Is There a Cure for Eye Floaters? Eye Doctor Explains Laser & Surgical Options for Eye Floaters
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Are eye floaters driving you crazy and it seems like you don't have any options? In this video, we talk all about treatment for floaters that are more than just trying to ignore them. Dr. D addresses how much floaters affect our lives and a few floaters treatments that are available to patients.
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00:00 Intro
02:10 What are floaters?
04:41 How do eye floaters affect people
07:41 Why your eye doctor might dismiss them
08:55 Eye Floater Treatment option: YAG
14:20 Surgical option: PPV
17:23 Food for thought
18:07 About Dr. Denton's floaters
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I actually hate sunny days coz my floaters are so noticeable when it’s sunny. Mine are just getting worse all the time they’re driving me mad.
I’m 54 and have had them since a kid when I thought it was just me! Yep, Sunny days are the worst but I’m so used to them now.
Me too!
Mine are increasing not only in number but they seem to slosh in a circular motion , idk how anyone could get used to this
I also have many floaters...im 34 already
I think i have it
Time for a huge miracle favor to eliminate these frustrating, annoying floaters which we should have had a long time ago!!!!!1
there's a new supplement that just came out, i am reviewing the research and will make a video soon
We need a low risk treatment for floaters, agreed on risk level being too high, and also agreed that floaters gotta go! Great video, thank you
yea honestly floaters sounds like something that you should be able to cure with some sorta eyedrops :(
I’m 53 years old. Floaters have ruined my life for the past 20 plus years. I the past 5 years it has been so bad that I avoid reading, computer work , driving and simply spending time outside. Half of the time I see 20/20 but the other half of the time is 20/40 when a cluster of floaters crosses my vision. I had RK and cataract surgery in both eyes and a shunt in the right eye. I still take glaucoma drops in the left eye. Just had a floater only vitrectomy in the left eye 6 weeks ago. After that the pressure was out of control for 2 weeks. I had to take diamox and had my cornea tapped twice. Now the pressure is normal but my astigmatism changed probably due to taping the cornea. Just whent to see my optometrist and she was able to get me to see 20/20 - 2. But I noticed the vision was distorted a bit. Not sure why. Waiting to get my new lens. But I can already drive a lot easier. Floaters in my right eye are still bothersome but I’m hoping that my brain can eventually adapt. If the distorted vision in my left eye clears up, I would consider getting the right eye done in the future.
For those of us that have floaters due to myopia at a "young" age, YAG doesn't work. I've had the YAG surgery and it didn't get rid of my problem floaters due to floaters being close to the retina. It actually made my floaters worse. Also, the 20/20 vision is only accurate when my eyes aren't moving. Not out in the real world when your eyes are constantly in motion, like while driving, or working, or reading anything. My floaters blur out words and small details as well as making it harder for my eyes to focus on anything more than 10 feet away. Half the time I miss spots on my white car while trying to wash it outside. Floaters have changed everything about me. I can't tell you the last time I was genuinely happy about anything... It's a disease of the eyes and mind with zero relief 24/7 365.
Thank you for this comment -- I was saying similar things out loud to myself as I was watching this. I/we DON'T have 20/20 vision as far as floaters are concerned. The floaters blur out details on faces, blur out words on screens, trick you into seeing things that aren't there... they affect one's quality of life, and depression sets in when we realize we're powerless to do anything about them!
@@turbo-yn7le You're welcome. People need to know EXACTLY what we are dealing with. Not what the eye doctors tell you when you are going in for an eye exam. Our eyes might look good to them, but to us, it's hell. There's no sugar coating that.
Damn i totally agree with you
Floaters ruined my life
I am wasting my youth
Espectially big and long and “grey” color floaters are hellllll.
@@DME04 I am 18 years old i am student it is so hard for me cuz i am atudying for exams.This is injustice f eye floaters
@@Alparslan821 If you wear eye glasses, try switching to contacts. There's something about eye glasses that makes floaters stand out more. Also, dirty lenses on your glasses are not a floater's best friend. I strictly wear contacts now. I also cut out drinks with sugar/high sodium content and that helped too.
