Is it normal to see "floaters" in bright light?
"Floaters" are the out-of-focus silhouettes of tiny protein granules and threads suspended in the vitreous. The vitreous is the gel that fills most of the globe (eyeball) that starts to degenerate into its liquid and solid components with age. The vitreous has no purpose after childhood so is not needed but persists in slowly advancing syneresis. [Like the expulsion of liquid in yogurt or margarine.]
These floaters are seen most easily against any background of a broad, uniform light surface such as the sky, a bright wall or white page.
Written by J. Trevor Woodhams, M.D. - Chief of Surgery, Woodhams Eye Clinic
Is there a surgery to remove floaters?
