What do you see when you look at this simple blue square?
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I have decreased mine with CanC eye drops, http://www.wisechoicemedicine.com/product/can-c-eye-drops/ This takes a couple months.
Also suggest Macular Vitamins like: EyeScience Macular Health Formula Advanced Ocular Vitamin.
AREDS Study shows improvement or reversal of Macular Degeneration in many people with an eye specific vitamin formula specific. https://nei.nih.gov/amd
If the floaters are increasing rapidly see an opthamologist as well.
I started getting floaters recently after rubbing my eyes hard. Just one more annoying eye problem.. Stinks getting old!
Check out PVD. It causes some floaters.
A posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is a condition of the eye in which the vitreous membrane separates from the retina. It refers to the separation of the posterior hyaloid membrane from the retina anywhere posterior to the vitreous base (a 3–4 mm wide attachment to the ora serrata).
Posterior vitreous detachment - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_vitreous_detachment
If you are a diabetic you may have some real problems, otherwise you are just getting old like me. If these floaters are a real problem with your vision and you have not been to an ophthalmologist, go see one soon, I would suggest as soon as possible. Time is lost eyesight if you have some quickly advancing pathological disease. Go see the doctor!
Your mention of deteriorating eyesight is the greatest concern. If the deteriorating eyesight is sudden onset you have an acute crisis that must be dealt with now! We all have floaters but most also have good eyesight. As mentioned, go see the ophthalmologist soon! Tomorrow would be a good day.
Lost vision due to pathological disease can not be recovered with the exception of cataracts. Been there done that and I can see fine and still fly an aircraft. Other pathological problems with eyesight must be dealt with immediately. You may have a a condition that is not reversible or curable or you may have condition that can be arrested.
Go see your ophthalmologist!
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It was getting to the point that I could not fly. I still did not meet the criteria for a lens implant and be covered by my insurance. I spoke to my doc and told him I need the surgery to continue flying. He examined me and “discovered” I meet the requirements. Perhaps I did or perhaps I did not. However in a couple of years I would have for sure. I like my doctor.
When you get cataract surgery insist on the best. My optometrist suggested this person as he was the one that did his cataract surgery. That was good enough for me.
If you see flashes of light when you turn your head in the dark, you might be getting a detached retina. I’d check it out with an ophthalmologist or a retina specialist. Your regular health insurance should cover it.
What do you see when you look at this simple blue square?
You might try pinhole glasses.
The interior transparent gel in the eye starts to change much like jello in a bowl in the refrigerator. You'll notice it gets runny in places. It also pulls away from the bowl. It can pull on the retina and that causes a pretty distinctive curving periodic flash on the outside field of vision of the eye effected.
This is a description of the condition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_vitreous_detachme
You need to see an opthimologist to get this condition verified. If you have it, it is not a threat to your vision but you will have the floaters to contend with. Another cause of floaters particularly with sudden onset, is bleeding around the retina. The doc can look for that at the same time.
It turns out I also had a cataract and just got that fixed. The floaters became much less evident after the surgery, still there not as annoying.
I have had floaters since I was 11 years old. That has been 53 years now. They do degrade my sight, as there is not a time when I do not notice them. Doctors said there is really nothing to be done, it seems the fuzzy ones can be treated with lasers, the sharp contrasted ones are too close to the retina for that. When I have my appt this year I will press it once again. What I wouldn’t give to have my 25 year old self back. Anything but sell my soul..lol
I’ve got a few minor ones I only notice in a bright uniform field of vision. I rotate my eyes around (look in a 360 degree arc clockwise fast) and they’ll centrifuge out of the field.
They are fragments of debris and/or coagulated proteins in the vitreous humor. If they get real bad you can get that replaced I believe. You should get it checked because it can “detach” too which would be indicated by a lot of them quickly.
99% of floater cases are “benign” and are caused by the breakdown of the vitreous, a gel giving the eyeball it’s shape, which can start to become less solid and cells inside the vitreous “float” inside the eyeball. They occur more frequently in individuals who are myopic (nearsighted).
They can be annoying if they move into the field of vision but are not considered to be a medical problem. There is no viable cure in this case. However, if they appear suddenly, it can be related to a medical condition such as a torn retina, so it’s a good idea to see an opthomologist ASAP.
Get yourself to an ophthalmologist, pronto. Floaters, flashes can be a detached retina; which needs aspeedy repair by skilled hands.
What are you waiting for? GO!
I’ve had them. It’s like there’s a black fly buzzing around on the edge of your vision. There’s really not much that can be done. They may break apart and go away in time, or you may get used to them and your brain just ignores it.
Yes, increased floaters are a sign of age but it’s important that you have your eyes examined by a doctor if you are having any issues to rule out serious problems that could be the culprit. Better safe than sorry, or blind.
No one ever seemed concerned with mine. That is, until I ended up with a retina pucker when one stuck on my eye's retina and distorted it. Took almost two years for it to come loose, new prescription every couple of months as it distorted the focus. Better than then surgery.
Check with an ophthalmologist.
I got a really bad one in 2005 or 2006 from looking too closely at the screen of an old computer. Doc said they go away eventually. You can have them removed but that is only done in serious cases. I don’t notice mine at all now; it’s finally pretty much gone away.
Folic Acid capsules seem to help reduce my floaters.
Quite sick of this. Hell! I’m only 50 and and also suffering bulging discs, stenosis, and scoliosis. I’m pretty damned young to be experiencing this crap!
I have had floaters for years, and more serious problems as well. Try the Longevinex formulation of resveratrol as a general remedy for aging eyes. It seems to have helped my eyesight.