Side note: I highly recommend taking Ashwagandha. It will help take the edge off of any anxiety and stress the floaters are giving you. I take it daily in the morning in gummy form. Helps keep me level headed.
Such a nice Doctor. Thanks for this video
Great information, thank you! I'd love for you to make videos on nearsightedness returning after Lasik and eye-specific vitamins such as Areds 2 and Ocuvite.
If you have to look for your floaters to draw them then you don't really have them. My floater is there from the moment I wake up until the moment I go to bed and it's brutal.
if you stop thinking about them and accept they wouldn't bother you .try it forger or try to and u see
@@jasonmarshall6654 well unfortunately that's simply not true. When I'm indoors I don't really notice them so much but when I'm outside it's impossible but I deal with it. Plus I wear glasses which help to mitigate a little bit.
This is great information - I just had laser surgery for retinal tear and my floaters are out of control. The doctor doesn't seem too concerned but my vision is extremely effected and its annoying as hell. Yes I have 2020 vision buy my vision is a mess. Help!
Thank you for this. I understand the decrease in quality of life because of multiple floaters. Please do more videos like this when you hear of new treatment for floaters. Thank you for caring about this subject. 🥰
very good presentation and explanations :-)
Great video Doc.,thank you for your nice and clear explanation.I also have a lot floaters in my right eye.
You're awesome doc thank you for the info.
My pleasure!
I am 63 years old and I have had opaque floaters since my early 30s off and on again mainly off until I got the covid jab. I have developed eye flashes and increase in floater since my covid vaccine. I see basically 20/20 but not well, like you say. I have poor night-vision halos, starbursts within the eye or looking at an object. I would do almost anything to have my vision back as it is taking away my enjoyment in life
Do you have cataracts?
Have u done the vitrectomy?
It is really helpful
Thank you
Do you think the surgery is worth the risk if you have a very high volume of floaters making it hard to see toward light
Hey I have a floater in the corner of my vision is not in the center I see it when I gaze out and turn my eye can I get a surgery for that?
Really can't say without examining you/ Definitely ask your eye care provider!
Thank you. Have your floaters changed over the years or have they been consistent? Can dry eyes make them more noticeable?
Some have changed some have not.
Funny, I just bought a whole pinneapple at Costco. I was going to cut it up tomorrow.
Thank you!!!
Hello mam , I experience floaters for past 5 to 6 years. And when I went for check-up they told me I had hole in retina and I underwent barriage laser . After that I have little blurry vision and often pain . I have to take rest inbetween my work so as to avoid pain . Is there any natural treatment at home for floaters as it disturbs my day-to-day activities.
Yes there is a cure ,u won't find this any where in the world,
*sleep for 10days night and day without moving your eyes , 70% cure
Thank you thank you excellent you got my vote
Thank you Doc for your information
But in my case I see many of them in my eyes does anything I can can do to stop increase they really bothers me
Yes I agree with taking on that level of risk because my quality of life is so much impacted I'm 51 and have pvd in both eyes, I am struggling to do my job and not sure how much longer I can last, I can no longer run because I get dizzy from the floater motion, I cannot climb, drive, photography gone , cannot watch a film etc and get headaches caused by the sheer eye strain everyday. Then there is the mental aspects I'm getting depressed because of this I don't think eye doctors realise the sheer impact , that is my experience in the UK.
I totally understand. I believe that is the experience of most in the US as well. Are there any retina specialists performing the procedures I mentioned in your area?
@@EyeSchoolwithDrDnot easy to find I'm on the lookout, I've gone via uk nhs but am not ruling out other options I.e paid private , even coming overseas, btw thanks for the informative video
@@librapower7810 try mr Balaggan or mr Patton
@@librapower7810 did you get it?
Of all advance medical technology and medicine , sad to say that we cannot get rid of floaters
I agree, medical advancement happens really slow on eyes and appears like we are still living in medieval times.
