I've been troubled with floaters since I was in my late teens (I'm in
my fifties now).

Last Summer a thug punched me in the left eye. The only symptoms then
were the classic 'black eye' - the flesh around the eye was swollen and
painful, my eye was nearly closed by the swelling, and I had cuts above
and below the eye caused my the lens of my spectacles being drived into
the flesh. I noticed only slight pain  (if any) from the eyeball
itself, and there were no visual disturbances.

Now, however - ten months or so later - I have suddenly noticed that
the floaters in my left eye are particularly bad. I've just looked at a
book on medical symptoms which states that floaters can be caused by
injury to the eye.

So with this in mind, I'd like to know: what is the likelihood that my
floaters problem is connected with that assault last year?

Any advice or opinions on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Ken