The Floater Doctor

Eye floaters are dark-colored specks in your vision caused usually by loose and aggregated pre-existing collagen fibers drifting around the vitreous humor of the eye. They can be caused by a number of reasons:

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• Aging (by far, the most common)

• Eye inflammation

• Eye trauma

• Macular degeneration

• Retinal detachment

• Underlying conditions such as diabetes

• Eye tumors

• Previous eye surgery and medication

 

Given this, some floaters are caused by pathological conditions such as autoimmune disorders, infections, diabetes, and hemorrhage. To get rid of these floaters, treatment should be directed at the underlying disease or disorder. Treatment for eye floaters that have an underlying pathological cause is not within the scope of this practice or website.

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The remainder of floaters is generally benign in the sense that they are not the result of a disease. These floaters are typically caused by the aging process. Nevertheless, they are not so benign when you factor in the devastating effect of floaters on a person’s vision and quality of life. 

 

Treating these non-pathological eye floaters is what The Floater Doctor specializes in!