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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

CONTACTS

COIMBRA

Coimbra Medical Space
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

Rufino Silva - Ophthalmologic Clinic

Lourenço Peixinho, Nº 177-179, 2nd floor
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

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      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

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        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