Can mono cause eye floaters?

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• camzron

  03/12/2013

  In general, mono records can do very little influence on eye floaters. People who have eye floaters will feel black spots on their eyeballs fly here and there like mosquitoes when they rotate their eyes. People with eye floaters will more easily see these dark spots when they are in the bright background of blue skies and white walls. Eye floaters usually happens on people whose age is over forty, who are highly near-sighted, and who have taken cataract surgery. Besides, people who have inflammation inside their eyes or vasculopathy in their retina. Eye floaters is temporarily not harmful to eyes, but people should have good rest and pay attention to personal hygiene, and keep in good mood. If the condition is serious, you should go to the doctors' for an eye examination and medical help. Besides, to reduce eye floaters, you should have adequate vitamins especially vitamin E which is good for eyes. Therefore, eat more carrots, eggs, animal livers, mushrooms, fresh vegetables and fruits. Do not drink too much alclhol or coffee, and do not smoke.

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• Joseph

  03/17/2013

  Yes, mono will cause your eye floaters because of its direct affection of dryness of the eyes. In order to reduce your eye floaters, you have to have a good rest for the eyes. In addition, you could also not sit in front of the computers for a long time with little rest. You need to use some eye drops to release the eyes. You could also use the warm compress to make your eyes get moisture.

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• walkingnreverse

  03/27/2013

  Well, yes, it is possible to have eye floaters because of mono. Generally speaking, mono is a kind of very common viral illness. When it occurs, fatigue and lack of energy, fever, headache, and general malaise can be possible. On the other hand, it can also affect your eyes, leading to some eye problems, such as eye floaters, and red eyes. For eye floaters, they are basically little blobs of protein that float through the hollow sphere which is filled with a thick, gel like fluid known as the vitreous humor. To treat it, some essential oil, such as tansy, sandalwood, juniper, lavender can be effective. Also, proper nutrition such as vitamin rich vegetables can prevent new eye floaters. So just have a try.

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