Floaters in eyes

[Jewelbox]

I also have floaters in front of my right eye. Does not bother me at all.

 

[pk007_za]

Bothers me - there is a treatment for them - Laser Vitreolysis :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRHJI8duskQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_VA7y2Sh1w

Trying to find a professional opthamologist who does this in Cape Town...

 

[SaiyanZ]

I have a few. They look like long strings of cells.

 

[copacetic]

I have floaters and I am fairly young.

They used to drive me crazy, but I've learned to live with them.

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Hehe, this thread was a while ago.

My floaters are still there (obviously), but they really don't bother me any longer.

 

[The_Ogre]

Bothers me - there is a treatment for them - Laser Vitreolysis :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRHJI8duskQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_VA7y2Sh1w

Trying to find a professional opthamologist who does this in Cape Town...

I had that schit done and I still have floaters. It reduces it a tiny bit, but not nearly enough to be worth all the effort

 

[RiaX]

I prefer to call them drunk retinal comets

lol

I dont think anything can be done. These are usually caused by retinal detachment, no drug can get rid of them that im aware of. You just going to waste your money trying to remove them.

 

[TheTwo]

You can play games with them when bored. I stare off into the distance and control their movement.

When your eye ball stops they slowly move along in the direction you moved you eye

I havent worked out a points system yet

 

[AfricanTech]

Only notice them now if I think about it

Dammit, just seeing the thread title brought them back to my attention.

 

[dadecoza]

I also have floaters in front of my right eye. Does not bother me at all.

+1

Except now that the OP mentioned them ...

 

[poffle]

ya i got them as well. optomotrist tuned dont worry, cant do anything. Used the bother me but now hardly notice them unless i look at a blue sky, but then there is sunnies

 

[Heisenborg]

You can play games with them when bored. I stare off into the distance and control their movement.

When your eye ball stops they slowly move along in the direction you moved you eye

I havent worked out a points system yet

wahahaha


U and me both, brother

 

[kimimaro]

They could be caused high blood pressure

 

[DerpiesFreud]

wahahaha


U and me both, brother

+1
I always had them. and a lot of them but before I never really noticed them
if I stare at a certain point they drop down due to gravity I think

 

[Celine]

what in tarnation?

 

[Keeper]

Ah. Eye worms.... In Sicily the peasants used to get them, by eating raw pork, and then rubbing their eyes.

Once the worms get inside your eyeball, it's just a matter of days before they eat their way into your brain.

Then you shlt yourself, and die in a most embarrassing way.

 

[Azbubu]

You can play games with them when bored. I stare off into the distance and control their movement.

When your eye ball stops they slowly move along in the direction you moved you eye

I havent worked out a points system yet

I get so lost playing that sometimes that I forget there are people around me who probably think I'm having a seizure.

 

[copacetic]

what in tarnation?

I play with mine too. Close your eyes, stare at something bright, and let the games commence.

 

[Space_Chief]

If you've always had them, they're not worrisome. If you get them suddenly or notice a sudden increase in their number, see an opthalmologist urgently. If none is available, see a GP who should be able to do a dilated fundoscopic eye examination - put a drop of pupil widening chemical in your eye (atropine like drug) and look at your eyes with an opthalmoscope in a darkened room. Also test your vision to see if your acuity is decreasing. Sudden floaters can indicate retinal detachment (seperation) or bleeding. Such are treatable if caught early, but may lead to blindness if ignored.

 

[mercurial]

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