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Wish you all the best with your floaters. I've had mine close to 30 years now. I use eye drops to keep the eye hydrated. Doctor said this would help.
I still have my floaters.
You should get checked by an eye doctor.
Take care.
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Wish you all the best with your floaters. I've had mine close to 30 years now. I use eye drops to keep the eye hydrated. Doctor said this would help.
I still have my floaters.
You should get checked by an eye doctor.
Take care. What is a doctor gonna do? Tell me to use eye drops? I already use eye drops since laser eye surgery.
Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
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Any flashes or arc’s when you look left or right? If so, probably having a vitreous detachment. Usually not a serious issue. Just a result of aging. I'll add.... Unless the vitreous detachment tore the retina which is the cause of most retinal detachments, though vitreous detachment is a normal part of the aging process and USUALLY doesn't result in a tear or operculated hole or hole with vitreous traction.
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Any retinal hole, tear or break that doesn't develop scarred down edges is subject to having liquefied vitreous seep under the retina and lift the inner layers of the retina from the outer, vascular supply which results in retinal atrophy and loss of sight.
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I have a permanent and stationary "floater" in each eye. Seems a small void developed in each eye and will be there forever. You eventually get somewhat used to it. Kinda like you have a small knat or mosquito flying by that for a while you will swat at. My 2 cents.
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Other than occasionally thinking a mouse is running across the floor, you'll get used to them.
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Mine, a couple little black ones, went away. The eye doc said they were no big deal, but bright sparkly ones are something else.
Funny thing was I could never “catch them”. Trying to look directly at them just made them float over further.
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I've had them twice in each eye, my doctor "shot" them with a laser....and they were gone. Just hear and feel a little "thump" with a very slight dull pain with each shot, that was it....Doc said I had a couple that would disappear 1 or 2 days later. almost like the "dust settling".
It was a quick and somewhat painless procedure.
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I was sitting in a meeting at work, watching a boring PowerPoint when I noticed a crab walking across the screen. I thought it was dirty glasses. After cleaning my glasses, it was still there. That was 2017. It's still crawling around in my left eye.
It's a glob of the mucosal lining of my left retina that broke free. It's not bothering anything. I've gotten used to it. It has dissolved slightly, but it is still as big as it was, just a bit less noticeable. In normal light, it's like I've got a wad of hair in my eyes.
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They’ll go away with diet You mean I need to slim down to get rid of them? Very low carb keto or carnivore plus exercise
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Wish you all the best with your floaters. I've had mine close to 30 years now. I use eye drops to keep the eye hydrated. Doctor said this would help.
I still have my floaters.
You should get checked by an eye doctor.
Take care. What is a doctor gonna do? Tell me to use eye drops? I already use eye drops since laser eye surgery. See jaguar's posts below. It's why I, and a couple of other folks, mentioned getting to an eye dr. If your retina is starting to have issues, you want to know as soon as possible. And even then nothing is guaranteed. You just might end up having the pleasure of getting a needle in the eye every 4-8 weeks, a very expensive injection, as I have to do to keep vision in that eye at 20/50 corrected. Your choice. Could be nothing, could be worse....................ya pays your money and takes your chances.
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I go to an Ophthalmologist twice a year for full eye examine (pressure and retina), and he could see the floaters through his fancy eyeball machine. He never asked about my diet, made an appointment and shot them with a laser deal like a video game. That was 7 years ago, and just recently I have 1 floater that appears 2 times a week or so.
I had 3 or 4 in each eye prior to his treatment, and I have very good eye sight. But Jag certainly knows the particulars on procedures and causes, I'd defer to his knowledge and expertise in the field.
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I've had "floaties" since I can remember, but nothing that persisted.
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In can be a symptom of a detaching retina. When I got a floater a few years ago I called my eye doc and he said to come in right now for an eye exam.
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Had them for most of my life. As I recall, Dr. called them vitreous floaters. They don't go away.
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They don't go away.......you just get used to them ^^^ this Yup But I recommend seeing your ophthalmologist...
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They never go away. Your brain learns to ignore them. Why would my brain start learning now?
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Had them for most of my life. As I recall, Dr. called them vitreous floaters. They don't go away. yes they can
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