Re: What causes floaters?

FYI (For you information)
I to have floaters and flashes and according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology floaters are actually tiny clumps of gel or cells inside the vitreous, the clear jelly-like fluid that fills the inside of your eyes.
When people reach middle age, the virtreous gel may start to thicken or shrink, forming clumps or strands inside the eye. The virteous gel pulls away from the back wall of the eye, causing a posterior virteous detachment. It is a common cause of floaters.
Posterior virteous detachment is more common for people who:
Are nearsighted
Have undergone cataract operations
Have had YAG laser surgery of the eye
Have had inflammation inside the eye
Are floaters ever serious?
The retina can tear if the shrinking virteous gel pulls away from the wall of the eye. This sometimes causes a small amount of bleeding in the eye that may appear as floaters. A torn retina is always a serious problem, since it can lead to a retinal detachment.
Hope this is helpful in understanding what floaters and flashes are, I am always looking for more information on ailments I have and was glad to finally come across this information.
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