When it comes to floaters, many people think it is a mosquito-related disease, but it is not. Floaters are eye diseases, for many people this disease is very strange, in fact, when suffering from floaters, this is just a symptom, let's take a look at what is floaters.
Floaters refers to eye diseases in which black shadows, mosquito shadows, and even spider-web-like objects like clouds appear in the line of sight.
Floaters is a natural aging phenomenon, many people with the increase of age will appear floaters, if not treated in time, it is likely to cause serious effects on the eyes, and even the possibility of blindness.
Floaters fall into three categories
1. Physiological accounted for 20%
The cause is because there are impurities in the eyes, and there are only a few spots of flying mosquitoes in front of the eyes. Such patients are generally under the age of 40.
2. Degenerative accounted for 75%
The cause is that the retina is separated from the vitreous body because of the degeneration of the vitreous body, and there is only one point of floaters seen in front of the eyes, and such patients are generally over 40 years old.
3. Pathological accounted for 5%
Although only 5% of this type, the causes are very complex, such as: retinal rifts, retinitis, vitreous hemorrhage, etc. can cause floaters, which not only affect vision, but also cause blindness.
The appearance of floaters is still traceable, generally it will occur in middle-aged people aged forty years old, or people with high myopia in the eyes and cataract surgery, if some people have inflammation of the eyes or retinopathy, then it will also cause the appearance of floaters.
In fact, most of the floaters do not have to worry too much, such patients belong to the "physiological floaters", that is, benign.
It is very simple to judge whether it is benign, as long as the patient pays attention to observation on weekdays, the phenomenon of floating mosquitoes appears in his eyes, and it is impossible to determine which eye has floaters, and there is no aggravation or change for a period of time, and the position of the floaters is also fixed, mostly benign.
On the contrary, if the patient's floating mosquito phenomenon is sudden, and it can be determined which eye, there is a black shadow covering the field of vision, and the direction of the mosquito flying is uncertain, this is a bad omen that must be paid attention to, and it is necessary to seek medical treatment as soon as possible.
Here are a few dangerous symptoms of floaters:
1. There is an abnormal flash.
2. The number of flying mosquitoes is increasing in a short period of time.
3. The line of sight has the feeling of being blocked.