I have read lot of references about silicon and their properties for collagen, cartilag, bone joints, etc... also other products used for that are chondroitin sulfate, etc... The fact is all cases, seeing from "collagen" view, it's that this kind of product stimulates de collagen regeneration and all the body parts that "uses" them: bones, joints, tendons, arteries, hair, skin...

In my case, since the 17 I started to have strange joints pains, tendinitis and some hair and skin problems... perhaps it's only hipocondria, but it has some sense (at least for me).

Also in my case, due to a lesion in the knee last year I had to take oral chondroitin sulfate for some months but it was before floaters. So, if chondroitin sulfate is used as the silicium to regenerate collagen, Why I get my floaters after taking just that? .... one possibility is that the CS (Condroitin sulfate) stimulates creation of a Hyaluronan present in knees that is "shorter" version of the present in the eye, so I thought could be like that of that some "simpler" Hyaluronan arrived to vitreous and made a "bad mix" (if it really exist a "movement" of elements from blood to the vitreous), but I have also started to think if the CS stimulated a regeneration of joints in my body that after stopped taking the pills, tried to continue harvesting the necesary elements (as silicon) in my body, creating the deficit and so, degenerating the colagen of the vitreous.

It's only one theory.

But just about two months before the first floaters I get bited near the knees by some insects, I take some 10 big bites, all near the knees and during one week they were hurting a lot. As all people told me, that was not a problem, no doctor visited, I put vaspit and the bites dissapeared, but... during one month it passed soemthng strange to my knees, i could walk without problems, but when trying to run, my kness was as tumefacted, like asleep. I could not run. The effects dissapeared after one month.

Again, a problem in joints, strangely all bites were near the knees , the rest of the leg was not touched, as they wanted something present in the knees... and again, the insects into their toxins have one specially to DEGRADE THE COLLAGEN near the bite to make easy the effect of the toxins, because collagen is a barrier for them also....

Hipocondria or a real relation. Of course I told this to my oftalmologists, and of course they never take in consideration this. Only, "It's floaters, nothing to do".

So, only in my case, all of of this could have a relation.
And should be good to all people with floaters to take note about the possible connection "floaters-collagen-silicium-joints-hair-skin" and previous joints problems. I'm researching where and at which cost made a hair mineral analysis in my country.

Of course, by Murphy's Law, I'll pay for the analysis and after all my long long explanation of insects and knees and chondroitins sure I will get in the results that my levels of silicium are completely normal, I bet you a non-caffeine coffee ;-D

Until that moment arrives, some interesting links:

Organic Silicium G5 (english):
http://www.le-silicium-or...com/store/SiG5anglish.pdf

You can see here the page that contains the last doc and change teh language to french, german and spanish:
http://www.le-silicium-or...d2639ef94a4f7ae2904cdbdcc

The thread I posted about condroitin sulfate and interesting links about collagen in the eye:
http://floatertalk.yuku.com/topic/2322
http://www.glycoforum.gr....uronan/HA02/HA02E.html#VI
http://www.glycoforum.gr....13/HA13E.html

Johan, thanks for your nice words. I think anybody in this forum knows more about floaters than the 99% of all persons related to medicine and that many many oftalmologists. Of course, personal motivation do it a grade, and who lacks of problems see this from "very far away".

Edited 1 time by weba Sep 20 08 5:23 PM.