Eye flies are specks of "negativity" that remain after a long time looking at the sun or a bright light bulb?
Flies are capillaries? Flies are a symptom of overwork?
No. It is neither one nor the other, nor the third. Flies are completely real (material) particles that move freely in the vitreous body, being translucent or opaque objects that cast their shadows on the retina.
"Eye flies appear from time to time and then spontaneously disappear"?
No. They, having appeared once, in most cases do not disappear when it comes to DST. The flies only change their location in the vitreous body, sometimes leaving the optical axis to the periphery of vision, usually falling down or to the side of vision. Sometimes they disappear from sight for a short time, but then swim up again. Basically, suddenly they can only appear, but not disappear.
“Over time, eye flies go away on their own and do not require any treatment”?
Perhaps there are people in whom, for some unknown reason, the opacities of the vitreous body have dissolved or in some strange way disappeared on their own. There are people who claim that they once had flies and subsequently passed. But it is not clear whether they spoke about the destruction of the vitreous body? If this is so, then perhaps these people are among the "lucky ones" who, for unknown reasons, have undergone self-healing, i.e. restoration of the transparency of the vitreous body. There are such examples with other much more serious diseases, so they can be considered an exception to the general rule and called a miracle. Usually flies stay with their owner for every day and can only be added over time or remain in the same number. Flies exactly require treatment, because they really interfere with vision, distract attention, being irritants, they bring a person to depression and despair.
“Everyone has flies, it’s just that some don’t notice them, while others are constantly obsessed with them.”
Nonsense. Most people have no idea about vitreous floaters. And not because they don't know what it is, but because they don't have any flies. It is possible that most people have residual rare small circles (hyalocyte cells) that formed the vitreous body and have been observed since early childhood. Perhaps in many people one thin, clear thread sometimes floats in the eye. We are talking about mass manifestations of these threads, dots, spots, which are visible even under artificial light and clog the visual field. Flies as a destruction of the vitreous body are multiple opaque / translucent objects that are always visible against a light background: blue sky, cloudy sky, white snow.
"Eye flies are the fault of the computer and the TV."
Not always. A very controversial statement. There are a lot of people who like to sit at the computer and TV, but not everyone has flies. From this, people have much more visual impairment and eye conditions of a different kind than the appearance of CTD. Meanwhile, it is possible that long-term passion to sit in front of a monitor or TV screen can give impetus to the development of the destruction of the vitreous body. It is possible that there were prerequisites for the development of the disease, the impulse for the manifestation of which was a TV or computer. The LCD monitor may deserve special attention, as there was a tendency among people who complained about the appearance of flies after they moved to such a monitor.
"Flies do not interfere with vision."
They really make it hard to see. It's just a mess in the field of view. The destruction of the vitreous body interferes, irritates, distracts, makes it difficult to see, makes you nervous and worried. Being constantly present, it keeps the human psyche in tremendous tension, does not allow him to relax and breathe a sigh of relief. Moreover, it introduces a person into an oppressed, depressive state, into a panic, a series of permanent nervous breakdowns. Floaters prevent you from doing your usual daily activities, or at least make them difficult. First of all, those things that require visual concentration. In addition, they greatly tire the eyesight.
"The destruction of the vitreous body at the age of 20 years or less is a variant of the norm and nothing more than the aging process of the body."
There are many opinions about the onset of signs of aging. Someone believes that it, aging, begins after 40-50 years, others after 25-30, others immediately after puberty, the fourth right after birth. Perhaps everyone is right in their own way. Although, the truth is rather on the side of those who are inclined that aging begins precisely in the direction of venerable age, and not in youth, youth, or even more so in the lactate period. If so, senile diseases would strike us immediately after birth and in childhood. This, of course, happens, but this is an anomaly and rather an exception to the general rule. Therefore, this statement is completely false.
"There are no effective treatments for vitreous destruction."
This is the biggest myth. Treatments exist, but they are not perfect and sometimes involve risks. Among them, first of all, laser "evaporation" of flies with a YAG laser and FOV vitrectomy (partial removal of the vitreous body) can be distinguished. Another question is that few people know about this, and even more so that such methods are used with a high degree of success, primarily in the USA and Western Europe. As for all kinds of pills, eye drops and physiotherapeutic procedures, their effectiveness is really low or absent altogether.
“The destruction of the vitreous body is a constant companion of myopic people and people” (and, accordingly, vice versa, if there are flies, then the person is short-sighted).
Myopia, or simpler myopia, is definitely one of the causes of DST. Flying flies in 1/3 or even half of the cases in myopic people with vision below -3 are companions of their main eye disease. But this does not give any reason to assert that a person with destruction of the vitreous body must necessarily have obvious or latent (hidden) myopia. Prerequisites for the development of CTD can be a lot of other diseases, not necessarily associated with the organ of vision.
"Eye flies, having appeared once in a certain amount, remain unchanged, do not progress further and do not impair vision."
This statement is highly controversial. In some cases it is true, in others it is exactly the opposite. Everything can depend on the cause of their occurrence. For some, floaters may appear abruptly and spontaneously in large numbers, and do not appear again. In another, the flies may be in small numbers, but slowly, gradually grow with new twigs-outgrowths from old or new units. In the third, they may suddenly appear and progress very quickly. In rare cases, ad infinitum. However, one should not assume that even the progressive destruction of the vitreous body will inevitably lead to a state in which the flies will cover the entire space of the vitreous body. Such cases, of course, occur, but are extremely rare compared to the total number of people with CTD.
Flashing dots, cloudiness or flies occur in 50% of people over 65 years of age. Flashes, lightning and spots flying before the eyes mean the development of destruction of the vitreous body of the eye. The development of the disease in old age is considered to be the norm of age-related changes. However, clouding of the fibers in the vitreous body is also observed in young people. Where do flying ones come from and what methods of dealing with them have been developed by ophthalmologists? How effective is the use of eye drops? Or is the only way to get rid of destruction - an operation?
The vitreous body is 99% water, the remaining percentage is hyaluronic acid, collagen and other biological components. It is this percentage of active substances that maintains the state of the vitreous body in the form of a gel and provides a transparent structure.
The vitreous body is located between the lens and the retina. For a number of reasons, the molecules inside this part disintegrate, changing the color permeability.
As a result, it seems to a person that he is observing dots, flies, cobwebs, stars or dark spots before his eyes. Most often this happens due to aging of the body, loss of the protective vitreous body.
However, not only people of retirement age are at risk.
You can observe similar symptoms at a younger age under the following circumstances:
At a young age, mechanical damage to the eye often leads to the disease. As a result of trauma, part of the eye is destroyed, the ruptured microparticles form into clots and float along the vitreous body.
The cause of clouding of the fibers in the vitreous body may be a hormonal imbalance during.
