Aging is the Common Cause of 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 experienced double vision, but they improved. Now even if the laptop screen is not on night mode and the background is very bright white, it is OK, no double vision anymore, even without making my eyes half-open / closed. 

Last week, I only took two (2) cap gels of Nature's Bounty Lutein and a handful of fresh pineapple with stem / core.

Yesterday, I cooked chicken with tamarind mix, bay leaves, papaya and star anise. The broth was hot and it smoothed something between my eyebrows, that upper nose part.  Star anise has that anti-inflammatory health benefit. If one cause of eye floaters is inflammation, it is a good ingredient then to consider in cooking.

Inflammation inside the eye can cause floaters so if it getting swollen becomes worse, it can be a warning sign that something is wrong with the middle layer of tissue in the eye wall. It is called uveitis (u-vee-I-tis). According to MayoClinic.org, signs are eye redness, pain and blurred vision, and often come suddenly and get worse quickly.  I think mine is not uveitis because there is no pain, only that little eye redness maybe due to overexposure to screen and a little, little blurred vision but with eyeglasses it is fine and clear.

It reduces my worries thinking that eye floaters appear naturally over time, and yes, a part of the aging process. I just ignore the remaining one, hoping that one day it will go away.

Since Day 1, it has been 26 days. I accept things as they are, doing things humanly possible to live every single day with much enthusiasm to go on.

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