My Journey with Eye Floaters

  On 5 November 2021, Friday, I bought Nature's Bounty Lutein . I took five (5) soft gels with meal since then. The description said that it supports eye health dietary supplement clinically studied ingredient for healthy vision naturally contains zeaxanthin guaranteed quality laboratory-tested My younger brother reminded me of this since his eyes improved when he took Lutein , as advised by my mother, who has been suffering from cataract for some years but afraid to undergo medical procedures due to old age (80 years old). He told me that he instructed my daughter to buy Lutein for my mother as she complained of blurry vision. There was a change as I viewed things better than before. This is an interesting article about lutein and zeaxanthin written by Dr. George Torrey , "Lutein for Preventing Macular Degeneration".  According to the article, " Lutein is the dominant component in the peripheral retina. Zeaxanthin is the dominant carotenoid in the central macul...

If something is wrong with any part of your body, you must learn more about it so you understand the causes, symptoms and treatment.  We are blessed to have massive information on the web, but we must be careful to filter all. The good thing is we become informed patients when we approach our doctors.  According to NVisionCenters.com , "Eye floaters are tiny shapes that float across your field of vision. Debris in your vitreous casts shadows onto your retina, making the floaters appear." Furthermore, it says -- Eye floaters are small dark spots, specks, or squiggly lines that appear in your vision. They are caused by tiny pieces of debris in your vitreous, or the gel-like substance that fills 80 percent of your eye. The debris floating in your vitreous casts shadows on your retina, which makes you see the tiny shapes in your field of vision. Floaters are a natural part of aging, and they are harmless to most people . They can be an annoyance, but they do not pose a threat to ...

  I was not feeling well on 27 October 2021 so I woke up late. My right eye was itchy and rubbed the eyelid a little with my right hand. At about 1:00 PM I washed my mugs and other items, and was to prepare my brunch. I noticed some out-of-focus tangled hair strands and tried to grab them but I could not. I removed my eyeglasses, thinking they were there, but no. Moved my eyes here and there, there and here, and the black images kept moving, too. Thought there were some hair strands in my eye so I hurriedly put water unto my right hand and washed it, but still the images were there. Later they appeared like a tadpole or comma in the right upper part, and some very tiny curved hairlines in the middle. I got frustrated, but life must go on and I have to deal with every challenge at a time. It seems that as you grow old, many health issues are there to remind you that time is really important and priceless. I forgot that it was Wednesday, my laundry day. As I quickly put my cloth...