The main symptom of the disease is floating elements in the eyes. They are especially clearly visible in a clear sky or on white snow. The brightness of the points in front of the eyes depends on the location of the floating segments to the retina: the closer, the brighter.
The flies move after the gaze, after fixing the gaze at a certain point, they slowly descend.
There are several types of destruction:
The standard diagnosis of vitreous destruction includes an examination of the fundus with an ophthalmoscope, a vision test, and a slit lamp examination.
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Ophthalmologists are still on the lookout for the perfect solution to eliminate flying flies and spots. While the treatment of destruction of the vitreous body is extremely individual. With concomitant diseases, floating elements may go out of sight or dissipate.
Small destruction of the fibers does not pose a danger to vision, but a person will have to get used to living with flickering flies in the eyes, which is very difficult psychologically. A patient with mild destruction definitely needs a periodic visit to an ophthalmologist to monitor the current state of the eye.
Unfortunately, large accumulations of crystals and remnants of collagen fibers are not able to resolve on their own.
In the treatment of pathology, doctors focus on eliminating the cause of destruction, reducing the load on the eyes and drug therapy.
As a general recommendation, ophthalmologists advise to refuse, eat carrots and blueberries that are good for vision, do exercises for the neck and improve blood circulation in blood vessels. Be sure to reduce the time spent in front of a TV or computer monitor.
In advanced cases, two types of surgery are used.
Medicines are aimed at stabilizing the state of the vitreous body and slowing down the progression of the disease. The effect of feedback from patients is minimal, but in some cases there is a decrease in the number of floating midges or their more blurry display.
In the therapy of the destruction of the vitreous body, the following are used:
Of the homeopathic remedies used: Sulfur iodine, Arnica, Oculochel. Many patients are helped by electrophoresis with an extract for a course of 10 days. As an option, electrophoresis with lidase is performed.
For greater effect, patients are prescribed (Aevit, Blueberry forte, Vitrum Vision, Star Eyebright), vitamins of group B are administered intramuscularly.
Enzyme preparations are often used that dissolve collagen clots (Wobenzym, Phlogenzym).
Corticosteroids (hydrocortisone, prednisolone, dexamezaton) are sometimes prescribed to resolve opacities.
Vitreolysis is a rather promising direction in the treatment of destruction, but so far this type of therapy has not found wide application due to the abundance of adverse postoperative consequences.
There must be serious reasons for the appointment of a vitrectomy, since in this case the vitreous body is completely removed. Usually, vitrectomy is used for clouding of the vitreous body fibers, which significantly reduces visual acuity.
The duration of the operation is from 30 minutes to one and a half hours, during which anesthesia is necessarily applied. After removing the vitreous body through the punctures of the orbit, the surgeon fills the vacated space with a substance similar in composition.
It could be:
Vitrectomy is a very serious operation that doctors use in case of emergency. Vitrectomy is not justified in the elderly, as the condition will continue to deteriorate due to the aging process anyway.
The operation has a high risk of severe complications: intraocular hemorrhage, cataract, retinal detachment, corneal edema, infectious endophthalmitis.
If the operation is successful, visual function is restored after a few days.
Minor opacities that do not affect vision are not an indication for vitrectomy.
There are no specific measures to prevent destruction. First of all, visual acuity is affected by a person.
The abundance of refined foods, smoking and alcohol abuse leads to deterioration of blood vessels, which affects the quality of visual function.
It is extremely important to follow the rules of working at a computer, since most professions today are associated with a large amount of time spent at the monitor.
You need to give your eyes a rest, switch your gaze from the screen, or just sit with your eyes closed. It is recommended to take a break from working at the computer every 40 minutes.
People suffering from eye diseases should regularly visit an ophthalmologist to monitor the condition of the eyes. Vitreous destruction in a mild form is increasingly being found in schoolchildren due to a strong load on the eyes: at school, children write and read a lot, and at home they watch TV or play computer games. Parents should limit their children's time in front of the monitor.
To prevent pathology, you just need to be more attentive to your health and try to avoid eye injury.
With a slight change in vision, the prognosis is favorable. Floating elements stabilize in the region of the eyeball, but remissions are extremely rare. However, due to the constant need to free the field of vision from flying points, the patient develops persistent. In addition, there is an additional load on the muscles of the neck and eyes due to frequent head movements.
Most often, people get used to the defect of vision, do not flatter yourself. The progression of the disease threatens with loss of vision, so it is advisable to monitor the condition of the vitreous body at periodic examinations by an ophthalmologist.
The diagnosis of “vitreous body destruction” combines various changes in the substance of this element of the eye. As a result of inflammation, damage and some diseases, the collagen in the vitreous body is destroyed, forming opacities. Destruction is accompanied by the appearance of flies in the field of view.
Destruction of the vitreous body is the process of disruption of the structure of the substance that fills the space between the retina and the lens. It is characterized by a thickening of the filamentous elements, which leads to clouding, wrinkling or liquefaction of the vitreous body.
In a healthy eye, the vitreous body has a transparent and thick consistency with many fibrils. The thread-like elements support the skeleton of the eye, but they are very thin. Destruction leads to a thickening of these threads and clouding of the vitreous body, which becomes visible when examining the eye. The person begins to see.
Forms of destruction of the vitreous body:
Increasingly, destruction is diagnosed in schoolchildren. Statistics show that every second student has some degree of destruction. Therefore, it is necessary to instill in the child a love of hygiene: both personal and visual hygiene. It is important to monitor the position of the child, adjust the degree of lighting and take breaks in work to give the eyes time to rest.
Destructions caused by changes in the physical and chemical properties of the colloidal gel develop with local inflammation, trauma, retinal detachment, and severe myopia. With myopia, the deformation of the vitreous body is due to a change in the shape of the eye.
Destruction can be diagnosed in a healthy eye. For example, in case of metabolic disorders or sclerosis. Destruction of the vitreous body is possible with a strong mechanical impact: physical pressure provokes rupture of the fibers and destruction of the collagen structure. Clots form from damaged fibers. In some cases, hemorrhage into the vitreous begins, which is accompanied by the appearance and spontaneous disappearance of flies.
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Changes in the vitreous body can be observed in violation of the organs that are responsible for the composition of colloids and their mineral balance. These are the liver, kidneys, endocrine glands. Dysfunction of these organs leads to a change in the colloidal structure and the appearance of characteristic phenomena (coagulation, precipitation).
In older people, the main cause of deformation of the vitreous body is the aging process. In young patients, such disorders are observed with intraocular circulation disorders, neurocirculatory spasmodic muscle contractions, and heart pathologies. Sometimes the cause of the deformation of the vitreous body is the unnatural structure of the cervical and head vessels.
