Floaters in your eye

[artie]

How many of you have floaters in your eye or eyes. I woke up Friday morning and had these black dots floating around my eye. That evening I was getting bright flashes in my right eye. So Saturday I saw my regular eye Doc and had a field test done on my eyes. So I have some floaters which are parts that have broken off of the back of the eye but the good news is they are not pulling in the centre of the eye. I just will have these floaters which are annoying when you see something in the corner of your eye and there is nothing you can do about it. The other funny thing is that the floaters are in the left eye but the brain sees them in the right eye. She also gave me some cards with lines on them where I check my vision every morning. If I see what I am not supposed to see I have to get attention right away. I am sure glad that I am on good footing with my eye doctor as she got right on it and I will be buying my glasses from her for a long time to come.

[justsomeguy]

Get to a doctor, I remember something about it being a early warning for a heart attack.

[Big Racks]

I've had them for about 10 years. Googled them and there is actually quite a bit of info online. They are very common, some more noticeable than others. There are a couple different types - the dots or spots and then the longer striation type. Mine are more noticeable in certain lights, usually in brighter lights. What you're seeing is actually the shadows of the floaters, not the floaters themselves. They are evidently harmless. If they become an unbearable distraction, they do a fairly radical procedure where they drain the eye fluid and basically strain it before replacing it - sounds freaky to me.

[Reeves1]

Had them for many years. Doc said no problems. Sometimes distracting though. Depends on the back ground I'm looking at.

[Leeper]

I have them also. In addition I geta corolla effect which is the visual indicator of a migraine. Happily, I seldom have the headache which goes along with it. I have cataracts in my right eye but the left is stillK. I shoot left handed so that's relatively OK. Leeper

[RandyBoBandy]

got hit with a tennis ball in the left eye (torn iris and pupil) about 110kmh..been getting the "floaters" for about 5 yrs..optamamologist says... it's normal for age :)

[leeaspell]

I have then too. Mines actually kind of big, well more long, almost like a little piece of hair on binocular lens. Most times I don't notice it, but if i was drinking the night before I can really notice it the next day.

[Albertadiver]

I have them too. After a while you get used to them. Can be annoying though!

[Reeves1]

We Humans did not evolve to live so long.
Not that long ago if you managed to hit 35 years of age, you were looking the Grim Reaper in the eyes.
Expect some weird things.

[Albertadiver]

We Humans did not evolve to live so long.
Not that long ago if you managed to hit 35 years of age, you were looking the Grim Reaper in the eyes.
Expect some weird things.

Yep! Like affection towards pintos!

[Reeves1]

Pintos are immortal ! :sHa_shakeshout:

[doetracks]

... black dots floating around my eye. That evening I was getting bright flashes in my right eye...

And the bright flashes?

Floaters are, for the most part, harmless. I would be more concerned with the flashes.

I should have been an Opthamologist. The eyes are wondrous things.

[Big Racks]

I have then too. Mines actually kind of big, well more long, almost like a little piece of hair on binocular lens. Most times I don't notice it, but if i was drinking the night before I can really notice it the next day.

Those are the striation/thread type. I actually have some of each - one or two threads, plus some odd sized specks.

[TreeGuy]

Pintos are immortal ! :sHa_shakeshout:

So is hepatitis! :evilgrin:

[Reeves1]

So is hepatitis! :evilgrin:

Oh crap ! Tree is still around ! :sHa_sarcasticlol:

[bb356]

Yep! Like affection towards pintos!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvPtgyd4ZTo

[moosemad]

I have then too. Mines actually kind of big, well more long, almost like a little piece of hair on binocular lens. Most times I don't notice it, but if i was drinking the night before I can really notice it the next day.

Oh man is that why I see them constantly? lol
Have the same type, good description.

[sourdough doug]

Artie, You have all the symptoms of a detached retina, been there done that, so I feel I have a damn good idea of what you have. If you go back to your doc, then you will enter the world of "everyone wants a piece of the pie", specialist after specialist.. When this happened to my SECOND eye, and being from out of town, it might have been a week or more before anything definite MIGHT have been done---The local doc told me to go straight in to the Edm. hospital and directly to the ER, where they have to treat you SAP..As it happened, it was a Sunday morning when I got there and had to wait for those poor nurses in processing all the blood and guts on the floor from the prev. evenings happenings (Sat nite) but I saw a specialist by noon and they zapped the retina back in place and at the same time said that I was fortunate to have come in when I did or the damage could have been irreversible. The actual repair of the retina is no big deal at all , but get it checked out tomorrow.....pls....:character0175:

The floaters if they have just come on suddenly is probably blood from the tear. A few floaters a not uncommon and these are just proteins moving in the viscious fliuds in the eyeball and are absorbed and reoccur. Those are of no consequence.

