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Anyone else have floaters in their eyes ?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ? |
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"I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ? "
get flowers in other places is that a different topic  |
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"I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ? get flowers in other places is that a different topic "
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them. "
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong, |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong, "
It occurs when the jelly like substance becomes more liquid, usually it’s age related. That’s what I was told when I asked the optician about it! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I have them to.
Embrace them though say I - it’s wonderfully fun to send them flying from side to side like a game of Pong when you swivel your eyeballs  "
Oh I do, they don’t bother me in the slightest, just curious who else had them. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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It’s nearly impossible to focus on them, once you do they just drift off, I can bring the big one across to the middle of my vision then briefly look at it before it drifts away again, |
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I’d had them nearly fifty years. I have eye tests every 2 years and with the new scans available, you can actually see them. They are harmless and can be ignored.
As someone above said, it’s fun to bounce them around.   |
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"I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ? "
Yeah I have these too OP and you notice them more against a white background. You describe them exactly where you try to look directly at them only for them to be just our out of reach where you end up following them to the side of your eye. Mine look like hair tangles. |
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"It’s nearly impossible to focus on them, once you do they just drift off, I can bring the big one across to the middle of my vision then briefly look at it before it drifts away again, "
The Floaters and The Drifters were 2 completely different bands  |
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
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"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong, "
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx |
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"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx"
I noticed mine a few months after an orbital blowout. So I get mine checked yearly to ensure it isn't anything related to movement of the eyeball. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
I've had them since 1975, when I was 4/5, when the Bionic Man was a new programme on the telly. Any way I digress.
They are harmless, but annoying when:
Looking at a white monitor screen
Driving in the fog
Trying to use a microscope
Looking at the sky, when on the look out for flying red kites/aircraft.
Ther NHS says, but glosses over..Causes of floaters and flashes
Lots of people, particularly older people, get floaters and flashes.
They're usually caused by a harmless process called posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), where the gel inside your eyes changes.
Sometimes they can be caused by retinal detachment.
This is serious and can lead to permanent vision loss if not treated.
Floaters and flashes can also happen for no obvious reason.
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx
I noticed mine a few months after an orbital blowout. So I get mine checked yearly to ensure it isn't anything related to movement of the eyeball."
What is an orbital blowout?
Sounds like an album cover or a burst tyre on the M25. Either way it sounds traumatic. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Travelling |
"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx"
Oh! Never expected to see you in here  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx
I noticed mine a few months after an orbital blowout. So I get mine checked yearly to ensure it isn't anything related to movement of the eyeball.
What is an orbital blowout?
Sounds like an album cover or a burst tyre on the M25. Either way it sounds traumatic."
Fractured eye socket due to a mugging. |
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
somewhere, someplace |
"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx
Oh! Never expected to see you in here "
Shhh you! |
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over a year ago
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"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx
I noticed mine a few months after an orbital blowout. So I get mine checked yearly to ensure it isn't anything related to movement of the eyeball.
What is an orbital blowout?
Sounds like an album cover or a burst tyre on the M25. Either way it sounds traumatic.
Fractured eye socket due to a mugging. "
Jeepers, that's horrendous, so sorry to hear you had to go through that. |
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I've had floaters for about two months...it scared me shitless at first but after a trip to the opticians I have been reassured that they are nothing to worry about... it's just the vitreous gel in the eye moving around..it happens when you get older... there's no treatment for them...some move away from the area of vision and you get used to the disruption |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Travelling |
"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx
Oh! Never expected to see you in here
Shhh you!"
Anyway I don't believe you. They are the tiny aliens controlling all of our actions. |
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
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"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx
Oh! Never expected to see you in here
Shhh you!
Anyway I don't believe you. They are the tiny aliens controlling all of our actions. "
Haha I shall tell my colleagues that and let them know their services are rendered null and void  |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx
I noticed mine a few months after an orbital blowout. So I get mine checked yearly to ensure it isn't anything related to movement of the eyeball.
What is an orbital blowout?
Sounds like an album cover or a burst tyre on the M25. Either way it sounds traumatic.
