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Eye floaters: How many? How big? How irritating?
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:05 pm
For those of you who don't know what an eye floater is:
• Be glad you don't
• Google "eye floaters"
I have maybe 5 large ones in each eye, along with several smaller ones. Irritating, but I had my first floater at age 12 so I've been dealing with them for 50 years.
You?
• Be glad you don't
• Google "eye floaters"
I have maybe 5 large ones in each eye, along with several smaller ones. Irritating, but I had my first floater at age 12 so I've been dealing with them for 50 years.
You?
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:08 pm to TigerPanzer
One small one that I hardly notice. I only catch it at the right angle and in the right light or when I blink really fast.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:08 pm to TigerPanzer
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:08 pm to TigerPanzer
I only get them if I stare at the sky too long like when I'm looking for a plane or something.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:09 pm to TigerPanzer
Floaters pop up every now and then but nothing permanent.
I do get auras about 3-4 times a week. Those suck.
I do get auras about 3-4 times a week. Those suck.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:09 pm to TigerPanzer
I have a few small ones. Depending on where I'm looking sometimes I think I see a small black bug flying around.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:09 pm to TigerPanzer
First noticed when I was 8 staring at the sky, so for 22 years now. Never counted them but they are very noticable and exteremly irritating.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:09 pm to TigerPanzer
I feel like these 3 monitors I stare at every day will cause some for me.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:10 pm to TigerPanzer
Don't let spooge get you in the face next time
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:10 pm to Winkface
I randomly get floaters. Its generally not a big deal. Optometrists like to make it a big deal so you will see them more often.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:10 pm to TigerPanzer
All the time. Mostly I don't notice them.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:10 pm to rondo
quote:
Sorry about your detached retina bro.
No that's not the kind I have. And if anyone asks you about this, remember that there are two kinds of floater problems--you don't want to scare the hell out of someone by assuming a detached retina.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:11 pm to biglego
quote:
Don't let spooge get you in the face next time
Is that how you fixed yours?
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:12 pm to upgrayedd
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I only get them if I stare at the sky too long like when I'm looking for a plane or something
same with me. they have looked the same since I can remember. actually saw one while typing this.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:13 pm to Cosmo
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I randomly get floaters.
As in "they come and go"? That can't be if you're talking about conventional, non-threatening floaters--those are permanent dry patches of aqueous fluid, they don't go away.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:16 pm to TigerPanzer
Just to clarify--floaters that appear and DO NOT go away are the non-threatening type. It's when you notice the sudden appearance of several new floaters that you should see an ophthalmologist about a possible detached retina. That shite obviously is very serious.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:44 pm to TigerPanzer
Hey TP have you ever been checked for MS? I have remit/remission MS and severe eye floaters were one of my first symptoms. 1/2 the times I have had a strong remit episode it includes eye floaters accompanied by other symptoms.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 2:54 pm to Cali-to-Death Valley
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Hey TP have you ever been checked for MS?
No, but I don't think that's the problem. I saw an ophthalmologist maybe two years ago about this on account of I'd heard about an operation that could remove them. She said:
• The floaters I have are the conventional type, simple hardening of the aqueous fluid.
• The operation, called a virectomy I believe, is the laser removal of floaters. She--and the medical literature I've read as well--said the operation carries risks that it it inadvisable.
As I wrote, I experienced my first noticeable floater at around age 12. I'm now 62, so I've lived with the bastards for 50 years. Over the years I've developed more--I now have five large ones in each eye. But the best advice I've been given is simply "deal with it."
Posted on 5/28/15 at 3:01 pm to rondo
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Sorry about your detached retina bro.
My father just had surgery on both eyes for this due to floaters. One eye they had to attach his retina and the other was only partially torn.
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