[Redfrog]

Well my parents were wrong, I didn't go blind, I stopped when I first started seeing spots.:)

[Albertadiver]

Well my parents were wrong, I didn't go blind, I stopped when I first started seeing spots.:)

Gotta be the funniest post I've read in a loooong time!

[mxz1997]

Floaters all the time. Doc said it was from minuscule dust particles in the eye fluid. Prob from years of driving motorcycle... But flashes would concern me. Sounds like detached retina or something

[Selkirk]

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Shouldn't need to be mentioned, but the AOF is not the place to get medical advice.

When in doubt ... see your doctor.

TF

[Ishpah]

Seriously, you need to get to an Opthamologist as soon as possible. What you may have is retinal blood vessels starting to burst on the macula. An Optometrist will be able to give a diagnosis too, but getting to the Opthamologist first will cut the time for treatment should you require it.

[great white whaler]

T.H.C well stop the floaters

[leeaspell]

T.H.C well stop the floaters

If that doesn't work, pour some beer on it lol


Go see a doc, losing your vision would suck pretty bad

[great white whaler]

I got great vision,,,i can see the sun no problem,,

[Cyclops]

Make sure the doctor does an intraocular pressure test on your eyes. Could very well be glaucoma. I have had those floaters for as long as I can remember and I get flashes to at the very periphery of my vision. I have adolescent onset glaucoma and because I never had a doctor test for pressure, by the time I noticed something was up I had already lost a lot of vision. Everybody should have their eye pressure tested and particularly if anyone in your family has glaucoma. Blindness is not fun. :(

[dgl1948]

should have been an Opthamologist. The eyes are wondrous things.


Artie, You have all the symptoms of a detached retina, been there done that

The flashes are nothing to play with. I have had them twice and both times a tear in the retina. Nothing to fool around with. The longer it is left the greater the chances of permanent damage. An eye doc should have sent to to an opthamologist at once. He does not have the ability to check for a detachement or a tear.

[opto55]

We all have floaters and they can be visualized on eyeryone under the right stimulus conditions. The sudden onset of floaters with flashes indicate a dilated fundus exam by an optometrsit or ophthalmologist to rule out a retinal detachment or retinal tear. The comprehensive exam will include a glaucoma test and measurement of visual fields. If a retinal tear or detachment is noted a prompt referral to a retinal specialist is indicated. Time is of the essence when you experience floaters with flashes and they should be investigated as soon as possible!

[densa44]

I have them too, and seeing a Physician is key to be sure of the diagnosis. But if it is just floaters you'll have to live with them.

It bothers me when I drive at night. I try not to drive in the gloaming or just before dawn.

[nekred]

Pintos are immoral ! :sHa_shakeshout:

Sp there I fixed it for you

[greylynx]

We all have floaters and they can be visualized on eyeryone under the right stimulus conditions. The sudden onset of floaters with flashes indicate a dilated fundus exam by an optometrsit or ophthalmologist to rule out a retinal detachment or retinal tear. The comprehensive exam will include a glaucoma test and measurement of visual fields. If a retinal tear or detachment is noted a prompt referral to a retinal specialist is indicated. Time is of the essence when you experience floaters with flashes and they should be investigated as soon as possible!

I have the above problem that has been diagnosed by Doctor Shooter's Optometrist.

He had me into a retinal specialist within 10 days. Things were not as bad a my imagination started to make up.

And while you a visiting Dr. Nault get him to set you up with a set of Ranger Shooting glasses.

Also, very important, Dr. Nault has an excellent staff working for him.

[sourdough doug]

I am certain that by now Artie is on his way to getting his problem rectified and does not need to be told for the tenth time to make haste..with the same diagnosis by those of us who have already experienced this situation.
Good luck Artie on a complete recovery...:character0175
In 10 days you could be blind.

[Runnyd]

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Shouldn't need to be mentioned, but the AOF is not the place to get medical advice.

When in doubt ... see your doctor.

TF

My dad and a friend had floaters. They both had cataract surgery and no more floaties.

And I agree with the above, AOF is no a place to seek medical advise... That's what Google is for... Haha, I kid, I'm a kidder.

[Redfrog]

Watching the electric TV one night and I get a small 'explosion in my left eye, followed by hundreds of floaters. a few minutes of trying to sort out what just happened and I had flashes of light in my left peripheral when I looked to the right.

I was worried that I was losing my xray vision, so I went to an optometrist. She gave me an examination and said it was no big deal. After about 6 months things cleared up. No more flashes and only a few floaters.

[sourdough doug]

[QUOTE=Redfrog;1801000]Watching the electric TV one night and I get a small 'explosion in my left eye, followed by hundreds of floaters. a few minutes of trying to sort out what just happened-----

I'm sure it was you, who said in a previous post that you would stop b4 you went blind......well that is what I would call -"cutting it close"...:character0175:

[Redfrog]

Doug , I learned a long time ago , it isn't living, but only surviving if you are standing outside the fire.:sHa_shakeshout:

I don't watch TV very often now.:)