In a 9 year meta study ( it wasn't even up to date - 2019) the patient satisfaction rate for vitrectomy was 96%. Things take time but the progress made with vitrectomy for floaters has been staggering to say the least.
59% de las vitrectomias salen con peores resultados que las moscas
When you have a surgical vitrectomy and the surgeon removes the vitreous gel from the center of the eye, do you inject a replacement to keep the eye from collapsing onto itself or does the body produce its own to replace what was removed? I just developed some floaters last week and they are annoying! I constantly feel like I have a lash stuck under a contact lens because that is what I see even though it doesn’t hurt that much. They do also make reading difficult because often as I focus the floater will block the word on the page or screen. Small type and music charts are particularly bothersome. I have committed to giving it some time to see if I can deal with them but I am guessing that at some point I would like to see if YAG laser will address the problem and save me from retiring before I would like to.
I have a floater in my right eye i woke up one day and i saw it... I see it when I look at a bright sky or white/light walls. Sometimes I see it sometimes I don't. But most of the its there. Beleieving for a miracle that GOD can and has already removed this floater in Jesus' name... by faith...praying
That sounds ridiculous
How are you now ?
@@jhanelle4919 I am ok thank GOD. Thank you for your concern.
@@jhanelle4919 it did not increase in number thank GOD. by faith this floater is gone for good. With GOD anything is possible
Same thing happen to me i here you
Hey Dr.D
As you said that you had floaters from 14 so,
do you have only 1 floater on each eye or may be these are only large floater and others are less noticeable ?? and
also you have starburst or not??
I don't really have starbursts exactly. I do have some halos at night and my vision is definitely just a touch worse at night. My floaters haven't changed at all, which is a miracle with how many times my child has inadvertently poked me in the eye! I have a couple in each eye, I actually did a drawing of them at the end of this video!
Hello. I have floaters that makes me unable to recognize well regular faces. I have also haziness vision, avvording to my eye doctors they did not see any problem with my eye after some test. They offer me to undergo Laser to prevent reitinal detachment. I refused because it wont treat the cause.. just a waste of money. What do you think?
Hello i also have floaters?? So how it now? Are you filipino??
Your floaters are super low key compared to most people who are genuinely bothered by then. I’d be fine if your floaters were the ones I had...
Absolutely, mine really aren’t bothersome at all. Just in bright sun I’ll see them more prominently.
@@EyeSchoolwithDrD do u see flashes and other statics?
Honestly I cannot believe that nowadays there is not any chance of having a real treatment for eye floaters.
A chemical substance injected in the eye that could dissolve, safe laser or ultrasound methods, etc
I repeat I cannot understand how a simple thing as floaters are can be today unresolved.
They should make something that eats disposed proteins
@@V1RT8 We need nanorobots for floaters
8:43 I can see why that study came out with the conclusions that it did; I can empathize with why patients feel that way. The worst thing is the smug dismissiveness of many doctors to this disease (yes, I said "disease"). It's been nearly a decade, personally, that I've been with floaters; I am still getting "used" to them.
What causes your floaters bro what you think about the cause
Thank you for the information. I will check with my doctor soon. He is watching to see if I will have a retinal detachment. He is not a man of many words so I didn't even know what that meant. So thank you so much for that lesson.
I hope we will get some kind of transparent glasses which helps to see floaters very less , I also hope with latest medical treatments coming up in this 21 century will help in getting rid of this floaters .this floaters ruining my life.😞
Thank you I have a dark floater in each eye that reminds me of having insects between my eye and my glasses. If I close my eyes I can still see them. They seem to move in harmony and drive me nuts. Thanks for bringing up YAK I will definitely bring this up with my next visit to the doc
I saw online that Walgreens sells a drop for floaters. But it’s not FDA approved. What are your thoughts?