Other causes of destruction of the vitreous body:
Liquefaction of the vitreous can be partial or complete. It is believed that a strong liquefaction is noted in the central part of the vitreous body, and the periphery is less susceptible to deformation. Liquefaction begins with the formation of voids with liquid and damaged fibers. Shriveled fibers break off and float in the liquefied substance.
Along with liquefaction, strands and films can form. They can be thin and dense, floating or massive. Often strands and films are attached to the fundus of the eye and provoke new pathological changes.
Shrinkage is considered the most severe form of destruction. It can also be complete or partial. With wrinkling, the volume of the vitreous body decreases, the shape of the eye changes, vitreoretinal joints are stretched, which leads to their ruptures and detachment. Tension of the vitreoretinal ligaments provokes photopsia, retinal tears, and hemorrhages.
Wrinkling can be diagnosed by examining the eye with a microscope. Clinical diagnostic methods in this case are ineffective.
A rare type of destruction is the deposition of crystals of cholesterol and tyrosine. A large number of deposits appear in the liquefied vitreous body. In this case, biomicroscopy shows white balls up to 0.05 mm. When the eyeball moves, the crystals oscillate and shimmer.
The main methods for diagnosing the destruction of the vitreous body: biomicroscopy and ophthalmoscopy. You can not postpone a visit to the ophthalmologist in the presence of visual discomfort and flies in the field of view.
The destruction of the vitreous body stands out among ophthalmic pathologies in that it is difficult to detect even at a late stage of development. In the process of diagnosis, the doctor should focus not only on the results of the studies, but also on the patient's complaints and anamnesis. Differential diagnosis consists in ultrasound examination of the eye and optical coherence tomography.
Additional methods for diagnosing vitreous destruction:
If the symptom of flies persists for a long time, you can immediately contact a retinologist. This is a highly specialized specialist who is engaged in the study and treatment of pathologies of the fundus. A retinologist is not present in every city clinic, but the services of this specialist are provided by most laser vision correction clinics.
The processes of destruction in the vitreous body are treated with difficulty. Light opacities and stromal fibers may spontaneously resolve, but massive opacities, connective tissue fibers and crystal deposits remain in the eye forever.
If the symptom of flies is temporary, some improvement is observed with non-drug treatment. You need to establish the right lifestyle, adhere to the daily routine, distribute the time of work and rest, do eye massage.
Conservative treatment can alleviate the symptoms of destruction, but it cannot completely get rid of opacities. In case of destruction of the vitreous body, non-specific, symptomatic and resolving methods of treatment are recommended. The patient is prescribed retinoprotectors and angioprotectors, and in severe cases, laser or surgical therapy is recommended.
Now there are few drugs that can remove or prevent the formation of new opacities in the vitreous body. Patients with destruction are prescribed local installations of potassium iodide and Taufon, oral absorbable drugs (Wobenzym, Traumeel S) and vascular nootropics. Parabulbarno enter Emoksipin.
The appearance of floating dots in the field of vision can cause a depressive state, so some patients are recommended to consult a psychologist. Since a person is constantly trying to get rid of the flies, an excessive load is created on the muscles of the neck. Self-massage is essential.
A safe method of dealing with flies is visual gymnastics. Techniques are recognized as effective. Simple exercises will help move floating flies out of sight.
Destruction exercises:
When exercising, you need to monitor your breathing. You need to do this slowly and evenly. With daily gymnastics, there is a possibility of flies shifting to the periphery of the field of view.
Traditional medicine offers several methods for eliminating opacities in the vitreous body. It is possible to use warm compresses and honey solution, as well as a special massage.
Star compresses are considered the most effective. The grass is crushed, put into two bags of linen or cotton and boiled for several minutes. After boiling, the compresses are cooled and applied for 15 minutes.
Honey is very popular in the treatment of ophthalmic diseases, but before using it, you need to make sure that there are no allergies. To prepare a honey solution, you need to add a teaspoon of honey to two tablespoons of water. It is important to use only natural raw materials.
It is possible to use drops with honey and aloe. It is necessary to mix a teaspoon of honey and four tablespoons of aloe juice. The mixture is left for two hours in a dark place. The agent is instilled three times a day, 3 drops.
Additionally, you can massage the eyeballs. This will improve intraocular circulation and reduce the symptoms of destruction. You can press on the eyes with your palms, wipe with your fists, massage your forehead, brow ridges and the edges of the eye sockets.
In some cases of complex destruction, vitreolysis or vitrectomy is performed. Laser and surgical methods for the treatment of destruction are controversial, since they are dangerous with serious complications (retinal detachment, hemorrhages, cataracts).
Laser treatment of vitreous destruction is associated with a risk of complications. Therefore, such treatment is carried out only with a rapid decrease in vision or an increased risk of vitreoretinal traction.
Vitreolysis involves the use of a YAG laser. You need to go through up to 4 procedures, each of which includes 200-600 laser flashes.
The vitreolysis technique is more complicated than other procedures that use a similar laser, since the ophthalmic surgeon has to work with moving objects. The operation is performed on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia. A Goldman lens is placed on the eye to focus the laser beam. The operation does not require cutting tissue and does not provoke bleeding.
Complications of vitreolysis:
The contraindications of the method include clouding of the media through which the beam passes (the lens, cornea, moisture of the anterior chamber), neovascularization, detachment of the retina or choroid, as well as displacement of the lens into the vitreous body. The operation is not performed with an increased risk of hemorrhage.
- an extreme measure in the treatment of destruction, since this operation involves the removal of the vitreous body completely. The indication for surgical intervention is extensive clouding of the fibers, which greatly reduces visual acuity.
Vitrectomy is performed only under general anesthesia. The operation takes 30-90 minutes. After removing the deformed vitreous body, the ophthalmic surgeon injects a similar substance (silicone oil, saline solution, artificial polymer, gas bubble). Vision is restored only a few days after the intervention.
Removal of the vitreous body is a complex operation, which is carried out only as a last resort. Vitrectomy is not prescribed for elderly patients, since the aging process will continue to affect the condition of the vessels.
Complications of vitrectomy:
The prognosis for a destructive lesion of the vitreous body largely depends on the timeliness of diagnosis and the usefulness of treatment. This pathology requires the intervention of a qualified and experienced ophthalmologist, so you need to pay attention to the level of professionalism of the staff and the equipment of the clinic when choosing a medical institution.
If the changes in vision are minor, the prognosis is favorable. As a rule, floating elements stabilize, but remissions are rare. The main danger of destruction is impaired vision, which leads to detachment and wrinkling of the vitreous body.
Specific measures to prevent degradation have not been developed. The main measure for the prevention of any ophthalmic diseases is regular visits to the doctor and examination.
To avoid destruction of the vitreous body, you need to periodically give your eyes a rest. Prolonged visual loads are fraught not only with pathologies of the vitreous body, but also with diseases of the cornea, lens and retina. Every 40 minutes of increased visual load, you need to rest for 10 minutes.
