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What Causes Black Floater In Eye?
Just had eye test after I had seen a big black floater after hard work,now just lelt with a small floater after six days,have got a letter to go to a and e tomorrow,letter says they can see a mobile floater visible in the vitreous of the le,I wonder can you tell me what that might be ?
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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It seems from the history that you are having floater in the eye.
Floaters are because of degenerations in vitreous.
Floaters by themselves does not cause any problem. But a sudden onset of floaters or increase in floaters or association of floaters with flashes of light require examination of retina by ophthalmologist.
Generally no treatment is required for floaters however if they are very problematic you can undergo laser induced vitreolysis.
Thank you
It seems from the history that you are having floater in the eye.
Floaters are because of degenerations in vitreous.
Floaters by themselves does not cause any problem. But a sudden onset of floaters or increase in floaters or association of floaters with flashes of light require examination of retina by ophthalmologist.
Generally no treatment is required for floaters however if they are very problematic you can undergo laser induced vitreolysis.
Thank you
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