Hey doc, just want some insight of what you think about my floaters,
So I have had them for 1 year now but when they started it was 3 longish strands on each eye but now a year ahead they have grown an stretched out it seems like but it feels like week by week my floaters get worse also my glasses prescription seems to get worse month by month also it’s a little noticeable now :/
Hi..how is your eyes now?? Are you filipino??
Great video regarding floaters, it's not actually normal for someone who's a professional dissecting this issue. Maybe the eye floaters sufferers really had a big influence for you to make a deeper dive regarding this topic. Can I request a video regarding "Sensitivity to negative afterimage"? When I read a paragraph on the computer screen, I see faint lines when I look away. Thank you.
That happens to me to
Yes I would take the Risk .
Is cobwenb floaaters are normal ? Should i visit doctor ? Im so stressed ....
Does stress improve the eye floaters? Soo I had Anxiety disorder for 3 years. But last month I got a bad news from my neighbor about his eyes tumour. And I was shocked, scared and my anxiety came back. At that night my eyes feeling so voltage and 2 days after that I saw my floaters developed 😭😭 and my eye nerves are visible 😭😭
I personally think that stress and anxiety make floaters worse but I don’t believe that has been proven in any peer reviewed study as of yet
Thank you for this video . My own view as someone who has recently suffered a PVD and now left with large floaters is that Optometrists and eye doctors need to view floaters in the same way as any sort of damage to the eye. It affects vision so why would they think it could be ignored. 20/20 visiion means nothing to those with multiple floaters.
I have floaters flashesh. Floaters increased. Pls suggest me
I have massive floaters. It started in the right now and now its all over in the left eye as well. I am really looking forward to some medical research to come up as a solution to this growing problem
Do u see flashes or other statics?
@@shiktatalukdar7837 no flashes but shadows, majorly caused by these floaters
@@incredible-isntit3239 floaters sometimes don't hurt to the eyes
@@shiktatalukdar7837 they dont hurt but spoil the quality of vision
@@incredible-isntit3239 dats true . But try to live with it
Can we use contact lense if we hv floaters n thinning retina?
I am having this floaters since 2017 I have been taken drugs but there is no improvement right now i found it difficult walking in a dim area without touch light
Could this lead to blindness
I hate my day to day life with floaters I have many in both eyes some like Vaseline so it makes things blurry so I can’t read or watch tv very well 😡😦thank you for saying they are horrible xx
Yes. Vaseline is accurate. I just posted that I feel like I am looking through a slimy fish bowl of dirty water. It’s terrible
Yes, Vaseline is the perfect analogy! I have a big one of that sort in my left eye. When it sweeps across an object that I‘m looking at, it can even deform the shape of it while moving across.
It’s all very annoying, but I would never risk going completely blind from an operation.
i have floaters for many years. I've learned to live with it.
Unfortunately I dont have to look for them, they look for me. But I wouldnt take the risk of a surgery, at least not right now. Your videos are awesome. Specially charing your story about being a floater survivor yourself.
I’d pay $500,000 or a Mil to remove floaters and have 20/20vision without glasses in a non harmful way
If eye floaters will be treated like a pandemic, for sure we will have a cure within months. The government will be able to find a way to remove this eye problem.
@@gmartmataro8154 yes you are right. I am only 18 seeing lots of floaters.only pepole having floaters problem knows how irratiting they are.
@@shubhambhatt5847 am 22 and have many floaters:(
@@shubhambhatt5847 Im 12 and I have LOTS OF FLOATERS
@@huaskieshow much is your screen time?
I always get anxiety from my eye floaters and I'm only 15, i get them last year. I don't know how to get rid of it.
I’m struggling with a distorted view through a slimy haze the last two months. I had two separate laser surgeries for a Weiss ring in 2018 in the right eye and 18 ms later the left eye. The first time, my very black Weiss was broken up into smaller black things but I was left with a slimy moving haze. I was told it should sink out of my vision and over a few months it did somewhat but now it has returned. I don’t know if there are any options to clear the slime effect. I feel like I’ve cried tons or haven’t slept ALL the time. I Feel like I am looking through a fish bowl of moving dirty water.
