Eye Floaters

Naikon

Recently i found out that i have a floater in my left eye which is annoying to say the least, and i am becoming slightly depressed, because apparently apart from vitrectomy ,which is a serious operation there is no other "cure" for these things.
I have no retina problems, but i was told by medical professionals to simply "live with them"
Its shocking that in this day and age, no successful treatment exists for floaters which affect many people.
I hope my brain can learn to "suppress" the floater eventually.
My floater drifts into my central vision many times and is hard to ignore in certain situations.
I have always noticed i had a floater, but lately it has become more noticable in the last few days.
I ask anyone who has this condition to reply with some information regarding their experiences with floaters.
I hope floaters dont get much worse with age , as i am young and would hate to have more floaters occuring in my line of sight.

Thank you.

Goodshape

Plagued with the feckers

I've got one fairly large and very annoying one in my right eye which I see pretty much all the time. For those who don't know, it looks like a small fuzzy semi-translucent black spec (about this size : * ) with what looks like a clear translucent hair coming from it.

Apparently it's a cell which has come loose inside the eye and is now floating (hence 'floaters') in the liquid within the eyeball.

I have other smaller ones which I can successfully 'not notice', but the main one I can remember having for about 10 years now, and I'd absolutely love to be rid of it. Can make reading an absolute pain, particularly as the thing isn't at a fixed location in the eye. When I'm reading the thing will be floating about and lagging behind, getting in the way, as my eyes move across the page.

Any advice I've been given is pretty much the same as yourself, I'm afraid. Just gotta live with it

Naikon

Sorry to hear that:o
You are in the same boat as me and many others.
My floater is weird looking, its greyish/translucent and looks like a cobweb and floats into my line of sight very often.
I cant understand why modern medecine cant alleviate this problem.
These things are a pain.
Its strange that they "appeared" after taking tesco multivitamins.
I have thrown the crap out in skepticism, and i feel at present i wouldent give them to a rat.
I hope advancements are being made but i will just have to accept the floaters as they are out of my control.
I find darkbackgrounds/non-light intensive areas alleviate them a little bit but not by alot.
have you signed/read the floaters cure petition?



Dont know if it will do any good but its worth a shot.

We live in hope.

Filan

I've had floaters for over ten years, initally very distressing, well for a long time...but gradually with time I've largely stopped focusing on this. In time your awareness of them may decline as your mind adapts....it can get easier with time..and support...which you will receive here. I wish you well, Alan

Naikon

cheers!:cool:

I will just have to "adapt"
do these floaters get worse as we age or do they "settle" in most cases.

FranknFurter

I get these all the time, if its what you mean? (Like looking down a microscope and seeing kinda cobwebby floating things?).
Have been there since I was a kid, I mostly dont notice it.
I was told it was stress-related and eye-strain related, but I have other eye issues that may make it different.

Either way, tis a pain in the ass, but I think eventually you will notice that you forget its even there.
Best of luck.

mike65

I have a two or three translucent ones in my left eye, being diabetic I wondered if there ws a connection but the boys in white coats tell me my eyes are 100%. Luckily its not really an annoyance and I can look "past" them without trouble. In the 3 years I've noticed this they hav'nt got any worse.

Can anyone else 'flick' them with a quick left to right movement?

Mike.

Naikon

Yes, mine look like biological organisms you would find under a microscope:eek:
I find that moving your eye up and down and side to side seems to help.
I have about four of them but three are very difficult to notice and the more prominent one seems to "shift its weight" around more than the others if you know what i mean.
The one I notice often is semi translucent but is faint black in the centre.
Mike and franknfurter: Do you find they come into your direct line of sight often?
Apparently floaters are VERY common and i assume some people probably dont "notice" them because they dont drift into direct vision like other cases.
Again thanks for the info.

mike65

Naikon they occasionaly are in line of sight but a quick eye movement or even just blinking a few times can move the object/s.

One thing I noticed is that in winter they are less prominant as its darker more of the time, they are most obvious on a bright sunny day when outdoors. Or when browsing boards.ie unless you're using a black colour scheme!

Mike

Naikon

That trick is quite helpfull:D
I feel as if I am already getting used to these floaters.
Again- Thanks.

billy the squid

mike65 wrote:

Can anyone else 'flick' them with a quick left to right movement?

Mike.

You'll wreck your eyes if you do this too often.

Nearly everyone gets floaters in their vision, usually they go away when settle on the bottom of the eye.

Am actually amazed with all the eye conditions I have, I rarely get these. about once every two years and they last about three weeks.

What makes nuking floaters difficult is the fact they move about, unlike cateracts which can be lasered or surgically removed.

Saruman

I have them.... they do not bother me.. i only notice them if i look towards a light.
I notice they sort of like lik microscopic life forms... maybe they are.. not sure what they are supposed to be... anyway they do not bother me.

Aoide

Naikon wrote:

Yes, mine look like biological organisms you would find under a microscope:eek:

I'm relieved to see someone else has them in that shape as well! I was begining to think maybe I had something worse than what others were describing.
I have them in both my eyes and I'd say about 3 floating around in each one.
I've had since I was a child and thought I was seeing dust particles in the air It wasn't until I was in college in a science class having to identify slides under the microscope that I was the only one who saw those things floating around. I've learned to ignore them over the years.