It is important to limit the amount of refined foods and alcoholic beverages in your diet. These products negatively affect the condition of the vessels of the eye. In particular, it is necessary to control the state of the organs that are responsible for the formation and functionality of collagen. Since one of the causes of vitreous deformation is trauma, it is necessary to protect the head and eyes from damage.
Destruction of the vitreous body is a dangerous disease that causes severe discomfort to a person. Advanced forms of destruction are recommended to be treated surgically in order to avoid ophthalmic complications and depressive deviations against the background of visual discomfort.
Destruction of the vitreous body of the eye - deformation of the gel-like transparent medium that separates the retina and lens. Destruction in the eye tissues can occur both with age-related changes and under the influence of other factors in youth.
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Destruction of the vitreous body is a disease characterized by its thickening and liquefaction.
The vitreous body (transparent medium) is one of the main components of the dioptric eye system and is responsible for the possibility of light rays reaching the surface of the retina. It consists of 99% water and 1% hyaluronic acid, collagen and other compounds.
Under normal conditions, the vitreous body is absolutely transparent, but if there is an impact of negative factors, then its molecules disintegrate, the previous transparency is lost and the composition changes. As a result, the visual system begins to work incorrectly.
When the molecules of a transparent medium disintegrate, small particles periodically flash before the patient's eyes, which he takes for a foreign object. They can be presented:
Also, due to the destruction of the elements of the visual system, the threads of the transparent medium thicken, which is displayed as clouding of the visual field.
When liquefaction occurs, the fibers of the affected element of vision stick together and the victim sees various kinds of interlacing in front of him.
When voids are formed, various flashes and lightning occur during observation of bright light.
This condition is very dangerous, because it can provoke a decrease in visual acuity, and in some cases it can result in one hundred percent blindness. Voids are detected during an ophthalmological examination in the presence of wrinkling of the vitreous body or its detachment.
Deformation processes most often originate in the center of the eye, sometimes on the peripheral parts. Initially, a cavity containing fibrous tissues is formed in it. As a result, the homogeneous state of the visual element is disturbed, the separated particles stick together and various interlacings are formed in the gelatinous medium.
These deformations often cause discomfort, and if the disease is not treated, it can cause the development of serious diseases, and sometimes one hundred percent blindness.
Since the destruction of the vitreous body is accompanied by the appearance of the smallest particles of various shapes before the eyes, it is customary in medicine to divide it into the following types:
There are a large number of reasons as a result of which the destruction of the vitreous body occurs. This is connected with the general health of a person, with individual internal or external organs, their tone and state of metabolism, etc.
The main reasons are as follows:
People at particular risk are those with:
This is due to a violation of the process of blood supply, as a result of which the destruction of transparent media slowly develops.
The main symptom is the appearance of various visual effects in the field of view:
Important! If you see distinct floating images before your eyes and at the same time they are quite large (for example, in thickness), then this indicates a strong destruction of the transparent medium. Seek immediate medical attention. If these symptoms are neglected and timely treatment is not carried out, then complications are possible that will lead to a partial deterioration in visual acuity or to one hundred percent blindness.
Foggy areas with a clear filamentous structure help to diagnose the patient, in addition to destructive processes, also the development of atherosclerosis or a severe form of hypertension.
“Flashes” and “Lightning” are a clear sign of detachment of the vitreous body or other serious diseases.
If optical defects occur in the visual review, the patient needs to visit an ophthalmologist as soon as possible, who, after collecting all the necessary data, examining the eyeballs, will determine the type of pathology and prescribe the appropriate type of treatment.
Examination of the patient involves a number of several procedures, namely:
Based on the results of all studies, the doctor identifies the degree of pathological deformities, determines the provoking factor and selects the optimal type of therapy for the patient.
This disease is very specific and it is quite difficult to cure it. Sometimes the main signs can go away on their own, but most often the pathology develops, and the main symptoms are observed throughout life.
It is noteworthy that some patients do not need medical procedures. You just need to switch to a healthy lifestyle:
In modern ophthalmic practice, the destruction of the vitreous body is treated in two main ways:
It is based on the use of eye drops and other drugs that fight the cause of the disease.
Most often, doctors prescribe:
Surgical intervention in this case is of two types:
This is a very effective type of surgical operation, related to minimally invasive. When it is carried out, the formed particles are destroyed. But, despite the fact that this type of laser surgery is quite common, with a strong development of destruction, it is ineffective.
This is an operation during which the vitreous body is completely or partially removed and replaced with an artificial analogue, the service life of which is not more than three years, after which a second replacement is required.
This type of surgery has its own complications:
But, despite a number of certain risks, the operation gives positive results and helps to get rid of symptoms that cause discomfort.
Treatment with folk remedies is very common. But they are not allowed to be used on their own. Only strict control by a doctor will help you avoid possible negative consequences.
One of the main methods is eyeball massage, which improves lymphatic flow and blood circulation in the tissues of the eyes.
Also apply eye drops based on:
To prevent the development of this disease, a number of preventive recommendations should be followed and followed:
Half of people over 65 complain that flies, some kind of dots, lightning, flashes, dashes, etc. flicker before their eyes. This means that they develop destruction of the vitreous body of the eye.
In each case, this issue is resolved individually, but the final decision depends on many things: on the extent of the lesion, on what optical effects the patient observes, and how they affect the patient's ability to work and his general condition. But the opinion of the patient is not in last place.
The reason for all this is that, despite the fact that the disease has been known for a long time, there is still no specific treatment. Therefore, the main efforts during the treatment procedure will be aimed at combating the cause of the destruction, reducing the load on vision and drug symptomatic treatment. But how is the treatment of amblyopia in adults at home, and how effective it is, indicated here.
On the video - a description of the disease and what can be done:
The use of drugs in the treatment of destruction is aimed at stabilizing the state of the vitreous body with a further slowdown in the development of the disease. Let, according to patient reviews, the effect of using eye drops is minimal. But sometimes they significantly reduce the number of flies in front of the eyes, or at least make their display blurry.
Here are some drugs used in drug treatment:
But treatment is not complete with drops alone, homeopathic remedies are actively used - Sulfur iodine, Arnica, Oklohel.
Oklohel A good help in the fight against destruction is provided by electrophoresis with aloe extract. The course of treatment is 10 days. Lidase can be used instead of aloe.
Vitamin complexes - Aevit, Blueberry forte, Vitrum Vision, star eyebright - they are designed to enhance the effect of the above drugs. The same effect will give B vitamins administered intramuscularly.
Vitrum Vision Also in the process of treatment, enzyme preparations are often used - Wobenzym, Phlogenzym. They dissolve collagen clots. These drugs are taken orally as tablets.
Hydrocortisone, prednisolone, or dexamethasone - these corticosteroids are used to dissolve cloudiness.