Fractured eye socket due to a mugging. "
Ooh that is traumatic, did you make a full recovery? |
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Very normal to have floaters or dark spots in field of vision. Can be an optical migraine. Dont worry if it persists for few weeks then go to an optician. Drink plenty water and give your eyes a rest from screens |
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"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx
I noticed mine a few months after an orbital blowout. So I get mine checked yearly to ensure it isn't anything related to movement of the eyeball.
What is an orbital blowout?
Sounds like an album cover or a burst tyre on the M25. Either way it sounds traumatic.
Fractured eye socket due to a mugging.
Ooh that is traumatic, did you make a full recovery?"
Thankfully yes. They keep an eye on my eye (pardon the pun) as they could not put a plate in where the bone is missing. So they check the eyeball doesn't sink or move back. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"You constantly get them? I used to call them fairies. Think I still do dunno what the official term is for them.
Yeah, I’ve had them since I was a kid, I thought everyone did, I don’t take any notice of them most of the time, I think it’s just the protective jel on the eye ball, I could be wrong,
It's debris in the vitreous jelly in the eye, normally drains away, sometimes doesn't, generally harmless but can sometimes been a symptom of something more severe. Any new, larger or larger numbers of them needs checking out xx
I noticed mine a few months after an orbital blowout. So I get mine checked yearly to ensure it isn't anything related to movement of the eyeball.
What is an orbital blowout?
Sounds like an album cover or a burst tyre on the M25. Either way it sounds traumatic.
Fractured eye socket due to a mugging.
Ooh that is traumatic, did you make a full recovery?
Thankfully yes. They keep an eye on my eye (pardon the pun) as they could not put a plate in where the bone is missing. So they check the eyeball doesn't sink or move back."
Here's looking at you kid and hopefully, you'll have no more eye problems. |
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My vision is covered in them and like you OP, I can't remember a time without them.
The only thing they really affect is my concentration level when I'm in front of the computer as they are hugely distracting. |
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So nobody told the OP then. For shame...
Okay. Look OP. Take a seat, phew this isn’t gonna be easy.
Okay, the reason they look like bacteria is well it’s because they are. The reason why they look so big is, well, I don’t know how to say this, it’s all about context...
Erm... okay shit look OP. You are also a bacteria, which is why these things look huge, you’re in a Petri dish with all your little (to us) buddies and the things you see floating around in front of you are your mates. We are observing your behaviour and growth pattern. To be honest, you’re not scoring high at the moment...
If you need to talk OP, well I’m sure one of my fellow scientists ahem I mean fabsters will lend an ear. Be well (but buck up a little, results are disappointing) |
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"So nobody told the OP then. For shame...
Okay. Look OP. Take a seat, phew this isn’t gonna be easy.
Okay, the reason they look like bacteria is well it’s because they are. The reason why they look so big is, well, I don’t know how to say this, it’s all about context...
Erm... okay shit look OP. You are also a bacteria, which is why these things look huge, you’re in a Petri dish with all your little (to us) buddies and the things you see floating around in front of you are your mates. We are observing your behaviour and growth pattern. To be honest, you’re not scoring high at the moment...
If you need to talk OP, well I’m sure one of my fellow scientists ahem I mean fabsters will lend an ear. Be well (but buck up a little, results are disappointing) "
This is some head messing material right there  |
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"So nobody told the OP then. For shame...
Okay. Look OP. Take a seat, phew this isn’t gonna be easy.
Okay, the reason they look like bacteria is well it’s because they are. The reason why they look so big is, well, I don’t know how to say this, it’s all about context...
Erm... okay shit look OP. You are also a bacteria, which is why these things look huge, you’re in a Petri dish with all your little (to us) buddies and the things you see floating around in front of you are your mates. We are observing your behaviour and growth pattern. To be honest, you’re not scoring high at the moment...
If you need to talk OP, well I’m sure one of my fellow scientists ahem I mean fabsters will lend an ear. Be well (but buck up a little, results are disappointing)
This is some head messing material right there "
Well someone had to tell him and I warned you that giving bacteria a personality was gonna cause issues but ohhhhh no. You knew best.
Now we have a Petri dish full of bacteria having existential crises... this is on YOU! |
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"So nobody told the OP then. For shame...
Okay. Look OP. Take a seat, phew this isn’t gonna be easy.
