Flashes & Floaters Treatment

Eye check-up — Munster, IN — Munster Eye Care Associates

What are Floaters?

You may sometimes see small specks or clouds moving in your field of vision. These are called floaters. You can often see them when looking at a plain background, like a blank wall or blue sky. Floaters are tiny clumps of gel or cells inside the Vitreous, the clear gel-like fluid that fills your eye.


While these objects look like they are in front of your eye, they are floating inside them. You see the shadows they cast on the retina, the layer of cells lining the back of the eye that senses light and allows you to see. Floaters can appear in shapes like little dots, circles, lines, clouds, or cobwebs.

Signs & Symptoms of Floaters & Spots

With special exam lights, your eye doctor can detect floaters in your eyes even if you don’t notice them yourself. If a spot or shadowy shape passes in front of your field of vision or to the side, you see a floater. Because they are inside your eye and suspended within the gel-like vitreous, they move with your eyes when you try to see them.

Treatment for Floaters & Spots

Most spots and floaters in the eye are harmless and merely annoying. Many will fade over time and become less bothersome. People sometimes are interested in surgery to remove floaters, but doctors are willing to perform such surgery only in rare instances.

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