Major or sudden changes should be evaluated quickly to safeguard your eyesight. An early diagnosis of a retinal tear can result in a five minute, painless laser treatment with excellent probability of success. Delay in diagnosis can result in the need for major eye surgery of up to three hours in the operating room with lesser probabilities for success. The eye exam will include a detailed observation of the retina and vitreous humor. Drops that dilate the pupil will be necessary to be able to examine the peripheral retina.
Floaters sometimes interfere with vision, often during reading, and they can be quite annoying.
If a floater appears directly in front of your line of vision, the best thing you can do is to move the eye. This causes the internal liquids to move making the floater move out of your line of sight. This will cause different currents inside the eye and help displace the floater. Sometimes, the vitreous fluid is very viscous and the floaters may be very persistent and bothersome. Surgical removal is considered only in the most extreme cases.