Eye floaters galore

[Lean L]

I think it may be the bright monitors that I've been looking at lately, either that or I have suffered some head trauma that I don't know about but holy crap it seems like everywhere I look I see some imprint of a very small fossil...

What are the remedies?

update: got back from the ophthalmologist today. My eyes are fine. She said it was normal and not much can be done about it.

She also said I have 20/20 vision but my right eye is slightly worse than my left eye so that causes some tunnel vision problems when looking around normally. I could get glasses to fix the issue but it is not worthwhile since my eyes are almost perfect.

 

[Fritzo]

They increase as you age. They're also hereditary. Not much you can do.

 

[amdhunter]

If they are sudden, you might have some bleeding in your eye. I usually see a floater or two in the morning, but by the time I am showered and ready to leave, they disappear.

Could also be a sign of diabetes or glaucoma. Again, only if it's really sudden and a lot. Otherwise don't sweat it.

 

[Zee]

i havent noticed them until right now when i read this post. if you stop paying attention to them they disappear. and if they dont, then it might be more than just the regular straggler

 

[Bulk Beef]

Probably an amoeba. Sorry bout your luck.

 

[Raizinman]

I have had them for years. I actually gave them names. You can have all sort of fun with them. Floater wars or they can be your pet. Get a fly swatter and as a floater moves across your desk, try and swat it. Yes, they can be fun and years of entertainment.

 

[CrazyAznDriver]

I have had them for a long time and some big ones. Luckily you tend to forget they are there.

 

[Saint Nick]

Yep, I have had them probably for as long as I can remember. I barely notice they are here, now.

 

[shocksyde]

I've got a whole boat-load of 'em, but I don't notice them unless I try to.

They're really evident when you look at a blue sky. SQUIGGLIES EVERYWHAR!

 

[Lean L]

If they are sudden, you might have some bleeding in your eye. I usually see a floater or two in the morning, but by the time I am showered and ready to leave, they disappear.

Could also be a sign of diabetes or glaucoma. Again, only if it's really sudden and a lot. Otherwise don't sweat it.

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Does that say anything about whether this is hereditary?

 

[NFS4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdXVq9-FXbg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[mizzou]

I have tons of them. It runs in the family.... solid bright colors exascerbate the problem, whereas darker and broken up colors diffuse the image.


Get a full dilated eye exam to ease disease and trauma anxiety, then learn to ignore them.

It took me a few years to get adjusted, somedays it bothers me more ( like test taking on white paper)

No cure absent an entire eye fluid transfer which is dangerous.

 

[KCfromNC]

If they are sudden, you might have some bleeding in your eye.

It can also be an early warning sign of a detached retina. If it has happened suddenly, get to an eye doctor.

If it's been gradually building for years, welcome to the club and ignore it.

 

[silverpig]

Definitely go see a doctor about it now.

My dad started to get them pretty bad. It turns out his retinas had degraded and had started to detach. The doctor saw it in one eye, so they laser welded his retina down. Then the other one started to go. He went back and the doctor laser welded that one back down, but said it was very close to becoming fully detached and let me tell you, that isn't good.

 

[vi edit]

High blood pressure? Kidney disease is also a common one (goes with the high blood pressure).

 

[Lean L]

Definitely go see a doctor about it now.

My dad started to get them pretty bad. It turns out his retinas had degraded and had started to detach. The doctor saw it in one eye, so they laser welded his retina down. Then the other one started to go. He went back and the doctor laser welded that one back down, but said it was very close to becoming fully detached and let me tell you, that isn't good.

whoa that sounds cool. Can the lasers also be used to kinda degenerate the floaters?

 

[SunnyD]

Dust/pollen in the air will also do it. It's that time of year.

 

[mizzou]

whoa that sounds cool. Can the lasers also be used to kinda degenerate the floaters?

Floaters are all about how they hang in your vitreuous fluid. Since its prob much thicker than water, and pressurized?, there arent alot of options that arent intrusive.


Ive heard of laser zapping them, but other than just breaking them into smaller pieces ( think of clarity of toilet water with multiple solid logs vs murky diarreah poo water) you can only get them out by physically removing them.

Ive thrown out the idea of using a vitreous filtration system to flush the eye, it should still work even in a thick fluid because suction would be under a vacuum and not reliant on gravity to seperate contaminated solution which would be equivalent to try and empty a can of jello completely by hanging it down, a tool sill needed to scoop it out.
With a pool style line in and line out i beleive it could filter ee fluid over a matter of a few minutes

 

[Lean L]

Floaters are all about how they hang in your vitreuous fluid. Since its prob much thicker than water, and pressurized?, there arent alot of options that arent intrusive.


Ive heard of laser zapping them, but other than just breaking them into smaller pieces ( think of clarity of toilet water with multiple solid logs vs murky diarreah poo water) you can only get them out by physically removing them.

Ive thrown out the idea of using a vitreous filtration system to flush the eye, it should still work even in a thick fluid because suction would be under a vacuum and not reliant on gravity to seperate contaminated solution which would be equivalent to try and empty a can of jello completely by hanging it down, a tool sill needed to scoop it out.
With a pool style line in and line out i beleive it could filter ee fluid over a matter of a few minutes

Seems extremely invasive not to mention it introduces a whole world of other complications. I don't know much about this but reading your description, it seems like a difficult or impossible thing to do.

edit: reread your post... sounds interesting.

 

[BoomerD]

This seems appropriate for the OP:

http://www.aboutfloaters.com/eyefloatersremoval.htm

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Eye floaters have been the bane of my existence.. I used to play golf competitively, but quit altogether due to the floaters. I'd lose track of my golf ball like 50% of the time because the floaters will blend in and get in the way. They get in the way of reading anything. Any word I'm reading will occasionally blur out because a floater has crossed path. I've dealt with this all my life, and they're ultra annoying. It's pretty bad on my right eye, and a lot of times, I just close my right eye just so they won't impede my reading.

 

[seepy83]

Like others have said, go see an eye doctor just to be certain that you don't have something bad going on. I had some floaters appear out of the blue when I was 18-20 years old. I heard about the possibility that my retina was detaching, etc. The doctor checked it out and said I had nothing to worry about.

 

[Lean L]

This seems appropriate for the OP:

http://www.aboutfloaters.com/eyefloatersremoval.htm

Wow only $60? That's your kinda deal right? I will pass on it though. I'm too tall to do things like that.

 

[silverpig]

whoa that sounds cool. Can the lasers also be used to kinda degenerate the floaters?

Not really. They will settle out slowly and disappear apparently though.

 

[mizzou]

Not really. They will settle out slowly and disappear apparently though.

Emphasis on slowly, like 80 years lol