EYE FLOATERS
EYE FLOATERS Some of you might have encountered tiny specks or strands floating in front of you but just can’t get rid of them? This might most probably be…. FLOATERS! You might find it especially common when looking directly at a light background, or when feeling light-headed. The perception of floaters is medically known as myodesopsia. Floaters are those tiny spots, specks, flecks and “cobwebs” that drift aimlessly around in your field of vision. Sometimes you may momentarily confuse them with dust or tiny insects floating across in front of the eye. Fig. 1 Your eye is filled with a jelly like substance called “vitreous Gel” (Fig.2). Light entering the eye, has to pass through this gel to reach the retina. In childhood and adulthood, the vitreous has a gel-like consistency. Any eye condition in which the clarity of the vitreous humor is altered can produce the symptom of eye floaters. As one