That's exactly what it looks like after my recent experience with uveitis. Looking through a dirty water bowl. The docs don't seem to have any solution if the body doesn't work it out on it's own it seems.
are you doing any better ?
What are light flashes like? I get sometimes at the sides of my eyes in ring shape? Is that what it is?
It sounds like ophthalmic migraines. I get them. Jagged flashing lights in a semi circle on the side of my eye. I googled it and that’s what it is. No headache afterwards though. They last about 10 minutes. I have floaters as well, and they never go away.
Jessie's explanation about ophthalmic migraines is spot on. Retinal detachment flashes can vary but are typically described to me as being more like a sudden lightening bolt whereas the migraine aura "flashes" are a jagged flashing semicircle.
I think that’s normal. When I do that with my eyes closed I see it. I think that’s just your Iris.
Can standing on your hands increase them? And what about wearing contact lenses? And is bromelain a dietary supplement = for eating real pineapple ?? Thank you for being stunning.
Hi Doc is there any connection between dry eyes that eventually makes floaters more pop up in terms of time?
Does not drinking enough water and not enough sleep cause it.
i see Too many Floaters when i open my eye slightly
is it normal?
i can also focus on looking them
I'm 23, have 20/20 vision and experiencing so many floaters and flashes of light. Is it possible for PVD at my young age?
Those two syntoms from as far as I know (I'm not a professional) are often associated to PVD so you should see a doctor asap
hello liam, i am also 23 and i got really worried about it i immediatly went to see a doc two days ago and had a scan on my eye just to make sure it's not retinal detachement, hopefully it's not that case with you, get well soon
Vitreous syneresis
What should I do
I have gone past floaters to short periods of blurred vision, I have 20 20 vision I have had floaters since I was 12. I would only risk my vision if I was beyond the point of functioning. Of I lost my ability to drive or read or both, I would then start to seriously consider risking my vision.
Why do you think you have to look for your floaters but some people see them all of the time?
Is it helpful to do some eye exercise such as massaging temples and eyes? Thank you!
@@yeonjun4thgenitboy. Yes I did and thank you for that.
@Rohit getting better
@@riazm6004 how is ur floaters now
I got floaters in my right eye from playing game in my phone at night i hope it can disappear someday I won't play so much anymore
How many times did you get it bro ?
Can't tell..maybe three times? Or two
I’m 57 years of age. I only started having floaters around 4-5 years ago. And with time they have become more noticeable. And I have a few more than just 3. Like most people a white background or blue sky makes them noticeable but also with me a grey sky and a lightish grey background makes them noticeable as well. I’d love to read but sometimes the floaters just turn me off the idea. It’s black print on a white background. And it’s bad enough with Blepharitis sometimes but with the added floaters it just drives me crazy. The floaters don’t blur the letters or anything like that but they just drive me to distraction sometimes that’s all. Just wish I didn’t have the little buggers . But would I rather go blind ? You’ve got to be kidding me. Go blind? No Way. .......... Do you have to eat Pineapple or can you take Bromelian supplements? Cause at the moment I’m taking Bromelian capsules made by a company called Herbs of Gold. I started them a week ago after watching a RUclips Channel created by Dr Joseph J Allen. It’s his channel Doctor Eye Health. He didn’t recommend the supplements. He just talked about eating pineapple............⚛️☮️ 👀 🌏
You need the bromelain with the special coating so it survives past your intestines. Not much more expensive.
He needs surgery only way out
What do you think about MSM eye drops?
why i have floaters when i am 13 years old do i have retinal detach
You are just adorable. My eye doctor (who I saw last Tuesday) told me to come back in three months to see how my floaters had "progressed". Then, if the progression had become more annoying he would zap them (his term) with the laser....You explanation made it clearer that perhaps this procedure is too risky for a person approaching 50 years of age. I don't really like pineapple though....lol/ dana
Did drinking lot of water can decrease Flotus? Because when i drink 5-6 L water i notice that flotus decrease .....when i didn't drink water 1-2 L i notice lots of flotus
I've heard this from patients as well.
