that the patient has realistic visual expectations.

Do you ever see squiggly lines, thread-like strands, or small shadowy shapes in your vision only to soon realise you're not looking at lines as they are in your eye? Well, it's actually quite common, ...

PVD is the most common cause of abnormal floaters, but there are other, more sinister, problems they could be signposting. The first is bleeding in the vitreous cavity at the back of the eye which ...

This process, which is irreversible, is known as posterior vitreous detachment. Symptoms include the increase in floaters that you experienced, as well as the arcs of light.

Supplementing with vitamin C and the amino acid proline may make floaters less apparent by helping to rebuild collagen in the vitreous humor. That's why Dr. Abel recommends taking 2,000 mg of each ...

With a slow (‘normal”) PVD, you might get some floaters and/or flashes. These symptoms most of the time slow down over the next few weeks.

Floaters and flashing lights can be symptoms both of a retina tear and a PVD, so these symptoms should be promptly evaluated.

What Are Eye Floaters? In the simplest terms: "Floaters are a general term to refer to the perception of seeing something moving or floating around in one’s field of vision in one or both eyes ...