Suggest Treatment For Sudden Onset Of Floaters In Eye

Posted on Wed, 6 May 2015

Question: I have one eye that is "normal", except for a need for glasses, but yesterday and today my good eye has suddenly developed a difficulty. I see a large spot, like a Rorschach blot, which is usually colored and directly in front. I does not float, but moves with the eye directly ahead and the colors change. The more light in the area the brighter the spot, The colors range from light violet, to green to orange, sometimes with a center of one color and a surround of another color - to many variations to remember. Now, looking at the compute screen the spot is a light grey, like a cloud; when I blink it is a light blue with little definition or shape and seems to move down and to the left. the spot was less obvious after a night's sleep and was less intense with dark glasses which I work most of the day. I avoided watching TV today and did some work on the computer and the symptoms have become more obvious. The blue-grey spots are less intense and float down to my left looking something like fingerprints, somewhat fragmented. Is this serious?

Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
This requires eye examination to rule out few serious causes.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to Health care magic

I am Dr Dadapeer k an ophthalmologist and I answer health problems related to eye.
I reviewed your history.
It seems from the history that you are having sudden onset of floaters in your good eye.

Floaters are usually because of problems involving the vitreous which lies behind the lens in the posterior part of the eye.
In your age the commonest cause for this is the posterior vitreous detachment of the vitreous. This condition is usually seen because of age related changes in the vitreous and will not cause any harm.
But sometimes this can be associated with retinal tear, vitreous hemorrhage....

Hence this requires eye examination by ophthalmologist to confirm the diagnosis and to look for associated conditions. Your ophthalmologist will perform a simple office test called as indirect ophthalmoscopy after dilating the pupil.

This test will confirm the diagnosis and after this the appropriate treatment can be planned.
Hence I advice you to consult your eye doctor for examination and do get back to with the examination report.

I can say if it is only posterior vitreous detachment then it is not serious, but it requires examination to rule out other conditions as mentioned.
Hope this information is helpful to you.
DO write back to me for further questions.

Thank you
With regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Pradeep Vitta