Yes, take lots of water can decrease no of floaters,,,
Yes because it increases collagen production.
If I squint my eyes and look at a source of light I can see layers and layers of floaters, they are just everywhere inside my eyes, I'd give 10 years of my life in order to get rid of this nightmare. I have floaters for almost 20 years.
Why not just do a vitrectomy , I’m in the same boat and probably will get the surgery
@@bdj1126 Vitrectomy is dangerous but floaters with me more dangerous i will stick a fork in my eye for take floaters
I have a sort of huge floater in my eye and it's blocking my vision. It’s been here for a few weeks now and idk if I should be worrying or not :/
idk what i have but outside i keep seeing these rainbow things on top right in my eye do u know what is it?
@@aelukki is it gone now ?
@@jhanelle4919 yeah it dissapears in the dark
Is it gone now ?
@@aelukki only in the dark or completely ?
I have bad floaters and I'm only 42. I also have really terrible eyesight. If I am not wearing my glasses i can't see even 1 foot in front of me. Plus, I got my first pair of progressive lenses 2 years ago and now they need to be stronger. Getting older, good times haha
I am 72 years but I was born with floaters.
Do you think the surgery is worth it if you have a severe case of floaters.
Yes, eye floaters are big problem!
Please talk about natural cures. The surgery is risky can you please make a video about how to naturally cure it?
Here's my first video about floaters. I discuss non-surgical methods in that video! ruclips.net/video/ErwiT5ojnLI/видео.html
@@EyeSchoolwithDrD I appreciate you. On facebook i know thousands of people with this issue so there's more people out there that also are struggling alot .I'll look at your video.
I have floaters too but they don't bother me either I started seeing when I was very young as well
i've had floaters for years and they keep increasing. is this a dangerous sign? i could get surgery but it costs thousands of bucks which i can't afford what should i do?
I've got vitreous detachment which happened quite quickly with both eyes within weeks of each other, luckily no retinal tears, but it was unbelievable annoying more so as the floaters stay in my eye line of vision
But having had it for many weeks now I understand its not wise to do surgery, I'm just hoping it gets easier as even when reading I get a burry vision when the floaters stop right in my vision line
Same here how are you doing?
@@malena7362 Im still learning to ignore them but they still are annoying
@@summerxxxx 😔
@@summerxxxx is it still in your line of vision?
Same here. Has it going on three months now. Hard to put ony eye makeup. I pray it doesn't happen in other eye. Have been feeling depressed over it.
I have been going to a retina specialist for the past two months, I began perceiving floaters and became annoyed and I went in to the retina specialist as it was so bothersome. Come to find out I have lattice degeneration and about a dozen holes in my peripheral retina on both eyes. He recommended we laser around the holes to basically weld down the retina to prevent detachment. I have gone for three laser treatments so far and have about 3 to go , just had one done this past Monday actually . The day of and day after there is some aching sensation and then some days later it begins itching. I am only 30 years old and my floaters have had me debating getting a vitrectomy just for floaters. My floaters are a combination of vitreous syneresis and fibers from the many holes in my retina, luckily my macula is fine and I don’t have any vision changes aside from bothersome floaters.
Thank you for sharing your story. I'm so glad you got an exam and those holes were found and repaired!
@@EyeSchoolwithDrD still not sure how to cope and accept that I am living in a dirty fishbowl , I have so many floaters that I wouldn’t be able to tell if I was getting new ones. It has taken the joy out of my life .
@@bdj1126 I haven't got the lattice degeneration, but I also would be hard-pressed to tell if I got new floaters, there are so many. I Started suddenly getting em summer of 2019, aged 29; had a Weiss ring, innumerable black floaters - gossamer web-like foggy ones, difficulty seeing, eye irritation, it all really did a number on me. I constantly see them except under certain lighting conditions. It's a day-to-day thing; if I understand you, you are still pretty new to it. If you get surgery, I hope it resolves your floaters, but if not, in my experience it does get gradually better. There's still bad days, but you can get on with your life and find lasting joy again. Best of luck to you.