Okay, the reason they look like bacteria is well it’s because they are. The reason why they look so big is, well, I don’t know how to say this, it’s all about context...
Erm... okay shit look OP. You are also a bacteria, which is why these things look huge, you’re in a Petri dish with all your little (to us) buddies and the things you see floating around in front of you are your mates. We are observing your behaviour and growth pattern. To be honest, you’re not scoring high at the moment...
If you need to talk OP, well I’m sure one of my fellow scientists ahem I mean fabsters will lend an ear. Be well (but buck up a little, results are disappointing)
This is some head messing material right there
Well someone had to tell him and I warned you that giving bacteria a personality was gonna cause issues but ohhhhh no. You knew best.
Now we have a Petri dish full of bacteria having existential crises... this is on YOU! "
Get your big pointing finger away from me or you'll see other kind of floaters 
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"In my house "floaters" are the ones that don't flush, you wouldn't want those in your eyes "
HOUSE!
Way too predictable, surprised it took this long though. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I get floaters but only notice them occasionally.
As long as your optician says your eyes are fine... don't worry. "
I haven’t been to the optician since I was 22. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Hey, he said floaters, haha, like the ones you get in the toilet, haha, anyone else think of that or just me, haha, brilliant, I really should do stand up, how I linked them things up I’ll never now! |
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"I get floaters but only notice them occasionally.
As long as your optician says your eyes are fine... don't worry.
I haven’t been to the optician since I was 22."
You might want to, it can be a sign of problems.
Sight also changes as you get older, and you might not notice as it's often a very gradual change. |
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By *anae21Woman
over a year ago
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"I get floaters but only notice them occasionally.
As long as your optician says your eyes are fine... don't worry.
I haven’t been to the optician since I was 22."
Go! If nothing else, retinal photography is pretty cool and they may even show up. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
Did you know that if you pour ARCHERS peach schnapps into lemonade you can create your own floaters, there and then in a glass. show this to non-floatee friends (new word of the week) and ask them to hold the glass to the sky and ask what they can see.
Glass worms wriggling about in the sky, should be what they say. |
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"I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ? "
They are perfectly natural don’t worry about them. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ?
They are perfectly natural don’t worry about them. "
You say that, but if you drive in the fog or do a lot of wall painting, then the distraction factor is very high.
Floaters make using a microscope useless, as the light is so bright, the floaters get so illuminated, that the thing you are looking at gets drowned out. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You can now have vitrectomy for floaters, advancement in tech and skills has made it more an more safe these days to tackle the problem if it’s interfering with your daily life, I know a few people who had the surgery and haven’t looked back, |
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"You need to go to the optitions "
No he doesn't. Floaters are perfectly normal, especially if he's had them for so long.
Any sudden changes in vision etc should be investigated though.
Floateers are just bits of dense 'jelly' in the eye. |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
Floaters are usually harmless UNLESS, as advised by an Eye Specialist whom I saw back in the late 80's, and confirmed since too, that if anyone in your immediate family has or had eyesight issues, then there MIGHT be a potential for Genetic reoccurrence in you.
In my case, it was down to what became a detached and torn Retina in my left eye, plus 2 unrelated infections which could threaten my overall sight in both eyes.
It took specialists at Moorfields in London 5 operations on my left eye alone spread over 7 months to rectify the issues, plus 1 on my healthier right eye as a preventative measure. I was off work for 8 months.
Opticians always tend to suggest floaters should be checked out if they last longer than a few weeks. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have dots and things shooting across my vision but then my eyes leak at the back and after 13 lazer ops the doc won’t do any more so it’s a case of getting used to it which is fine because chocolate was always more important than my eyesight!!!!
Tony |
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"I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ? "
I was told it’s a sign of being run down or vitamin deficiency. |
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By *amish SMan
over a year ago
Eastleigh |
Or pigment dispersion syndrome, harmless most of the time, but must be monitored. It can block the vent system on the eyeball and cause glaucoma.
A decent eye examination should spot this condition, plus many other conditions, the cost is well worth it. |
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
somewhere, someplace |
As long as they haven't changed in size and shape or number and there are no other accompanying symptoms like flashes or drop in vision then theres no need to be concerned, but always mention them in eye tests. I mean we can see them a lot of the time when we test but it's always nice to confirm from the patient |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've had them since 1975, when I was 4/5, when the Bionic Man was a new programme on the telly. Any way I digress.
