I've Never Seen a Weiss Ring Floater in Someone So Young - 36 Yr Old with a True PVD. Narrated Live
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I am narrating this video while I am treating this 36 year old man who complained of a large central 'dark 'blob' plus other squiggles and lines. When I went out to the waiting area and saw that he was young, I had already prepared my " I see your problem, but I can't treat you" speech, which is the expectation and prediction with younger patients. It is just unusual that they are ever treatable as their floaters are usually microscopic fibers and strands sitting too close to the retina. I was flabbergasted and very surprised to see a large, central weiss ring floater with associated hazy, frosted-glass vitreous cortex sheets that were probably responsible for the 'squiggly lines' he was also describing. It was the appearance of floaters that I would expect in an older myope.
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The Floater Doctor, James H. Johnson M.D. is Medical Director of the only medical practice in the world specializing in, and exclusively treating bothersome spots, shadows, and clouds that affect your vision. Although common, especially changes such as posterior vitreous detachment (PVDs) as we age, these vitreous eye floaters are rarely offered treatment by your local and well qualified eye care providers, even at top specialty institutions. Dr. Johnson uses a specialized FDA-approved YAG laser to vaporize and destroy the proteins in the vitreous that are responsible for your spots, shadows, and moving blurred areas in your vision. He has been doing so since 2007 making him one of, if not the most experienced in this very specialty niche area in ophthalmology, a pioneer in this field.
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When I am watching this I feel like you are killing my floaters hhaha I feel relieved
Man, as a life-long floater-sufferer, I can watch those little bastards getting zapped out of existence all day long! I hope someday soon, those will be my floaters being blown away!
Great job Doctor. It is greatly appreciated that you share experiences with your patients. I wish I could visit you one day. Greetings from Chile.
Wow...Your surgical with that Laser...
I think I need this..
Good Work
I'm only 30, but this year I developed a huge floater in my right eye. From what I can tell, it seems to be a Weiss ring, albeit a broken one (it appears as a sort of semicircle, but sometimes opens to be more straight or closes to be almost circular, depending on how it moves). It's been there for nearly half a year now. It's very annoying, and makes me sensitive to light because the brighter my surroundings, the more visible and distracting the floater is. I can't stand to look at a bright computer screen anymore. I use dark mode on everything now.
I live in Mississippi. I don't know what treatment options there are here, or how much they cost (I also have no health insurance).
I have had PVD in both eyes. I was the same age. My doctor was so used to seeing this in older patients and has always stated that the Weiss ring's would go away soon. To my understanding the vitreous in younger people are at a different consistency. Mine has remained in place for 5 years so far. I have already had lens exchange surgery due to other eye issues and am definitely in need of floater removal to optimize my vision. I'm glad to hear how knowledgeable you are and how you show compassion for the ones you are trying to help. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for your comments. >> IF
10:33 - Hope you can open an office in London soon.
I have a ring like floater and whenever I’m watching tv or looking at a screen it blocks some of my vision as it floats by.. it’s giving me headaches and extreme dry eye/pain. I went to the eye doctor and was told they do see some floaters but other than that my eyes seem fine. I don’t know what to do :( my right eye is extremely sensitive to light and I can’t watch tv without being blinded by this floater. Can you please help me?
I have one in each eye and I’m 40 now, I’ve had them since around the same age around 36 or so.
What are your thoughts on taurine as a supplement to help floaters? Some have said that it has reduced theirs
I got a Weiss Ring too. I'm almost 26.
Can't afford treatment, insurance won't pay. Loan request got refused.
What can I do?
What is the name of slit lamp "setting" used to best visualise the Weiss ring?
Hello Colleague, I use a laser contact lens specifically, for the vitreous space. You probably have access to a Goldmann lens, but unfortunately, they're not very good for this purpose.
If you wish to discuss, please contact me at mail@thefloaterdoctor.com
Im 38 and I have this. Luckily, it's on my peripheral, but I have a bunch of bubble looking floaters.
I was 28 when I first had this in my left eye myopic
Hey doctor, could floaters by any chance be related to dehydration/ coffee use and looking at screens to much? Im a 26 yo programmer and i sit all day infront of the screen aswell as drink a ton of coffee. My floaters are only getting worse and worse.
I also wonder if stress can cause floaters? (One of my friends mothers had it and apparently her doctor said it could be caused by stress).