@@clintonhaws8984 thanks for replying, today was actually one of those days where I wasn’t so worried all the time. I’m still on the fence about getting a vitrectomy just yet. I have been trying to just open up and talk to people and let them know what I’m going through and expressing how I feel. I’m only about 3 months into this eye floater journey and I guess I do feel better now than I did during the first month. Have yours stabilized at all or will it just keep getting worse for me?
@@bdj1126 Mine have stabilized, even gotten a lil better. The Weiss ring is gone, dunno if it broke down or sunk to the bottom or what. Most days I can see through em, i'm used to it enough to more-or-less ignore them. On bad days, however, they can add to the stress and become more noticeable. Have you looked into the Yag laser treatment? I found this channel interesting, plus it is satisfying to watch em get zapped lol:
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I have 13 years old , do anyone know how to deal with them
Yeah I've had these since my early 20s I'm 32 now and it's getting worse and annoying
Do u see other statics like flashes or anything?
I have big dark floaters . Can actually see the cells swirling around .The worst part is that they keep getting worse
How old are you I'm 13 and have severe floaters
@@harkiratchana 27
Do u see flashes and other statics?
@@primabarney2156 how's your floaters now?
@@shiktatalukdar7837 yes I see flashses
I got mine at 18 now 33. I see my floaters more when my nervous system is over stimulated or I get obsessional
Hypersensitivity is a factor I feel
Really. I find this interesting, the part about your nervous system, because I am taking an herbal supplement and have been for years now, that is said to stimulate the NS. My floaters are prominent and have increased over the past year or so. Do you suffer from dry eyes? I do. My floaters have also turned dark grey in some areas. Super annoying and h as rd to ignore at times. I also work in my car for a living, wear glasses from the moment I get into the car, til the sun doesnt shine. My eyes are sensitive to light. Are yours?
Also, I am the same age as you, but I noticed my floaters when I was a child. They never bothered til recently. I'd have to actually move my eyes to see them as a kid.
@@corninyourpoop I have 1 that keeps annoying me. Any tips on how to deal with it?
@@King2krazy You can not deal this sh*ts you have to fight with these.
have when i concentrate but they always get into my field of view if there was a surgery that did not put me in more risk or made my vision worse then i would do it but its true we do get use to them for a while but there always there its na hard to ingore somthing that moving in my eye i have several of them in each eye i cant even count them but i know its important not to ingore them becauase it can be retinal detachment so im trying to ignore them but at the same time take them serousily last thing i want to happen is have that curtain on my eye becuase i did not listien to my body i know im going to live with this for the rest of my life i just dont want to panick everyday knowing they are there that would drive me crazy. all i can do is get my eyes checked every six months. i hope that any one who has them will learn to live them
Hi..im with..i also have floaters..i have it 2 years ago..and check it last april and may..and doc.said ignore them .still im bothered..😔😔😔
@@anela2018 I know how you feel I try to stay optimistic no pun intended about it like at least I'm not in pain and i still have my vision but still I can't help to think how will my vision be in five years I have faith it will get better in time I just have to stop concentrate on them.ah the joy of getting older.
Same here..its bother me alot and causing me stress and anxiety..i do have eye glasses i had myopia but only -100 and also have astigmatism.. but lately i had these floaters thats why i get worried..because its a lot now not same 2 years i had already like spider web that keep floating in my eyes.. before i had this transparent swiggling.. now i have this black something like cob web.. moving inside my eyes..im 34..how old are you??
@@anela2018 your not alone they give me anxiety too it can be very draining on me at times thank you for reaching out to me and thank you Dr.D for this video.
@@mummfred13 hey can We talk I m just 15 I feel depressed please help I cry everyday Because of this 😭😭😭 God Please Help God the Floaters Suck 😭😭
Yes I would take the risk.
