What are floaters?
It is possible that sometimes you will see small spots or clouds moving within your field of vision. These are called 'floaters'. You often see them when you are looking at a plain background such as a white wall or a blue sky.
In reality, floaters are tiny lumps of gel or cells inside the vitreous body, the clear fluid that fills the inside of your eye.
These objects give the impression of being in front of your eye, but in fact they are floating inside it. What you see are the shadows they cast on the retina, the layer of nerves at the back of your eye which perceives light and allows you to see.
The floaters may have different shapes, such as small dots, circles, lines, clouds or spider webs.
SYMPTOMS
*Symptoms are:
- Sudden increase in floaters,
- Loss of vision, diffuse or focal, eye pain,
- Recent eye trauma or surgery
- Abnormal retinal examinations
DIAGNOSTICS
It is carried out by an ophthalmologist, who may also use tests.
CONTACTS
COIMBRA
Rua Câmara Pestana, n.º 35-37
3030-163 Coimbra, Portugal
Phone: +351 239 484 348
(National fixed line call)
Mobile: +351 966 320 022
(Call to national fixed line network)
Fax: +351 239 481 487
(Call to a national landline network)
E-mail: emc@oftalmologia.co.pt
AVEIRO
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3800 - 167 - Aveiro
Phone: +351 234 382 847
(Calling to national mobile network)
Tlm.: +351 918 644 767
(Call to national mobile network)
E-mail: aveiro@oftalmologia.co.pt
FORM
COIMBRA
Espaço Médico de Coimbra
Rua Câmara Pestana, n.º 35-37
3030-163 Coimbra, Portugal
Phone: +351 239 484 348 /Telm: +351 966 320 022
Fax: +351 239 481 487
E-mail: emc@oftalmologia.co.pt
AVEIRO
Rufino Silva - Clínica Oftalmológica
Av. Lourenço Peixinho, Nº 177-179, 2º andar
3800 - 167 - Aveiro
Phone: +351 234 382 847
Mobile: +351 918 644 767
E-mail: aveiro@oftalmologia.co.pt
COIMBRA
Espaço Médico de Coimbra
Rua Câmara Pestana, n.º 35-37
3030-163 Coimbra, Portugal
Phone: +351 239 484 348 /Telm: +351 966 320 022
Fax: +351 239 481 487
E-mail: emc@oftalmologia.co.pt
AVEIRO
Rufino Silva - Clínica Oftalmológica
Av. Lourenço Peixinho, Nº 177-179, 2º andar
3800 - 167 - Aveiro
Phone: +351 234 382 847
Mobile: +351 918 644 767
E-mail: aveiro@oftalmologia.co.pt