Did you say this type of floater is rare for age 36 or is PVD rare for age 36? Just found your channel and I am hooked!
Floaters are fairly common for younger patients, but this particular type (associated with a true PVD) is very rare for this young age.
How's his eye now, a year on?
Hi, do Weiss rings typically clear up after a certain amount of time? I've had mine for 6 months and the ring that I can see has become slightly less noticeable when I blink. Reading text close up is better with less blur, but longer range vision still seems a bit blurry when compared with my other eye. Could it even take 2 or 3 years for the Weiss ring to move away from my central vision? I have no myopia either. Thanks for your help!
Weiss Ring floaters do not go away (physically), but if they start out closer to the retina and gradually shift further away the edges and outlines can soften up and possibly become less noticeable, but they do not go away.
Dr can i schedule a teleconsultation with you even jf i am not a US resident? My floaters are really impeding my vision and I am still 37.
I can not mail atropine outside the US. I can mail to a trusted someone in the US, though.
I started getting them at 18 and im 32 now and its very severe and extreme floaters. I will be getting check out soon. From my research, i dont see much of a solution.
Look into low dose atropine: ATROPINE PAGE: www.thefloaterdoctor.com/pupil-dilating-agents
Does the hazy vitreous cortex sheet ever move away from central vision or sink so that my quality of vision can go back to what it used to be? Or is it there to stay, forever affecting my vision? I've had it for 8 months and my long distance vision is still affected. Thanks.
I have seen where they have sunk down mostly by gravity. It is possible. They might still unfurl and move about with eye or head movement, but at rest they may sink.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 Thanks, but how long could it take for it to sink down? I've had it for more than 1 year now, but could it still sink even after 2 or 3 years?
Hi Doctor. I am 35 and started seeing floaters 2 years ago. One day when I woke up, a small cob web started flying in front of me. I was really scared until I saw people online sharing floaters in their vision and that its normal especially when you're nearsighted. I got my eyes checked, and the eye specialist told me that I dont have PVD yet, what I have is Vitreous Syneresis and my eyes are perfectly fine. I have yet to consult another eye specialist for a second opinion and better explain my eye condition. And also, I am now sensitive to negative after images, when I read a paragraph (white text on a black background) and look away, I see horizontal lines for several seconds. I am not sure if that has something to do with Vitreous Syneresis. I am really worried that it gets even worse eventually. If you have encountered this same situation with a patient, please shed some light atelast for a peace of mind and hopefully I can see you to further improve my vision. Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
The afterimages and sensitivity should not really be a part of simple syneresis but I am also willing to accept just about any subjective phenomenon when it comes to floaters.
i see this after image as well, did it get worse for you?
I need to have this done but live in Berlin Germany. Can you recommend someone?
Feike Gerbrandy in Amsterdam
I got told by my opthalmologist that I am having an ongoing PVD as a result of repeated blunt force trauma to the temples, and I'm "only" 24... Not asking for medical advice, I'm just curious about the condition.
Is the Weiss ring itself rare in that age or is it only rare because PVD's are rare at such an early age?
Weiss Ring floaters at a young age are very very rare because the Weiss ring is part of the membrane that peels away during the PVD. PVDs are very uncommon in that young age group. There are many many examples in my practice where someone came to me. Haven't been told they have PVD and on examination they did not.
Well, I have weiss ring floqter since my 22. Now I have 33, but as much as I hate it, doctors wont remove it in any way.
Save up your money and go to foreign country and bill your own country upon return, if you are a citizen of Europe the law provides for that. Have A Nice Day.
Sir i am 19 yrs old. I got hit in left eye and after one month of it i was diagnosed with vitreous condensation. I went to the doctor and he said retina was fine but after 2 months i was diagnozed with lattice thinning and advised for barrage laser. He did that. Now it's been almost more tha 4 months after the first floater that i saw. So how much time will it take for completion of pvd??
It doesn't sound like you have a PVD. Did your doctor call it a PVD? They are VERY RARE - almost unheard of in a young person as you are.
I'd love to say 'great' but surely the reality here is that this shouldn't have happened to a person so young. As a young person myself (with floaters), I find it hard to believe that some kind of stress induced from the LASIK didnt have an impact on the Weiss ring formation. This video and the amazing work you do also highlights how every eye is different and why you shouldn't shut your door to potential young patients. Can I ask if the position of the weiss ring (anterior or poserior) was any different than normal from your experience with older patients?