Recently, the drug Vizudin has been widely used. Its peculiarity is that it is photosensitizing. To put it simply, it begins to work in the body only after it is irradiated with a beam of light with a certain wavelength.
Vizudin In addition, oxygen must be present in the environment. This is due to the fact that after irradiation of the drug with light, a certain amount of energy is released that acts on oxygen molecules. As a result, reactive oxygen species (triplet and singlet) are formed, their existence is short, but during this time the singlet form manages to enter into interaction with cellular structures, leading to their death.
The action of the reaction is local, on a very small area. On which tissue destruction and thrombosis of destroyed vessels occur. It is this latter property that is used in the treatment of destruction.
But what are the symptoms of destruction of the vitreous body of the eye, this article will help to understand.
There are contraindications to its use:
In some cases, surgery is used:
The only thing is that surgery is rarely resorted to, especially if the patient is old. Firstly, almost all surgical interventions give complications, so their use is not entirely justified.
Secondly, operations for age-related patients in most cases are useless due to age-related changes.
Representatives of alternative medicine offer their own ways to treat this disease:
By the way, massage as a type of treatment has become much more widespread, or rather its various types. Massage of the collar zone is widely used.
This method is the safest way to treat destruction. There are many gymnastic techniques: systems according to the method of Bates, Norbekov or Zhdanov.
Exercises in most cases are simple, not to say that they will help to completely get rid of the flies before the eyes. But they may well shift them out of sight:
On the video - palming:
Many doctors believe that optical effects in most cases are not an obstacle to a full life and do not have any negative impact on his ability to work. Well, the very lack of effective treatment forces patients to somehow adapt to their condition. True, it is recommended to undergo periodic examination by an eye doctor to identify possible complications.
But there is concern that many patients develop depression and other psychological problems under the influence of optical effects. Also, the visual organ and the cervical spine are subjected to serious overload due to constant eye strain.
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The destruction of the vitreous body (DST) is manifested by the flickering of white or black midges before the eyes. They are the result of clouding of the vitreous body of the eye - a watery gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina and acts as a biological lens. Usually every second person over the age of 65 complains about flies hovering in front of their eyes, but sometimes the problem occurs in young people. Let's find out if destruction is dangerous for vision and health, and how to treat it?
The main symptom of the disease are flies in the eyes. They can be seen in clear weather against a clear sky or white snow. Flies can have different brightness, which depends on the distance of opacities in the vitreous from the retina: the closer to it, the brighter. They move with the gaze, and if you try to focus your gaze on them, they will slowly “fall”.
The vitreous body is normally transparent and homogeneous. But if the gel-like structure is destroyed, destruction develops. It usually takes one of four forms:
A serious danger to vision is destruction only in the form of wrinkling of the vitreous body. All other forms of DST do not affect a person's health and ability to work, so he can live a full life. However, often appearing black dots before the eyes are the cause of the development of psychological problems. Development of depression is possible. Also, with numerous flies, the load on the cervical spine and eyes increases due to their overstrain.
Important! If black or white spots, cobwebs and midges do not lead to a decrease in the field and visual acuity, treatment of vitreous destruction is not necessary. Only periodic observation by an ophthalmologist and differential diagnosis with diseases of the retina and neurological disorders are important. If CTD interferes with your full life, or there is a risk of deterioration and loss of vision, you need conservative treatment or surgery.
In most cases, destruction develops due to the physiological aging of the body. But sometimes the disease develops in young people for the following reasons:
Since there are no effective methods of conservative treatment of the destruction of the vitreous body of the eye, ophthalmologists give patients recommendations to stop the progress of the disease. Usually they are associated with the prevention of situations and diseases that provoke the destruction of the structure of the vitreous body. If you completely change your lifestyle, over the years, turbidity and compaction may disappear altogether.
Ophthalmologists advise:
Destruction of the vitreous body of the eye is often the result of chronic diseases. And in order to remove the flies hovering before the eyes, their treatment will be needed. Usually the symptoms of chronic diseases disappear during treatment, but appear again after the end of the treatment course. A healthy lifestyle will help you completely forget about health problems.
With a slight destruction of the vitreous body, treatment should be conservative. It involves the use of medicines, gymnastics for the eyes and folk methods that help seals dissolve. These methods cannot be called effective, but with long-term treatment, it gives a positive result.
With the destruction of the vitreous body, ophthalmologists prescribe eye drops that promote the resorption of opacities and seals by improving metabolic processes. They do not completely remove flies, but as a result of therapy, patients notice that the spots have become more transparent, and their number is reduced.
The most popular drugs:
Sometimes vitamins are prescribed in the form of eye drops:
Since B vitamins are useful for the eyes and blood vessels, their deficiency must be replenished. To do this, a course of intramuscular injections is carried out, or a long-term intake of drugs (for example, brewer's yeast in a dragee) is prescribed.
Wobenzym and Phlogenzym help in the resorption of collagen formations in the vitreous body. This is also facilitated by eye ointments containing corticosteroids (dexamethasone, prednisolone or hydrocortisone).
Sometimes 10-day courses of electrophoresis with lidase or aloe extract are effective. Some patients are helped by homeopathic remedies: Oculochel, Arnica and Sulfur Iodine.
Since the vitreous body does not have a solid, but a gel-like structure, the liquid that fills it can move freely. The seals move along with this liquid. Such an exercise will help redistribute the vitreous mass so that the cloudy areas disappear from the field of view for a while:
Attention! Before doing such an exercise, check with an ophthalmologist and make sure that in your case, the destruction of the vitreous body does not cause retinal detachment. Otherwise, you may speed up the process and increase your risk of vision loss.
Making the flies go to the periphery will help exercise, which was originally proposed by William Bates as a way to relax the eyes to improve vision. It's called "palming". Technique:
Slow exercises will also help to bring down the flies to the periphery:
These exercises can be performed as soon as a fly or web comes into view. And in order to reduce their number, try to perform daily full-fledged gymnastics according to Norbekov or Zhdanov, Bates. They will also help you maintain sharp vision, improve it, or stop it from getting worse.
Now let's talk about how to get rid of hovering flies in the eyes at home using traditional medicine. On your own, you can:
Attention! You can prepare shungite water at home. This will require only water and a special stone - shungite. These components should be taken in a ratio of 10 to 1 (100 grams of shungite for 1 liter of water, 200 grams for 2 liters). Soak shungite in drinking water for three days. During this time, the water will lose harmful heavy metals and become disinfected.
If treatment with folk remedies, and even more so therapeutic exercises, lifestyle changes and drug therapy do not give positive dynamics, and the number of flies and their brightness increase, surgical intervention is necessary. This is the only effective method of getting rid of the destruction of the vitreous body. But since this is an operation, it is resorted to only when a person is at risk of losing sight, or the disease significantly reduces the quality of his life.
