What are the signs and symptoms of floaters in the eye? I want to check if I’m suffering or have a high risk of contracting floaters in the eye.
Daria,
San Diego, CA
It is best to have your eyes checked regularly by your ophthalmologist. The most likely questions your eye doctor will ask you is if you are seeing “floating objects” in your line of vision when you look at clear or bright objects. Unsure whether those are floaters in the eye you are seeing? Here are some signs and symptoms of floaters in the eye:
1. You keep seeing small, floating objects in your line of sight when you look at bright objects
2. These small floating objects keeps on disappearing and re-appearing
3. You keep seeing these floating objects which is accompanied by a painful migraine
4. You seeing these floating objects which is accompanied by “flashes of light”
If you see flashes of light, it is not always the case that this is a sure sign of floaters in the eye because these flashes of light often go together with a splitting headache. The reason behind these migraines and flashes of light are the spasms of blood vessels in the brain. There are some cases where people with floaters in the eye also experience seeing jagged lines which are often referred to as heat waves which may be or may be not accompanied by headaches.
The good thing about floaters in the eye is they are not dangerous and they are perfectly normal for older people. But be sure to have your eyes checked because floaters in the eye are usually causes of a more serious and complicated sickness. If your floaters in the eye are also a cause of a past eye injury, always have your eyes checked. Furthermore, remember to eat foods which are high in Vitamin C and Zinc content because they are said to prevent the formation of floaters in the eye. Hope all of these helped.
Vision floaters with a diet rich in raw fruits and vegetables will keep these guys to a minimum.
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