In most cases, the occasional eye floater or flash in your vision isn't something you need to worry about. This often happens as you age and it's very normal. However, if you start to notice a lot more floaters than you've experienced in the past or many flashes, you should call yo...
How to Treat Eye-Floaters and Floater Anxiety Fortunately, eye floaters are not dangerous, and are rarely severe enough to cause vision problems. When floaters are this severe, a procedure called a “vitrectomy” is performed to remove as much of the floater as possible. While these procedures...
Children and teenagers almost never experience these types of eye floaters as there must first be some deterioration of the gel-like substance in their eye, creating the watery core, for these floaters to appear. However, they do still sometimes experience a certain type of eye floater that...
If you lose your peripheral vision temporarily—as a result of afloateror ocularmigraine, for example—and this is something that you've previously discussed with your healthcare provider, follow any instructions they gave you then. In any other situation, if you've lost your peripheral vision,...