'Eye Floaters' are very common and quite normal. If you concentrate on them too much, you'll get over-anxious. When your life is going well you’ll generally notice them less.
I have many of them and I tend to notice them more of sunny days. No big deal, even if they seem a nuisance.
Eye floaters are tiny cells inside the jelly-like fluid that fills the inside of your eye. They are very common indeed. Older people tend to get more, which is just part of the ageing process.
Very rarely they can be accompanied by frequent flashes of light or significant peripheral vision loss (you'll definitely know if this happens). This might it indicate conditions like diabetic retinopathy, vascular abnormalities or retinal detachment.
High blood pressure or a history of diabetes can be a cause for these. If you are prone to these conditions and you are really worried, get an eye test and the ophthalmologist will very easily be able tell whether you have anything to be concerned about.
The normal treatment for people with a medical cause for eye floaters is to control their high blood pressure and/or diabetes with drugs. It is extremely rare for a surgeon to remove them.
Just remember that 99% of eye floaters are ‘normal’, even if it seems that you are getting more of them.