I have floaters since 18. After 10 years my left eye Is pretty full of floaters. Last year i've developed a floater on my right eye that stays in the center of my vision. Even though is not that big, his position in the eye is so bothersome that leads me to have headaches and eye pain every single day, especially during work. I need a definitive solution
Me 2 like u,,, in my left eye
How are you now?
@@cr7zone468 how are you mine is the same.
You mention "risks" of Yag Laser for floaters but do you know what are the % of those with issues versus succesful Yag surgery ?
Im 11 and see many flashes of light and many dots like way too many everywhere i look. It doesnt go away
since when ?
@@hectorbaculard7467 from when I was 9-10
i have 2 round floaters and 1 strand floater in my focus after treating retinal tear with argon laser. is this normal to have them after? regret it everyday of my life
Do u see flashes or other statics?
@@shiktatalukdar7837 yes, static all the time, flashes come and go
@@darkbendover would like to be connected with you . Fb or WhatsApp anyway?
@@darkbendover what kind of statics?
@@shiktatalukdar7837 like when you look at white monitor screen or white wall or the sky you'll see something black blinking like film grain.
Floaters are very annoying to me , mainly more so because I also get alot of migraines and anything that messes with my vision freaks me out and I end up nauseated
They’re so annoying 👎🏻
@@EyeSchoolwithDrD extremely , really wish there was something to clear them out but I guess for now I'll eat some more pineapple lol
Sir can you please reply iam 18 i already dilated my eye's and checked my retina.dr said my retina is healthy.but iam seeing lot of floaters tiny one,cobwebs,ring,lines like floaters and i can see floaters all the time .can 18 year old get pvd or RD? No family history for me.iam nearsighted just 1.5 . should i worry?
Had you done any eye exercises or got any trauma before floaters
Hi I’m 13 and 1 have one eye floater in my left eye and 2 in my right eye is that normal and ok, plz respond
I had them since I was 14 I'm 30 now and I recently developed a u shaped floater 😂 it's pretty annoying
Hi, i'm 16 and got it too how much time did you get them bro ?
No this is my first time bro, but they are normal I went to the eye doctor they said I’m fine, and I don’t really have a lot, we just need to ignore them
@@solar_reckzee4227 hope you will get well, are you nearsighted ?
Or sort of eye thing x)?
I have glob, drip,spider,
Floater..3 days after cataract, 1st eye ,next apointment is 3 weeks
IM SCARED
I had about 25 YAG treatments in both of my eyes my floaters improved just a little bit, the only cure for floaters is surgery. The best way is to have a 27g surgery with combined cataract surgery and remove all anterior and posterior vitreous. just doing a core vitrectomy risks retinal detachment later or floater reoccurrance
Did you end up having the surgery?
how in hell can u have 25 yag treatments how do u justify even a second treatment if the first one didn't make improvements?
@@lopo8000 He go 25 times hospital for one yag treatment.
9:21 talking about YAG Laser treatment
I have been complaining about floaters for years. However, I have to be honest and point out that the results of the survey you referenced almost certainly has more to do with the fact that average people are tremendously and famously terrible at interpreting statistical risks. When an average results in something as ghastly as people being willing to accept an 11% risk of death for what is not a life-saving surgery, that is a red flag that overconfidence bias dominates the results.
yea and stick with visual snow after the laser
Visual snow is no fun either.
I havent done laser and ive got visual snow. I think its more related to anxiety and trigeminal nerve somehow. Tmj related.
I always have one that in my line of sight in my left eye
Same
Same for me. I've had it for a year and a half, and I still haven't gotten used to it
@@NateBro how are you now?
How are you now?
@@malena7362 I'm doing a bit better nowadays. It is less annoying in the summer I've found, because when there's snow on the ground the floater becomes much more apparent. Other than that I think I've gotten used to it a bit more and the floater seems to float around more quickly than it used to which I find to be less annoying.
Ever one here talking about how depressed they are and floaters driving them crazy and no body talking about getting them removed !