{"id":105,"date":"2022-10-07T01:12:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T01:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2022-10-07T01:12:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T01:12:41","slug":"what_are_floaters_flashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/content\/eyeconditions\/what_are_floaters_flashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Floaters &#038; Flashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we get older we expect to have\u00a0 problems with our eyes,so we tend to ignore them.<\/p>\n<p>One minor symptom that can cause a bigger problem, if not treated, is the occurrence of floaters and flashes. These are those tiny lights that seem to blink through your vision and that you can never catch when you direct your focus toward them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignore-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignore-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignore.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Almost everyone sees floaters at some time, but they can occur more frequently and become more noticeable as we get older.<\/p>\n<p>Floaters caused by posterior vitreous detachment are more common in people who:<br \/>\n\u2022 Are nearsighted<br \/>\n\u2022 Have undergone cataract surgery<br \/>\n\u2022 Have had certain types of laser surgery<br \/>\n\u2022 Have had inflammation of the eye<\/p>\n<p>Because floaters or flashes can be an indication of a serious problem, you should contact our doctor when:<br \/>\n\u2022 You see floaters for the first time<br \/>\n\u2022 You notice an increase in the number or size of floaters<br \/>\n\u2022 You experience the sudden onset of flashes<\/p>\n<p>In most cases no serious problems are found, but a complete eye examination is important. If there is damage to the retina, it needs to be diagnosed and treated immediately to prevent vision loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we get older we expect to have\u00a0 problems with our eyes,so we tend to ignore them. One minor symptom that can cause a bigger problem, if not treated, is the occurrence of floaters and flashes. These are those tiny lights that seem to blink through your vision and that you can never catch when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.docsteinmetz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}