My Journey with Eye Floaters

  Typically those who are 50 years old and above begin to see eye floaters. As I mentioned in my earlier blog, I began to see them on 27 October 2021, almost a month ago, and after some time all left except one, shaped like a tadpole or comma, at the upper right part of my right eye. In the past I also experienced it but I ignored them because after some few winks, they went away. Maybe because I was young then. I am 56 years old now, and based on what I have read online so far, they show up in the vision of people 50 to 70 years of age. The one I got now is persistent; maybe the others that went away is a result of natural floating down. As explained in ClevelandClinic.org ,  "As you get older, the gel-like fluid inside your eye (vitreous) starts to shrink. When the vitreous shrinks, it creates small particles that float down through the fluid. These are your floaters. They eventually settle towards the bottom of your eye where you won’t notice them anymore." Last week I ex...

  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 ...