What causes vitreous opacity in the eye?

Vitreous opacity is a symptom of an ophthalmic disease. There is not a single cause, and many factors may be related to it, such as eye trauma, foreign bodies in the eye, parasites and tumors, which may all cause this disease.

1. It is not an independent eye disease

The normal vitreous body is a transparent gel that has no blood vessels or nerve tissue. Its metabolism is extremely slow, and its nutrition and metabolism are completed through diffusion from adjacent tissues. Vitreous opacity refers to the dust-like, filamentous, flocculent, streak-like, and cloud-like opacities in the vitreous body. It is not an independent eye disease, but one of the common clinical signs of ophthalmology and can be caused by a variety of diseases.

2. Common causes

There are vitreous degeneration in the elderly, retinal or uveal bleeding entering the vitreous, high myopia, congenital embryonic cells or tissues remaining in the vitreous, eye trauma, foreign bodies retained in the eye, parasites and tumors, etc. Physiological ones do not require treatment, while pathological ones should be treated according to the cause of the disease. Generally, anti-inflammatory or hemostatic treatment is first directed at the cause of the disease, and secondly, iodine preparations, hyaluronidase, urokinase or calcium preparations can be used to promote absorption. Depending on the condition, physical therapy such as ultrashort wave or ultrasound and sodium iodide ion penetration can also be used. Vitrectomy can be performed for severe cases.

3. Diet therapy and health care

There are many eye diseases that cause vitreous opacities, and the patient's diet treatment should vary according to the disease. The following is a brief introduction to some commonly used dietary therapy recipes.

1. Gujing Herba Ecliptae and Tremella fuciformis Soup

10 grams of Tremella fuciformis, 9 grams each of Glechoma longituba and Houttuynia cordata. Take it in decoction. Take one dose daily. Decoction each dose twice, take once in the morning and once in the afternoon. It can cool blood and stop bleeding, and assist in the treatment of vitreous hemorrhage and vision loss.

2. Double Ear Soup

10 grams each of black fungus and white fungus, 5 grams of rock sugar. Soak the fungus in warm water and wash it, add water and rock sugar, and steam it in a bowl for 1 hour. 2 times a day,

Generally speaking, floaters are a harmless vitreous opacity caused by senile vitreous degeneration, excessive eye use, fatigue, etc. Most floaters do not affect visual function and do not require special drug treatment. Just get adequate rest, avoid overwork, and make sure your work and rest are regular.