Date of last review: Due to be updated

Differential diagnosis

  • Posterior Vitreous Detachment
  • Retinal detachment
  • Retinal hole

Possible management by Optometrist

Treatment

  • None

Advice

  • Urgent referral to ophthalmology
  • Advise of risk of retinal detachment and how to recognise

Management Category

  • Urgent referral to ophthalmology

Possible management by Ophthalmologist

  • Slit lamp or indirect laser retinopexy
  • Cryoretinopexy