This movement can cause a posterior detachment, which Dr. Bert says can create a large floater.

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This is also called posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), and is initiated at the posterior pole of the eye. When it is not hindered in any way, the patient notices only that more floaters have ...

He took pictures of the inside of my eye and diagnosed me with PVD, which stands for posterior vitreous detachment. Is it because I don’t wear my glasses like I should?

It leads to painless loss of vision. In most cases, the symptoms include floaters and flashes of light. These symptoms are due to posterior vitreous detachment.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I visited an eye doctor, and I have a posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). I am a 59-year-old female. Can you advise me? Can I go blind? I am very, very scared. -- T.R. ANSWER: The ...

This process, which is irreversible, is known as posterior vitreous detachment. Symptoms include the increase in floaters that you experienced, as well as the arcs of light.

"Floaters are opacities in the gel in the back of the eye called vitreous," says Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler, MD, an ophthalmologist and medical reviewer at All About Vision.

Vitreous Detachment, Retinal Tears and Retinal Detachment In patients with posterior vitreous detachment but without any tears or retinal detachment, it is advisable to examine both eyes using 360 ...