With DST, two types of surgery are performed: vitreolysis and vitrectomy. Let's consider both options.
This is the name of the operation to remove clots in the vitreous body by exposing them to a laser. In Russia, it is rarely used, since medicine in our country has not yet mastered the technique of its implementation. However, abroad it is already used everywhere.
Vitreolysis is performed on an outpatient basis. The patient comes at the appointed time, and after the operation, the doctor observes him for some time. If everything is in order, he is allowed to go home. Removal of "flies" is carried out in several stages:
The course of the operation is complicated by the fact that seals in the vitreous are constantly moving. They are very difficult to catch. Therefore, the outcome of the operation largely depends on the human factor, on the skill of the surgeon and the quality of the equipment used. Since it is impossible to predict the result in advance, be prepared for the consequences of laser surgery:
Ophthalmologists consider vitreolysis a successful way to combat the destruction of the vitreous body. However, today the operation is rarely used: the risk of complex consequences is too high. But in the future, when the technique of its implementation will be honed to perfection, it is quite possible that it will become more popular than another method of surgical treatment of CTD - vitrectomy.
This is a very difficult ophthalmic operation, which consists in the complete removal of the vitreous body. There must be a good reason for her appointment. It is usually recommended when the fibers of the body have become so cloudy that visual acuity has decreased significantly, and a person cannot live a full life from this. In this case, wearing glasses or contact lenses will not help, since the biological lens between the lens and the retina is not able to properly transmit light rays.
Removal of the vitreous body is performed under anesthesia for 30-90 minutes. To preserve visual ability, the surgeon fills the cavity formed in the eyeball with a substance similar in optical properties to the vitreous body (it consists mainly of hyaluronic acid and collagen protein). It could be:
Vitrectomy is fraught with consequences:
If the operation was carried out successfully, and the development of consequences is not observed, then vision is restored within a few days.
Important! Before treating DST with a surgical method, the attending physician must be convinced of the ineffectiveness of conservative therapy. And with turbidity associated with physiological aging, the operation is contraindicated. This is due to the peculiarities of the structure of blood vessels in the elderly. They are too weak for vitrectomy to be successful.
In most cases, the destruction of the vitreous body does not pose any danger. It appears only at times when a person looks at a light background in bright light. But if the flies constantly hover before the eyes, this indicates a significant destruction of the structure of the vitreous body. And if this has caused a deterioration in vision, treatment is necessary. Surgical intervention is resorted to only in extreme cases due to the high risk of postoperative consequences.
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Vitreous destruction, or myodesopsia, is a serious ophthalmic disease. It is characterized by the appearance of opacity of one of the most important optical structures of the eye, which a person sees as various foreign objects - threads, "flies", pointed, granular, powdery, nodular or needle-like inclusions. They are sometimes referred to as "floats" or "floats". Proper diagnosis is very important for this disease, since such symptoms can also accompany other diseases - ophthalmological, neurological, mental. For such a pathology as the destruction of the vitreous body, treatment is always complex and specific. In addition, relapses or episodes of incomplete recovery often occur, so the violation should be treated very carefully.
Vitreous body destruction - treatment
The vitreous body is a substance resembling a gel in its structure, filling most of the entire eyeball. It is located in front of the retina and, as it were, supports the lens and other structural elements of the anterior part of the eye. The basis of its composition is water, it also contains proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans (carbohydrate-protein structures), including hyaluronic acid. The functions of this optical medium are to shape the eye, to ensure its preservation, and to refract incoming light and pass it directly to the retina. During destructive processes, the light-conducting function is mainly disturbed, which affects the subjective perception of visual stimuli by a person.
The structure of the vitreous body
Table. Conditions that may be the causes of this pathology.
age disorders | Changes can begin already at the age of 40, when the transparency of the structure decreases due to the accumulation of various pigments, changes in blood circulation. However, usually people over the age of 60 experience such problems. |
Vascular pathology | This includes vegetative-vascular dystonia (but it is worth saying that this is more of a risk factor than the immediate cause), hypertension, changes in any and the walls of blood vessels (calcifications, plaques, elasticity disorders, etc.). |
Pathology of the musculoskeletal system | Osteoarthritis or osteochondrosis of the cervical spine |
Metabolic changes - both physiological and pathological | The state of pregnancy and lactation, transitional age, taking combined oral contraception, diabetes mellitus, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, etc. |
| Craniocerebral, eye or nose injuries, postoperative wounds | Visual, psycho-emotional, physical |
| Toxoplasma | |
Impact of environmental factors | Radiation background, toxins |
Posterior vitreous detachment
The destruction of the vitreous body is often the cause or precursor of pathology much more serious. If among all the processes of destruction, the dominant position is occupied by a change in the consistency of the formation, primarily towards liquefaction, which usually begins from the central part of the formation, then cavities, fibrous fragments, and necrotic masses can form in the vitreous body. Inclusions can be membranous, in the form of screeds or adhesions with different densities. All these pathological elements can grow to the bottom of the eye, and this is a serious problem, because this situation often leads to rupture or detachment of the retina.
Retinal detachment
There are more and less prognostically favorable variants of the destruction of the vitreous body. The most dangerous include the process of partial or total wrinkling. This situation is accompanied by deformation and a decrease in the volume of the eyeball. In some cases, the retina and vitreoretinal ligaments can be torn, the vitreous body can exfoliate, and hemorrhages occur.
Another scenario is the crystallization of the vitreous body, in which free-floating white grains appear in the gel of the vitreous body. Moving, they are able to create a picture that looks like shiny raindrops.
Symptoms of crystallization of the vitreous body
Destruction of the vitreous body is a violation of the structure of individual fibers of the formation, as a result of which they become thicker and less transparent. Sometimes several fibers grow together into one conglomerate, intertwining in the form of octopuses, spiders, chromosomes or palms. In some cases, the collagen complex breaks up into two parts - a dense and liquid fraction. In this case, a person has “lightning flashes” before his eyes. This phenomenon, by its nature, is the reaction of the optic nerve to the appearance of an empty space, which normally should not be.
Lightning before eyes
The "rain" that appears before the eyes does not have to be brilliant. Sometimes it takes on a yellowish-gold color. Crystals can have different sizes, shapes (points, balls, plates), colors (from whitish-yellow to dark brown). These small flies are caused by the appearance of inclusions of crystallized cholesterol, calcium salt, elements such as magnesium and phosphorus. This situation is more typical for aged people with atherosclerosis and dyslipidemia, when the metabolism of lipids and cholesterol in the body is disturbed. This condition often accompanies diabetes.
Flies before the eyes
Best of all, foreign objects in the field of vision are distinguished when looking at a monochromatic clean surface (bright blue sky, snow cover, light-colored walls or ceiling without a pattern, a sheet of paper, plain bed linen) with high-quality lighting. In the case of an insufficient amount of light, an overabundance of small details, a variety of colors, a person may not notice the appearance of "extra" objects before his eyes.
