Info about Floaters

For anyone who has never felt this phenomenon, "eye floaters" are odd-shaped objects that appear in our view, sometimes appears when looking at the bright-blue sunny skies. Which views any form of object berbubah change, sometimes intangible point, sometimes stringy shaped and long. This is not the optical illusion, This is probably due to the existence of vitreous out of place initially and then moving the ball around our eyes.

Media such as the vitreous is a clear jelly that fills the inside of the eyeball behind the lens from the eye to the retina, serves to maintain the shape of our eyes. Aka agaragar the eye gel is composed of 99% water and 1% other elements, such as hyaluronic acid and collagen network. Hyaluronic acid serves to maintain the water molecules. Sometimes, this network mengekuarkan hyaluronic acid which is acid "catch" the water molecules. When this happens, will form the core of the aqueous in the vitreous body. Then, part of a network of collagen and hyaluronic acid will be separated from its proper place and floats in the middle of the eye. And when the light pass through this area, it will form a shadow on our retinas. The shadow is what we see when this happens.

Eye floaters can be annoying, but it is not dangerous. Most of the eye floaters caused by changes in the eyes of normal aging.

Here the treatment is mostly done:
Solving the eye floaters with the use of YAG laser has been advocated by some people, but there is no evidence that this is effective. The use of lasers also exposes the significant risks to the vision of the eye that is otherwise a healthy eye. Vitreous itself can also be surgically removed by a procedure called vitrectomy. This involves a few slices into the eye and is reserved for situations where there are large numbers of blood does not disappear or inflammatory debris within the eye. Operation of either should not be performed in patients with common type of eye floaters in conjunction with vitreous syneresis or posterior vitreous detachment.