Eye Floaters

Do you sometimes see dark dots, squiggly lines, and shadowy cobwebs drifting across your field of vision? These eye floaters are common among older people and can be extremely annoying. While the most common advice is 'do nothing and ignore them', some recent studies suggest that nutritional supplements might be able to help. A recent news article on ScienceAlert discusses eye floaters and nutrition and has gained a lot of attention. In this deep dive, we explain what eye floaters are, why they appear, how nutrition is relevant, and what you can do about your eye floaters. Table of Content...

Short-sightedness is an increasingly common eye condition in the modern population. In of itself, it is easily reversible with corrective lenses and surgeries. However, several severe eye conditions are correlated with myopia, and if you've ever suffered from floaters, you might have wondered if they fall into this myopia-associated category. In this article, we've examined the latest peer-reviewed scientific journals to see if there's any association between short-sightedness and floaters, as well as any changes you can make that might lower the impact of both.

Floaters are a common nuisance, and for some they can become debilitating. Yet, there is a lack of available treatments for floaters which are effective and without side effects. We'll look at the approaches already available and why many people avoid them, as well as how science is developing new approaches which avoid the harmful side effects. We'll also examine the research on nutrients which target floaters, potentially removing the need for surgery. Table of Contents Introduction What are eye floaters? What current treatments exist? New Treatments Nutrition Low dose atropine eye drops Experimental Treatments Gold-coated Nanoparticles Optimised laser vitreolysis:...

What are eye floaters actually caused by? Can they be removed? In this article we review the current literature examining potential treatment options for eye floaters, both invasive and non-invasive, and their respective success rates. We weigh up the pros and cons of each treatment option and the factors which may come into your decision. Finally we conclude with some simple, actionable steps you can employ that may improve your floaters before you consider going 'under the knife'.