They are harmless, but annoying when:
Looking at a white monitor screen
Driving in the fog
Trying to use a microscope
Looking at the sky, when on the look out for flying red kites/aircraft.
Ther NHS says, but glosses over..Causes of floaters and flashes
Lots of people, particularly older people, get floaters and flashes.
They're usually caused by a harmless process called posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), where the gel inside your eyes changes.
Sometimes they can be caused by retinal detachment.
This is serious and can lead to permanent vision loss if not treated.
Floaters and flashes can also happen for no obvious reason.
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Please, take new onset floaters seriously. Especially in people above the age of 40, or those with short-sightedness. It may be nothing serious ( like a posterior vitreous detachment), or it may be a sign a retinal tear has taken place. Retinal tears can lead to retinal detachments.
So, when you notice them, don't waste time and immediately contact an optician or ring up the eye emergency clinic of your hospital to be seen within 24 hours. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Please, take new onset floaters seriously. Especially in people above the age of 40, or those with short-sightedness. It may be nothing serious ( like a posterior vitreous detachment), or it may be a sign a retinal tear has taken place. Retinal tears can lead to retinal detachments.
So, when you notice them, don't waste time and immediately contact an optician or ring up the eye emergency clinic of your hospital to be seen within 24 hours."
Thank you for the information. |
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See an optician for professional advice and an MOT , they will do various checks and tests to make sure your ok, if all comes back OK ect, sounds like floaters, same iv had them all my life, annoying I must say, like a curtain. Its the jelly in your eyes crossing in front of your retina, causing a shadow, variant in sizes.
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I've always had a floater in my left eye even after I got my cataracts out from both eyes a few years ago. The floater in my left eye is still there but it doesn't affect my eyesight so I'm not overly concerned about it x |
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"I've always had a floater in my left eye even after I got my cataracts out from both eyes a few years ago. The floater in my left eye is still there but it doesn't affect my eyesight so I'm not overly concerned about it x"
Ive investigated surgery but too risky. Im told they fade eventually, 1 to 6 months |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
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"Please, take new onset floaters seriously. Especially in people above the age of 40, or those with short-sightedness. It may be nothing serious ( like a posterior vitreous detachment), or it may be a sign a retinal tear has taken place. Retinal tears can lead to retinal detachments.
So, when you notice them, don't waste time and immediately contact an optician or ring up the eye emergency clinic of your hospital to be seen within 24 hours."
Specsavers are good for the deep scan. It's an extra £10 on top the test, but well worth it. They can almost predict the future of your eyes. Glad I spent the money and they write straight to the hospital if need be.
Eye test Jan this year, consultation May, surgery, Covid allowing September this year. (at a private hospital a couple of miles away, all paid for by NHS)
Gets my vote. |
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"Did you get your eyes checked op?
I haven’t yet, think I’m going to book an appointment next week. "
Id get booked now. I went in and took about an hour. I got taxi there as they were putting i solution in eyes to dilate pupil's then examination. Retina ok, was a capillary that ruptured. Best to go incase the retina needs surgery and dooner the better so id get booking to be on the safe side |
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I get them in both eyes. It's something to do with the fluid becoming more liquid with age. Apparently it's normal as it's age related however If you notice a sudden increase it could be a symptom or something else.
I usually don't notice them but this time of year when the spiders come out I'm a bit more on edge and jumpy when I see something move across the floor.
I don't think they can be removed permeantly.
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
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"Please, take new onset floaters seriously. Especially in people above the age of 40, or those with short-sightedness. It may be nothing serious ( like a posterior vitreous detachment), or it may be a sign a retinal tear has taken place. Retinal tears can lead to retinal detachments.
So, when you notice them, don't waste time and immediately contact an optician or ring up the eye emergency clinic of your hospital to be seen within 24 hours.
Specsavers are good for the deep scan. It's an extra £10 on top the test, but well worth it. They can almost predict the future of your eyes. Glad I spent the money and they write straight to the hospital if need be.