The LASIK was years ago. I don't think that was a factor, but more likely the myopia that pre-existed. The hazy, hazy vitreous cortex sheets are more common in the very nearsighted. The position of the floater complex was typical: mid-vitreous to slightly anterior to mid-vitreous.
And yes, I agree with you that I may have to not take such a hard stance about refusal to see younger patients.
Hi I'm 43 and i'm a candidate for yag laser in Toronto is there a doctor you recommend .I have a large weiss ring in left eye been suffering for years. Do you think i'll be successful? @@Thefloaterdoctor1
I'm curious, you usually discourage younger patients because they're more likely to not have had a PVD, or even If a young patient had a PVD It is less treatable then on old people?
PVD just describes a 'shift' of fluids with a separation of the posterior hyaloid membrane from the retina. PVD is not the same as floaters. You can have floaters without PVD and PVD without bothersome, specific floaters. Even if you have/had a PVD I can't really make a generalization as to whether you would be treatable even with a PVD.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 hmmm I see, so is really case by case
Hey!!! I have one in each eye! It’s terrible, it’s incredibly annoying, but it definitely affects my vision, I’m 57. my optometrist told me there’s nothing that they can do except surgeries to remove them under general anesthesia. Could you please tell me what you’re doing in terms of a name so that I can ask for it from a local doctor I live in Maine.
YAG laser vitreolysis.
I live in Maine too and they won’t do anything about it
Will floaters of someone who is currently in the 'too young to treat' category (I'm 38 yrs old) possibly be treatable by YAG when they are older?
"Younger people floaters" do not graduate to become the more-likely-treatable "Older people floaters". They are bot aggregations or re-distributions of the same collagen proteins, but these small floaters close to the retina will not predictable move to a more treatable area, and because of their small size, if they did migrate', you probably would no longer see them and wouldn't need treatment.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 Thank you for this explanation
Dr. I love your work but this looks scary what Gastown if the laser hits the back of the eye
The laser is NOT a single beam, but instead it has a cone-shaped profile. The energy is delivered to a single point in space. As long as that focal point of energy is kept safely away from the retina and lens there should not be any energy delivered to these structures - even if the target were missed. More at: www.thefloaterdoctor.com/the-yag-laser
I started getting a ring type light flashing every time I blink and it causing a very minimal amount of blurred vision. I was told it was the vitreous gel, but it doesn't move around. They said I have no retinal tear or detachment with my eye. Its been 3 weeks like this, is it likely to disappear soon? Thanks.
The same thing has been happening to me how are you feeling now
@@mabline2267 It's still the same, but I think it may be too early too see any change. It could take a few months they say.
your eyeball is getting some pressure and it stimulates the ratina to show weird sparks maybe
Dr, I've been seeing floaters since 10 years old, I'm 34 now, what causes them? What can we do to stop this?
I have an entire website and a slew of videos all about eye floaters. Floaters may just be a variation of normal, but for now, for younger people, there is no simple answer as to 'why'.
Im 22 yr old and i got that
hii doctor, if you manage to see this I'd like to tell you about me, I'm 17 and i suddenly got floaters after going through a really tiring stressful moment bc I suddenly got my tinnitus worse and i was having weakness in part of my upper body mostly cervical muscles, i still don't know what caused that and I've done check ups for everything I could, but I'm really concerned about the flowers since I've read it is common in adults mostly, and as everything I read is that it could cause a retinal detachment I would really appreciate your opinion on this, is it a really high possibility of me having a retinal detachment??? I've never been someone with bad eating habits and I don't really love sweets or unhealthy things, i just suddenly got like this, I've been through horrible days and here in my country healthcare and medicine is not the best, I just really want to have hope :(
There is an association of eye floaters and retina holes, tears, and detachments. Floaters don't cause detachments. Especially the small, thin fibers that younger people usually experience. But, when the vitreous peels away from the retina as with a Vitreous detachment, the traction as it peels away can cause a retina problem. Like pulling painter's masking tape away from the wall. The risk is only when it is being pulled away.
How are you doing ?
How are you now
im 29 and just had a pvs detachment i started seeing flashes and went to the eye doctor and they examined me and told me i had it and i did my research and found u. i want to fly out and get my floaters lasered if i hv a pvs detachment can u garantee me ull be able to do it on me and if not why?
