With age the vitreous gets less jelly-like and more firm - loss of fluid, pulls the vitreous off the posterior wall
Causes/Factors
- Male
- Older age
- Humour less firm
- Myopia (larger vitreal chamber)
- FHx
- Trauma
Symptoms
- Lots of flashes and floaters
- Painless
Signs
Investigations
- Need to rule out retinal involement
Management
- Quite conservative - brain will compensate to floaters and filter them out
- Surgical treatment can replace the vitreous with an artifical analouge