Eye test Jan this year, consultation May, surgery, Covid allowing September this year. (at a private hospital a couple of miles away, all paid for by NHS)
Gets my vote."
OCT scan is what you had, detects eye conditions up to 4-5 years before symptoms will show or be detected on normal retinal photography or retinoscopy |
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"I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ? "
Yarp... i try to trick mine to get a better look, I look up quick and past them...do you ever get the sparkly ones? |
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"I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ?
Yarp... i try to trick mine to get a better look, I look up quick and past them...do you ever get the sparkly ones?"
No, I haven’t been lucky enough to get those, but I do trick mine where if you look fast enough you can focus on them, till they start drifting off again. |
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"I remember asking as a kid how long I’d see these floaty things in my eyes for, one looks like a large bacteria, another a virus, I was informed they disappear after a few days, I’m 47 and they are still there, they still look exactly the same, don’t look a day older, I call the big one Floaty McFloatface, if you try to look at them directly they drift off, always slightly out of reach, one of them when I can focus on it looks like a Grand Prix circuit, dunno which one yet it won’t stay still long enough, they are at there clearest when I’m looking at a blank piece of paper, anyone else got them ?
Yarp... i try to trick mine to get a better look, I look up quick and past them...do you ever get the sparkly ones?
No, I haven’t been lucky enough to get those, but I do trick mine where if you look fast enough you can focus on them, till they start drifting off again. "
So a similar approach to me but i pretend I'm not looking at them |
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"I've always had a floater in my left eye even after I got my cataracts out from both eyes a few years ago. The floater in my left eye is still there but it doesn't affect my eyesight so I'm not overly concerned about it x
Ive investigated surgery but too risky. Im told they fade eventually, 1 to 6 months "
Strange you were told that as I had cataracts for 10 years before I was told to get the surgery x |
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"I've always had a floater in my left eye even after I got my cataracts out from both eyes a few years ago. The floater in my left eye is still there but it doesn't affect my eyesight so I'm not overly concerned about it x
Ive investigated surgery but too risky. Im told they fade eventually, 1 to 6 months
Strange you were told that as I had cataracts for 10 years before I was told to get the surgery x"
I had floaters in one eye after ehat turned out to be a posterior vitreous detachment.
I got it checked incase of a tear in the retina which would need fixing but was ok.
Cataracts are usually left till they get more severe before surgery
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By (user no longer on site)
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Assuming there's nothing worrying going on and these are just the floaters many or even most of us get - we should all visit the opticians regularly - the trick is just to ignore the things. |
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"Omg, and I thought it was only me which is why I never ever spoke about it having worn glasses all my life
I'm so happy right now I'm actually in tears
Iv got them"
Don't, I'm all emotional right now |
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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Omg, and I thought it was only me which is why I never ever spoke about it having worn glasses all my life
I'm so happy right now I'm actually in tears
Iv got them
Don't, I'm all emotional right now "
But the optician or doc must have told you |
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"Omg, and I thought it was only me which is why I never ever spoke about it having worn glasses all my life
I'm so happy right now I'm actually in tears
Iv got them
Don't, I'm all emotional right now
But the optician or doc must have told you "
No, I was told I had detached retinas as a child...the floating was never mentioned |
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By *asmeenTV/TS
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"Omg, and I thought it was only me which is why I never ever spoke about it having worn glasses all my life
I'm so happy right now I'm actually in tears
Iv got them
Don't, I'm all emotional right now
But the optician or doc must have told you
No, I was told I had detached retinas as a child...the floating was never mentioned"
Noo they are normal xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Omg, and I thought it was only me which is why I never ever spoke about it having worn glasses all my life
I'm so happy right now I'm actually in tears
Iv got them
Don't, I'm all emotional right now
But the optician or doc must have told you
No, I was told I had detached retinas as a child...the floating was never mentioned
Noo they are normal xx"
I'm so relieved to know this.... |
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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Omg, and I thought it was only me which is why I never ever spoke about it having worn glasses all my life
I'm so happy right now I'm actually in tears
Iv got them
Don't, I'm all emotional right now
But the optician or doc must have told you
No, I was told I had detached retinas as a child...the floating was never mentioned
Noo they are normal xx
I'm so relieved to know this.... "
Xxx |
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