Can I guarantee that I can treat you? Of course not. That would be wildly irresponsible to diagnose, assess and render a prognosis for treatment without knowing anything about your eye floaters.
I can't say this though if you have had a true posterior vitreous detachment or PVD then it is someone more likely that I will be able to treat you. A PVD in someone at your young and tender age is really quite rare. This is one reason I posted this video where I said I've never seen a troop PVD in somebody so young. I have seen many other times were somebody was told they had a posterior vitreous detachment when in reality they did not. It shows that my profession really doesn't have a good standardized way of describing eye floaters. Sometimes the doctors will see a cluster or group of some hazy aggregated proteins and call it a PVD.
how did look your flashes like? do u still have it?
Hi Dr. Johnson...My name is Kevin; I'm 37 years old and have seen my eye floaters in both of my eyes since I was a teenager. I have two questions; first is can eye floaters or "PVD's" happen from a sudden blow/impact to an eye? I use to play racquet ball and had a rubber ball about the size of a base ball impact my right eye with quite a bit of force and wonder if that could have caused a PVD? The second question is can eye floaters "worsen" or grow in size over time? I have noticed over time my eye floaters to change and become worse bigger/longer with age. I have a "backwards C" shaped floater in my left eye and a "blob" or web floater in my right eye which is worse of the two. Since I have had them for so long I have gotten use to them but they are the most annoying when I am trying to read a book; I can easily see them floating across the white pages of any book I am trying to read. I am very interested in YAG laser treatment and would like to know what you think.
Thank you and hope you have a wonderful day sir....Kevin
Absolutely trauma can cause a PVD by extreme distortion of the eye at the moment of impact. If your doctors have actually called it a PVD and were easily able to see and identify your floaters, then you may be that exceptional younger person who is a candidate for treatment with the laser.
Love watching these videos of yours. Suffered with floaters since i was 21.... Now 47. I recently noticed my floaters getting worse and more appearing. Visited my local hospital here in the UK.... And still got told exactly what I got told 26 years ago when visiting the same hospital..... It's nothing to worry about and they may go away or become less noticeable. When i asked about what could be done. They said the only option would be surgery.... But it's very dangerous and not a option.... Hopefully one day they may stumble across one of your videos and realise how wrong they are. Until then I live in hope.....failing that, i may have to pay you a visit. 😁
I am always immensely flattered and honored that someone will fly across onternational borders and oceans to see me. Maybe it is not so much a tribute to my skill, but moreso the desperation of the floater-sufferers. Regardless I welcome you all with gratitude.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 Thanks for the reply.
Think it's a little of both. Desperation..... And a tribute...... As I've not come across to many people doing what you can do. Would be interested in knowing more about cost for future reference. Understand if not possible without seeing for yourself. But Thanks again.
@@AB-wn6ck Fees are always available on my website at thefloaterdoctor.com/fees
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 Thank you.
I have floaters in my eyes. first there were few and now many. But i can say i got it because of stress and too much screen time. I am addicted to internet. I keep looking at the screen of my phone for most of the time. I even sleep lately. when my eyes gets so tired and hurts i know tomorrow i am going to see new floaters and it happens.
You can "say" you got it from stress and screen time, but I do not agree. I would have to be better convinced by some explanation as to the connection of using your eyes and the development of floaters. What you do have is a one-person anecdote / correlation and that doesn't make for good science.
Hi Doc,
Can the laser be effective at tidying up debris left over from FOV? If so , how long after the FOV ?
I have done this a few times for some patients that had pretty successful FOV but a little debris left over as you describe. We can try to flick the eyes to swirl around the fluid at random and hope the debris moves, even if momentarily, into view. It is possibly worth trying and I have been successful, notably with a radiologist patient of mine.
I'm 19 years old and pretty sure I have a crescent-shaped Weiss ring. I had it since I was like 13 lol
That would be very exceptional for sure.
I’m 22 and was told I have PVD which is the cause for the Weiss ring I’ve been seeing for a year now… very annoying 😔
I have seen several younger people who have been told they have a weiss ring...but didn't actually. Some doctor equate floaters = PVD = weiss ring. It would be very unusual for someone of your age to have experienced a PVD
Has your Weiss ring improved?
