I've had a floater in my right eye for as long as I can remember. Possibly my whole life. I had a Retina Specialist who was treating my parents for wet macular degeneration take a look at it. He said that in my case it wasn't a concern, but he could treat it through various methods if it bothered me.
Eye floaters
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I have improved my vision with AREDS 2 vitamins to where I only wear glasses to read uber small print. It has taken 5+ years but well worth 25¢ a day. No itchy eyes here but less eye crud in the morning. The transition from dark to first light of the day is now no longer a blinding situation. Could go on but they work. Amazing the eye doctors never mention these. Especially the ones who sell high profit margin glasses.
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I first got them in my early 60's. All of a sudden I had bugs buzzing me and I would duck. Driving with a bright sky I thought they were flocks of birds. They did settle down and I got used to them. I had cataract surgery and later had the secondary cataract forming and got the YAG laser treatment. After that I had cascades of black floaters and was really bummed out. After a while they started going away. I asked the Dr about that and she said they settle out. I only have occasional black floaters now but I have the blurs that move across your field of vision every time you move your eyes in a different direction. It is really distracting because it blurs my vision. They tell me there's nothing that can be done. Most eye specialists will not do fluid replacement as there are too many issues with it.
I have learned the hard way that all the promises they make for eye procedures have more complications than they tell you. Had laser surgery to correct my vision with no glasses. I never was 20/20 and had to start wearing glasses after about a year. Then I had cataract surgery and wasn't going to have to wear glasses again. I'm wearing glasses again but can drive ok with plain sunglasses and can get by without them except at night or watching tv. All eye procedures have some kind of issue that you aren't told about.
I have learned the hard way that all the promises they make for eye procedures have more complications than they tell you. Had laser surgery to correct my vision with no glasses. I never was 20/20 and had to start wearing glasses after about a year. Then I had cataract surgery and wasn't going to have to wear glasses again. I'm wearing glasses again but can drive ok with plain sunglasses and can get by without them except at night or watching tv. All eye procedures have some kind of issue that you aren't told about.
What viscosity??
It's a retina scan that gives them a cross section view of the retina. It can detect detachments or other conditions of the retina.
Yup...don't mess with the eyes! My mother had detached retinas in both eyes. She had 3 surgeries were afterward she had to lay face down all day and night for 4 weeks - they inject a bubble into her eye and she had to be face down so the bubble traveled to the area with the detached retina. None of those surgeries worked and she finally found someone doing a different surgery and it worked. There can be a hereditary component so that's fun.
When a human male passes the age of 40, the ability of his eyes to close focus becomes non-functional and why men eventually need reading glasses.
Your eyes lose the function to focus however, as you notice you can move a nearby object, like a book or cell phone and adjust the distance to your eye in order to see more clearly. Your eye can no longer adjust for close vision. But you can manually adjust the distance of the object that you’re trying to see
There are 2 main possibilities:
1) Vitreous detachment. This is very common, and results in floaters. I have it in both eyes. I have had no treatment beyond a careful examination by the best optometrist in town to rule out a -
2) Retinal detachment. This is not rare, is accompanied by floaters and can result in considerable loss of vision if not treated very early (typically with a laser to stick your retina down before it detaches any further.) There are more extreme treatments for more severe cases that I won't go into.
A retinal detachment is a very big deal and my advice is to have it ruled out the same way I did - by having an immediate exam by an optometrist or ophthalmologist. Having had a complete eye exam a month ago does not rule this out.
1) Vitreous detachment. This is very common, and results in floaters. I have it in both eyes. I have had no treatment beyond a careful examination by the best optometrist in town to rule out a -
2) Retinal detachment. This is not rare, is accompanied by floaters and can result in considerable loss of vision if not treated very early (typically with a laser to stick your retina down before it detaches any further.) There are more extreme treatments for more severe cases that I won't go into.
A retinal detachment is a very big deal and my advice is to have it ruled out the same way I did - by having an immediate exam by an optometrist or ophthalmologist. Having had a complete eye exam a month ago does not rule this out.
Flashes of light, especially in your peripheral vision, could be retinal detachment.
That's correct. Flashes of light (which are most apparent at night with rapid head movement) are also common with vitreous detachment. They are supposed to stop eventually but I still have them several years after having my vitreous detachments, which were a year or two apart.
Flashes of light, especially in your peripheral vision, could be retinal detachment.
My wife had a vitreous detachment too and the light flashes interfere with her night driving.
My story is the same as others above. I first noticed a floater in grade 9 (I'm 47 now) and I found it incredibly distracting for a month or so and then simply got used to it. Over the years I have got more.
Like alarmguy, I generally don't notice them but due to this thread I saw them all over the place
In a matter of minutes I'll forget about it again.
I can see why it would be annoying at first and I do strongly recommend anyone get their eyes checked out when any changes happen (and yearly anyway) but these shouldn't usually be a problem.
Like alarmguy, I generally don't notice them but due to this thread I saw them all over the place
In a matter of minutes I'll forget about it again.I can see why it would be annoying at first and I do strongly recommend anyone get their eyes checked out when any changes happen (and yearly anyway) but these shouldn't usually be a problem.
Floaters themselves aren't a problem. After a while you don't even see them anymore.
But a detached retina, one of the causes of floaters, is a very big problem. The retina is like the film in a camera. If the film is no longer where it's supposed to be (adrift in space), that camera isn't going to work very well anymore.
One of our family friends became blind. As a young man he had a detached retina and elected not to do anything about it. And then the other one detached too. Spent the rest of his life walking with a white cane and working for the Institute for the Blind.
Or loss of part of your field of vision.
That's correct.
Vitreous Detach. is very common as you get older. It will also cause flashing of light in the eyes also...
or vitrial detach. too
Flashes of light, especially in your peripheral vision, could be retinal detachment.
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