Are there any drugs or dietary habits that can cause eye floaters?
As far as floaters these are perfectly normal. They start in childhood when bits of the older vitreous gel break off the back wall of the eye (retina). The gel replenishes itself all through your life. These can be threads, cobwebby like, small spots – practically any shape or size, They almost always dissolve by themselves. Normally people don’t notice them unless they’re looking at a bright white background, particularly a backlit one like a TV or computer screen. As we get older the center of the eye’s gel gets thinner and the spots tend to float more and get noticed more. The floaters you need to worry about are the very dark ones – that you can’t see thru and that don’t start dissolving in a short time or which obscure your vision. Diabetics – especially those who don’t control their sugars – are prone to floaters. When they become a problem a qualified opthamologist (not optician) can vaporize or break up these dark floaters with laser therapy. The only time you need immediate ca
