Floaters & Spots – Its Normal To Have Them

by SonjaHelga on Monday, March 31st, 2008 | Comments Off

Vision Problems

Just a short refresher: Eye Problems and Diseases – Floaters and Spots

What are Floaters and Spots?

In the majority of instances, floaters and spots really are harmless. And believe it or not, as is the case for most individuals, floaters and spots have been present all blogs throughout life.

For some, the appearance of these tiny flecks may be a nuisance, but overall, they are simply a fact of life.

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One specific type of floater is either called Muscae volitantes (from the Latin, meaning ‘flying flies’), or mouches volantes (from the French), and consist of small spots, these are present in most people’s eyes and are attributed to minute remnants of embryonic structures in the vitreous humour.

Floaters are suspended in the vitreous humour, the thick fluid or gel that fills the eye. Thus, they generally follow the rapid motions of the eye, while drifting slowly within the fluid. When they are first noticed, the natural reaction is to attempt to look directly at them. However, attempting to shift one’s gaze toward themcan be difficult since floaters follow the motion of the eye, remaining to the side of the direction of gaze. Floaters are, in fact, visible only because they do not remain perfectly fixed within the eye. Although the blood vessels of the eye also obstruct light, they are invisible under normal circumstances because they are fixed in location relative to the retina, and the brain “tunes out” stabilized images due to neural adaptation. This does not occur with floaters and they remain visible.

Thanks to wikipedia.org

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