Saturday, April 10, 2010

Eye Floaters

What are eye floaters? Floaters or muscae volitantes are flecks or cobwebs that float. They are small and dark shadows that dart around. They may look like spots or thread-like strands. They usually follow your movements and will stay there when your eye stops moving around.

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Are you really bothered by little specks, like motes of dust, that seem to float across your vision? If so, then you are probably suffering from eye floaters, a common condition that drives many people to distraction. This article will discuss the causes of eye floaters and discover the potential natural eye floaters treatment.

Eye floaters can be very irritating and annoying, but there are no safe and proven methods to get rid of the symptoms caused by vitreous syneresis or posterior vitreous detachment. Not to worry because there are simple and natural ways to clear your vision effectively.

A look at two possible ways to manage eye floaters: dry eye and psychological training. While researching different treatments for eye floaters on the Internet, I was fascinated by the amount of search results which referenced treatments for dry eye and psychological training.

Do you have any magical cures for eye floaters? A common question I've heard over the years. Yes and no. Here's what I've learned. . . Products that seem to be working the best for the general population include. . . And if you have a zinc deficiency (like most of my clients seem to have) you'll have lots of other symptoms of that. The same goes for copper deficiency

I've always been a good news first type of guy. Well, here it is: If the vitreous humor has already pulled off of the back of the eye safely, it won't be under tension and will not pull the retina off the back of the eye. So, no retinal detachment. This is called a PVD (posterior vitreous detachment).

My eye doctor taught me something really interesting about eye floaters and the truth about eye glasses recently. First, your eye ball is called an eye ball because it is round and puffed up like a ball. Guess what makes it puffed up like a ball? A gel like liquid called vitreous humor. There is nothing humorous about it when floaters are formed, which are clumping of fibers in the gel. They are like comets that stream across the sky, or ghostly apparitions at the corner of the eyes.

Reminiscent of Carlos Castenada's The Teachings of Don Juan, Mary Summer Rain's No Eyes and Lynn Andrews' Medicine Woman, this book is based on a true story. The author refers to the "shining structure of consciousness," or the altered states of consciousness, the idea that there is a connection between eye floaters and another reality. Even if one has never experienced eye floaters, the book provides the challenge of balancing the physical world with another perception

Pass the Anxiety Medication for the Eye Floaters? Posterior Vitreous Detachment is a common condition of the eyes which occurs in about 75 per cent of people over the age of 65. While a careful eye examination by your Eye Doctor is essential, rarely are the preceptual and psychological issues that accompany a posterior vitreous detachment addressed. A number of traditional and alternative treatments should be utilized to help the transition through the first 6 months after the eye symptoms start.