Floaters: It’s Not Your Imagination, You are Seeing Things
Floaters-What Should You Do When They Appear? They swim and bounce around your field of sight, some times more visible than others. These “floaters” that look like dark cobwebs, specks and lines move as your eyes do and often scatter when you try to focus on them. For most of us, they’re an annoyance. In rare cases, when they’re so numerous they impact vision, surgery may be an option. Floaters happen when the vitreous, the gel-like substance that fills about 80 percent of the eye and helps it keep its round shape, slowly shrinks. As it does, it becomes stringy, and the strands cast shadows on the retina. They are usually part of the aging process and an annoyance if you focus on them. They are more common in those who are very nearsighted, diabetic, or who have had a cataract operation. Floaters will settle at the bottom of the eye and are less noticeable but never go away completely. If you suffer migraines, you may see floaters with a different cause. You may experience flashes o...