2023-07-12 06:55:52
A food supplement, called “Clearer” developed by the Theia bio laboratory claims manage to reduce the size of these floaters and the visual discomfort they cause in approximately 70% of subjects who tested it for six months. Composed of antioxidants and antiglycation micronutrients », this supplement was evoked in a dithyrambic way last May in an article of the British newspaper The Mirror1 and has since been a victim of its success, to the point of seeing its stocks exhausted. Before you rush on the latter, however, know that the study2 supposed to prove the effectiveness of the latter is judged by some specialists to be rather unconvincing, as recalled in another article3 Charlotte Codina, lecturer in orthoptics at the English University of Sheffield.
Hydration, carotenoids and rest also effective against floaters
What we do know, however, is that hydrate yourself enoughhave a carotenoid-rich diet (particularly the lutein and zeaxanthin which is found in large quantities in dark green vegetables such as kale, cooked spinach or broccoli as well as in eggs) and in fatty fish containing omega-3, may help those at risk of age-related macular degeneration, and therefore potentially also reduce the occurrence of floaters. Other studies indicate that a excessive exposure to blue light from screens could accelerate the aging of the eye, therefore this type of phenomenon, but this remains a hypothesis.
Anyway, the good news is that those little “flies” or black specks that sometimes invade our field of vision are actually a fairly benign phenomenon, especially if you’ve had them for a long time and they’re not getting worse. Called myodesopsia (or vitreous floaters), these “flies” are usually caused by the detachment of small portions of the posterior vitreous (the gelatinous mass that fills the eye behind the pupil) which then cast their shadow on the retina of the eye, giving the impression of black spots floating in the field of vision.
Sometimes these floaters are a sign of a more serious pathology when you suddenly see a large quantity of them or if they are accompanied by flashes or a kind of gray curtain that invades your field of vision, then you may be the victim of a retinal tear that requires urgent surgery. Apart from these rare diagnoses (less than 1% of cases) know that over time, these black spots are much less noticeable and that rest helps to greatly reduce the phenomenon.
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Probiotics against dry eye?
Another study that has gone unnoticed also seems very promising for the health of our eyes: administered orally, the probiotic bacterial strain Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 manages to reduce dry eye in mice. Indeed, just as it acts on our lungs or our brain, our intestinal microbiota would also be a lever of action to protect… our eyes!
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, the results of this study carried out by a research group from Baylor College of Medicine (USA) showed that, in mice, just five days after receiving these probiotic bacteriaTHE corneas were less damaged and suffered less from dryness. Good news for the 5% of the population who suffer from this disorder, often uncomfortable and painful, which causes tingling, inflammation and increased sensitivity to light.
If you are one of the unfortunate 10-15% of patients for whom conventional treatments (drops, gels or ointments) for dry eye do not work, know that this strain of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM17938 (also called Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM17938) is available over-the-counter in the form of capsules or chewable tablets. A possibility of treatment to be discussed with your doctor.
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