This article is appreciated for increasing general awareness about floaters. I suggest that instead of 'Eye Problem' the occurrence could be described as 'Visual Symptom' since they are often harmless and almost everyone sees them against a blank white wall or against the sky. The sentence 'make no delay and visit a corneal specialist immediately' throws the layman off the right path because a corneal specialist is the wrong one to consult. It should read 'retinal specialist' though it is fine to consult any qualified ophthalmologist for initial examination to rule out potentially sight threatening conditions and advice on further investigation and management. Visual symptoms are often due to brain disorder as pointed out by Kiran Sutar and need to be taken seriously and as soon as possible. Also Nagaraju's comment about cataract surgery not solving the floater complaint is noteworthy, as these are not due to cataract, but changes in the vitreous. Once every effort is made to rule out sight-threatening progressive conditions, rest assured and get used to your floater. Soon it will stop bothering. Anjana Sen
Re: Raising Awareness about Floaters
by ayon sen roy on Aug 08, 2015 11:17 PM
Thank you Rediff for this informative article and thank you ma'am for clearing out certain facts.
Re: Raising Awareness about Floaters
by ambarukhana suryanarayana on Aug 09, 2015 04:40 PM
Excellent specialist opinion by Dr. Anjana Sen. The article read with your comment has clarified all doubts many like me may have, on this subject. I experienced the floaters for a few years and may be due to the vitamins and other nutritional support, it has now disappeared. Thanks for educating us on this.
I have this problem for the past several years, may be more than a decade. Many ophthalmologists I contacted said it is because of aging and no useful treatment, surgery or therapy is available to remove these floaters. Recently I underwent laser surgery for cataract but that too did not solve this problem.
Re: Floaters in the eyes
by fazal on Aug 01, 2015 01:11 PM
Same condition with me.. No remedy for this problem..Long back one Dr, told me to take iodine medicine.. Please talk to yr Dr. about this.