In addition to the presence of extraneous visual images without visual stimuli, there are no other symptoms - the eyes do not hurt, do not water, do not itch, vision in general is usually not reduced. However, the presence of "flies" can affect the psychological state of the patient - to annoy, anger or frighten. It is difficult for people to focus on small details or painstaking work if the objects in front of their eyes are moving or too bright.
The patient becomes irritable
It is possible to confuse these extraneous objects with the appearance of “extra” images that appeared for a different reason (“dark spots” after a gaze was held in the bright sun, “sparks from the eyes” with a traumatic brain injury or arterial hypertension). Differential diagnostic features of objects that have arisen due to the destruction of the vitreous body are the following:
It's like a thread in the eye
Conservative therapy for the destruction of the vitreous body is indicated in cases where there is no threat to vision, changes are associated with physiological or age-related causes, and foreign objects in front of the eyes do not bring significant discomfort to the patient. This type of treatment does not bring a complete recovery, but it can slow down the development of the disease, the formation of new "visual interference" and improve the general condition of a person.
Application of eye drops
Rosuvastatin
Folk recipes are widespread, but they do not have an evidence base for either effectiveness or safety, so their use is not recommended.
In the event that conservative treatment is ineffective, or initially the situation does not allow the use of medicinal methods of therapy, surgical methods for correcting the destruction of the vitreous body are used - laser intervention or surgical vitrectomy (removal of the vitreous body and replacing it with an artificial one).
Destruction of the vitreous body
With the help of a laser beam, inclusions, adhesions, strands or crystals are split into smaller objects that are not able to interfere with vision.
Preparing for the operation
For the first time, Frank Fankhauser, the author of several large studies on cataracts and laser treatment of vitreous pathology, spoke about laser vitreolysis. Today, this technique is used by many ophthalmological clinics, since in its history, spanning more than a dozen years, it has confirmed its effectiveness and safety.
Vitreolysis is performed using a special laser technology YAG. It is very important to accurately focus the laser beam, the maximum allowable fluctuation is no more than 6 microns. The frequency of the laser should be from 200 to 600 flashes. Usually, the cure takes 1-2 procedures, but it can take up to 4.
YAG laser vitreolysis is a technology for fragmentation and partial evaporation of haze
Considering that pathological inclusions in the vitreous body are often mobile, the complexity of the procedure increases several times in contrast to the dissection of the iris or splitting of the posterior lens capsule used in cataracts. Therefore, the procedure is carried out only in the case when there is a risk of complications, for example, retinal detachment, destruction reduces the patient's quality of life or the level of vision.
However, despite the complexity, vitreolysis is an outpatient procedure in most cases. Only local anesthesia (drip anesthesia) is used, which does not burden the heart muscle, vascular structures, liver, kidneys and other organs.
Patients who received combined surgical treatment - FEC and pneumatic vitreolysis
First of all, the patient receives atropine or similar substances as eye drops: this dilates the pupil and relaxes the ciliary muscle. Then a special lens is placed on the eyeball, which allows the laser beam to be focused strictly on the necessary part of the vitreous body.
No incisions are implied, so there is no chance of bleeding. In addition, during the procedure there are no pain sensations, only the sensation of having a lens on the eyes.
Contraindications for surgery
Vitreolysis contraindications:
Hemostasis system
Among the undesirable effects registered:
However, the benefits of the procedure far outweigh the risks of complications.
The benefits of surgery far outweigh any risks.
If it is impossible to carry out laser correction, microinvasive vitrectomy can be performed.
This is an operative method for correcting the destruction of the vitreous body, in which part of the vitreous body or the entire formation is removed. The main indication for this procedure is retinal detachment, because this method solves several problems at once:
Vitrectomy eye operation
The prosthesis with which the vitreous body is replaced must meet a certain list of requirements:
Extraction of the vitreous can be complete (total) or partial (subtotal). During the procedure, perforation (violation of the integrity) of the media of the eye is minimal, so the risk of bleeding or complications is low.
Vitrectomy - operation scheme
For surgery, the patient is usually hospitalized in a hospital, but in some cases, the operation is performed on an outpatient basis. Local anesthesia is preferred, but combination anesthesia may be required in certain situations. The surgeon makes several punctures with an extremely small diameter needle, removes the vitreous body or part of it, and then performs an intervention on the retina - cauterizing it with a laser beam, and then restoring the integrity of the structures and strengthening. The operation usually does not take more than 3 hours.
Rehabilitation after treatment may require from several days to several weeks. It depends on the amount of work performed, the type of vitreous prosthesis, and also on the state of the retina.
It will take some time to recover
Thus, destructive changes in the vitreous body today can be cured in various ways, both conservative and surgical. An important task is to contact the doctor early. Early and correct diagnosis, as well as well-chosen treatment tactics. If everything is done correctly, the probability of recovery, preservation of vision in full and the absence of relapses is very high.
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Flashing dots, cloudiness or flies occur in 50% of people over 65 years of age. Flashes, lightning and spots flying before the eyes mean the development of destruction of the vitreous body of the eye. The development of the disease in old age is considered to be the norm of age-related changes. However, clouding of the fibers in the vitreous body is also observed in young people. Where do flying dots and flies in the eyes come from and what methods of dealing with them have been developed by ophthalmologists? How effective is the use of eye drops? Or is the only way to get rid of destruction - an operation?
The vitreous body is 99% water, the remaining percentage is hyaluronic acid, collagen and other biological components. It is this percentage of active substances that maintains the state of the vitreous body in the form of a gel and provides a transparent structure.
The vitreous body is located between the lens and the retina
The vitreous body is located between the lens and the retina. For a number of reasons, the molecules inside this part of the eye break apart, changing the color permeability.
As a result, it seems to a person that he is observing dots, flies, cobwebs, stars or dark spots before his eyes. Most often this occurs due to aging of the body, loss of the protective function of the vitreous body.
However, not only people of retirement age are at risk.
You can observe similar symptoms at a younger age under the following circumstances:
At a young age, mechanical damage to the eye often leads to the disease. As a result of trauma, part of the eye is destroyed, the ruptured microparticles form into clots and float along the vitreous body.
The cause of clouding of the fibers in the vitreous can be a hormonal imbalance during pregnancy.
The main symptom of the disease is floating elements in the eyes. They are especially clearly visible in a clear sky or on white snow. The brightness of the points in front of the eyes depends on the location of the floating segments to the retina: the closer, the brighter.
The flies move after the gaze, after fixing the gaze at a certain point, they slowly descend.
