What exactly are floaters made of ?

Question

You know the bits that u can see in the vision sometimes? do they increase and decrease/ come and go, or are they static for good, does health ie vitamins/exercise influence them?

Hi Lacey A, i meant dark floaty bits, but yeah i hear you! i do get those white spots if i get up too fast etc good point...

Answer 1

Floaters are dead cells from the iris and/or retina that are sloughed off and float around in the jelly-like filling of your eyeball (vitreous humor). This is why they gradually change and/or disappear over time. As you age, more of your cells die off so you will see more of them, but they are generally harmless and eventually disintegrate.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The medical name for floaters is "muscae volitantes" that can be seen in many different forms- dots, threads, or cobwebs.

Floaters are a natural part of the eye's aging process. As a person ages the vitreous gel shrinks and may detach from the retina. It can cause a small amount of bleeding which becomes a common cause for floaters in people who are very nearsighted or who have had cataract surgery. However. floaters are not a definite sign of a retinal detachment.

Eye surgery, eye disease, eye injury, or crystal-like deposits that form in the vitreous can also cause floaters.

If you have eye floaters, try to move your eye around. The fluid inside your eye will shift and will allow the floater to move out of the way. Looking up and down is said to be more helpful for moving floaters than looking side to side.

Generally, small floaters noted occasionally are not worrisome and just go (it can come and go). However the amount can increase as well and once large amount of floaters are noted and seem to worsen or if floaters appear with flashes of light or causes some vision loss, MEDICAL ATTENTION should be sought at once.They could mean a serious condition and maybe due to retinal tears, bleeding due to diabetes or high blood pressure, or uveitis.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Dead cells and bits of protein in the vitreous humor. Everyone has floaters but too many can be a sign of a detached retina, blood in the eye. And if the vitreous humor itself becomes detached it you'll see one huge floater. Both are medical emergencies.

No, health as you've defined it doesn't influence the presence of floaters. What does influence their presence is old age. Everything deteriorates as you get older and this includes the vitreous humor.

Answer 6

it's a rip in your retina. There's no cure.. generally in older people. Can be caused by stress though.. or overexursion of the eyes. They may get worse with time but they dont' get better. You'll really notice them looking at a white surface

Answer 7

ok i think i got u covered on this one.......if its little dots where your vision is "blanking" out its usually your blood pressure- itll occur typically after standing or for standing for too long...its a sudden change- rapid increase or reapid decrease in your blood pressure and affects ones sight by expressing little dots of vision "incompletion" and in some cases this is a sign of glacoma-consult your opthamologist to have glacoma screening and when it occurs the best thing to do its stop yourself and rest, let your body reregulate the blood pressure and if this happpens often i wouldnt suggest driving- Good Luck!!!

Answer 8

If you are talking about feces, then it is mostly leafy substances, such as salad.

Answer 9

Dead cells