Get the #%$ out of my eye!!!

Does it look anything like this:



If so, you've got floaters, or a buildup of debris floating in the vitreous fluid of your eye. I've got them, and on some days they get a little distracting.

Where do they come from? Calcium deposits, a de-polymerization of the vitreous humor resulting in fibrils, posterior vitreous detachment (floaters accompanies by flashes of light, and sometimes the presence of a large ring-shaped floater), partial retinal detachment, retinal tear, or uveitis (inflammation of the middle layer of the eye).

Retinal tears release red blood vessels into the vitreous humor, and uveitis can cause a buildup of white blood vessels in the vitreous humor. Both will cause a sudden onset of numerous small black dot floaters. Uveitis can be caused by any number of systemic infections, including toxoplasmosis.

Once you have debris in the vitreous humor, there isn't any easy way of getting it out. There is a laser treatment in which the floater is vaporized, but it is expensive, time consuming, and not wholly effective.

How ya doing, buddy?

Do you mean Predinsone? If so, be careful about taking high doses (> 30mg per day) over long periods of time. Prednisone, while a potent anti-inflammatory drug, has some very nasty side effects. High sustained doses will bring an onset of Cushing's disease. You will gain weight in the face and torso, you will get acne breakouts all over your body, your skin will atrophy, and you will develop deep purple stretch marks on your body.

There's nowhere I can't reach.