This disease has several types
There are several types of destruction:
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It is important to conduct a differential diagnosis of destruction. Floating segments, lightning before the eyes are observed with retinal rupture, head injuries, neurological disorders. Dark spots can flicker with concomitant diseases (diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure, concussion).
The standard diagnosis of vitreous destruction includes an examination of the fundus with an ophthalmoscope, a vision test, and a slit lamp examination.
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Ophthalmologists are still on the lookout for the perfect solution to eliminate flying flies and spots. While the treatment of destruction of the vitreous body is extremely individual. With concomitant diseases, floating elements may go out of sight or dissipate.
Small destruction of the fibers does not pose a danger to vision, but a person will have to get used to living with flickering flies in the eyes, which is very difficult psychologically. A patient with mild destruction definitely needs a periodic visit to an ophthalmologist to monitor the current state of the eye.
Unfortunately, large accumulations of crystals and remnants of collagen fibers are not able to resolve on their own.
In the treatment of pathology, doctors focus on eliminating the cause of destruction, reducing the load on the eyes and drug therapy.
As general recommendations, ophthalmologists advise quitting smoking, eating carrots and blueberries that are good for vision, and doing exercises for the neck and spine that improve blood circulation. Be sure to reduce the time spent in front of a TV or computer monitor.
In advanced cases, two types of surgery are used.
Medicines are aimed at stabilizing the state of the vitreous body and slowing down the progression of the disease. The effect of eye drops according to patient reviews is minimal, but in some cases there is a decrease in the number of floating midges or their more blurry display.
A number of drugs are used in medical treatment
In the therapy of the destruction of the vitreous body, the following are used:
Of the homeopathic remedies used: Sulfur iodine, Arnica, Oculochel. Many patients are helped by electrophoresis with aloe extract for a course of 10 days. As an option, electrophoresis with lidase is performed.
For greater effect, vitamin complexes (Aevit, Blueberry forte, Vitrum Vision, Star eyebright) are prescribed to patients, vitamins of group B are administered intramuscularly.
Enzyme preparations are often used that dissolve collagen clots (Wobenzym, Phlogenzym).
Corticosteroids (hydrocortisone, prednisolone, dexamezaton) are sometimes prescribed to resolve opacities.
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Of all folk recipes, instillations with honey or aloe extract are considered the most effective. Before use, you need to make sure that you are not allergic to these products.
In some cases, traditional medicine can help
With minor visual impairment, you can try drops created at home: mix 1 tsp. honey and 4 tsp of aloe juice, the resulting composition is left for two hours in a dark place; in the future, it is necessary to drip the tincture three drops three times a day. Do not forget about the quality of raw materials: honey must be natural, without impurities, additives and preservatives, because we are talking about vision.
A variant of this recipe is drops without aloe: honey is mixed with boiled water in a ratio of 1:5, 2 drops are dripped three times a day. Duration of treatment - 30 days. Before instilling, the pipette with drops must be warmed in the hands.
In addition to drops from honey or aloe, traditional healers use star compresses in the treatment of destruction. The plant is used as a compress: 2 tbsp. l. chickweed brew a glass of boiling water and let it brew for 4 hours. In the resulting infusion, moisten a napkin and leave it on your eyes for 15 minutes.
As non-traditional methods of treatment, massage of the collar zone, hirudotherapy (treatment with leeches), Alekseev's shower are used.
Before using this or that folk method, you should consult an ophthalmologist.
One of the safe methods of dealing with floating flies is eye gymnastics. To date, many techniques have been developed: the system of Norbekov, Bates, Zhdanov.
It is useful to do gymnastics for the eyes
Movements that are simple in execution help, if not to get rid of flying dots forever, but allow them to be moved out of sight.
If you do the exercises daily, there is a high probability that floating spots will descend from the center to the periphery of the eye.
The latest achievement of ophthalmologists in the fight against the destruction of the vitreous body is laser removal of clots. The removal technique has been little studied in the CIS countries, but European doctors have been using it in practice for a long time.
Laser removal of clots is carried out in several stages
The procedure is divided into several stages:
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The success of the operation largely depends on the experience of the surgeon and the quality of the equipment. The problem lies in the mobility of the elements. It's incredibly hard to target a floating point.
Therefore, the procedure has a number of side effects:
The procedure is performed without hospitalization. After manipulation with the YAG laser, the patient remains under the supervision of doctors for some time, after which he is discharged home. Doctors are ambivalent about the laser removal of parts of the vitreous body. It is believed that the effect of the operation overlaps with side effects.
Vitreolysis is a rather promising direction in the treatment of destruction, but so far this type of therapy has not found wide application due to the abundance of adverse postoperative consequences.
There must be serious reasons for the appointment of a vitrectomy, since in this case the vitreous body is completely removed. Usually, vitrectomy is used for clouding of the vitreous body fibers, which significantly reduces visual acuity.
Vitrectomy requires anesthesia.
The duration of the operation is from 30 minutes to one and a half hours, during which anesthesia is necessarily applied. After removing the vitreous body through the punctures of the orbit, the surgeon fills the vacated space with a substance similar in composition.
It could be:
Vitrectomy is a very serious operation that doctors use in case of emergency. Vitrectomy is not justified in the elderly, as the condition of the vessels will still continue to deteriorate due to the aging process.
The operation has a high risk of severe complications: intraocular hemorrhage, cataract, retinal detachment, corneal edema, infectious endophthalmitis.
If the operation is successful, visual function is restored after a few days.
Minor opacities that do not affect vision are not an indication for vitrectomy.
It is impossible to completely protect yourself from the disease
There are no specific measures to prevent destruction. First of all, a person's lifestyle affects visual acuity.
The abundance of refined foods, smoking and alcohol abuse leads to deterioration of blood vessels, which affects the quality of visual function.
It is extremely important to follow the rules of working at a computer, since most professions today are associated with a large amount of time spent at the monitor.
You need to give your eyes a rest, switch your gaze from the screen, or just sit with your eyes closed. It is recommended to take a break from working at the computer every 40 minutes.
People suffering from eye diseases should regularly visit an ophthalmologist to monitor the condition of the eyes. Vitreous destruction in a mild form is increasingly being found in schoolchildren due to a strong load on the eyes: at school, children write and read a lot, and at home they watch TV or play computer games. Parents should limit their children's time in front of the monitor.
To prevent pathology, you just need to be more attentive to your health and try to avoid eye injury.
With a slight change in vision, the prognosis is favorable. Floating elements stabilize in the region of the eyeball, but remissions are extremely rare. However, due to the constant need to free the field of vision from flying points, the patient develops a persistent depressive state. In addition, there is an additional load on the muscles of the neck and eyes due to frequent head movements.
Most often, people get used to the defect of vision, do not flatter yourself. The progression of the disease threatens with loss of vision, so it is advisable to monitor the condition of the vitreous body at periodic examinations by an ophthalmologist.
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