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 I had PVD which led to a retinal tear at age 20-21 had to get it lasered . I am pretty near sighted tho I also got PVD on my opposite eye just last year as well it sucks lol I now have floaters that are annoying in both as a result
I was 24 right eye RD surgery and now Geting anti vegf inj
In left eye it's full pvd and ring I am 27
That IS unusual. Hope it heals and stabilizes.
Hi doctor I am 22 year old
I am observing a flashes and 1 large permanent floters in 2 year doctor said the vitreous is pull the ratina So the semtomps of PVD ? Please help doctor my life is very sad 😭😭
I've seen and talked to many patients who are told by their well-intentioned eye doctor that they were experiencing a PVD. When I have the opportunity to see them in person they did not. I think some doctors confuse floater symptoms with pvd, but it is possible to have a PVD without much floaters and it is also possible to have floaters without a PVD. At your young and tender age, it is very, very unlikely that you have a true pvd.
When will you realize that age don’t matter anymore , each patient is unique and you shouldn’t be so dismissive !
Your comment, although appreciated, does not make sense if you know anything about my practice. I am hardly 'dismissive' regarding floaters. You may have me confused with 99% of the eye care providers that are very dismissive to patients suffering eye floaters. I have spend the last (almost) 15 years of my professional life treating eye floaters exclusively. EXCLUSIVELY! I created the low dose atropine project as something I can now offer especially the younger floater sufferers as they are typically not good candidates for safe and successful treatment with the YAG laser.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 I believe although I am only 30 I would be a candidate for YAG just based on the size and mobility of my floaters especially in my right eye. Sorry to come off so crass, just frustrated
I feel ya man. I got one bad fly in my right eye too that I think could be zapped; I had 3 ophthalmologists all be able to see it clearly but don't have the expertise to treat it. Only a visit with someone like Doctor J will tell you best about your floater; they need at least 3mm of clearance from the retina. The more of a foggy blur your floater looks, the better your chances as it means it floats within the safezone away from the retina.
Hello, Doctor. I had lasik 4 years ago. And I also had a vitrectomy for floater about 2 years ago for both eyes. Now my right eye is crystal clear, but I still have a lot floaters in my left eye. Actually I don't really care about most of them. I have a lot floaters near my retina. But I can live with them. I wondering about one big transparent floater in the center of my vision. It look like looooong bold transparent line. I'm totally sure this floater located in a front part or in the middle of my eye. I'll be happy if you could destroy this floater for a couple parts. That's all what I need. Do you know floaters type what I talking about? Is these floaters type treatable by laser? I dont wanna do second vitrectomy just for one floater. Thank you so mush for you time
My concern is the laser hitting the back of the eye or the nerves or retina that will make one blind but I'd like to know how it's done or in the event the laser hits the back
The laser is NOT a single beam, but instead it has a cone-shaped profile. The energy is delivered to a single point in space. As long as that focal point of energy is kept safely away from the retina and lens there should not be any energy delivered to these structures - even if the target were missed. More at: www.thefloaterdoctor.com/the-yag-laser
A transparent, bold, and well-defined floater may be more likely located very close to the retina. Your description can't really be used to ascertain the location. It ultimately takes an in-person evaluation.
I am 14 then i have eye floater it really scares me
I’m 32 and started getting them when I was around 12-13 years old. I’ve never gotten them checked out and now I have way more. I’m making a doctors appointment this week. I don’t know why I’ve waited so long. Get them checked now while you’re still young!
16 yr old here with floaters
I am 24 and have a lot of floaters look like a long worm, bubble, grey chunk of bubbles, and most of them are well defined and obvious for me to see.
Around floaters, there are cloudy floaters like water mixed with shampoo .
The most annoying things are a longggg worm floater and chunk of bubble floaters. I can see them inside cuz they are grey-black color.
So i have trouble in studying
I am in young age but is there chance that i can get yag laser??
I want to draw what i see and send to you cuz i think some parts of my eyes are almost polluted by massive floaters like shampo in water just like i said .
Can bright light cause floater?? Like bright phone screen in dark place.
Thanks for reading
I'm 25 with crap in my eyes so it's sad to hear that 36 is usually too young. What proportion of your patients are in the too-young category?
I actively discourage younger patients so it (the young patients I see in office) is less now than it used to be. Probably
Hi, I'm like seeing a tiny flash in my vision of my left eye, and double vision, It started when I take the glasses that my mom told my that it's for radiation glasses, it started when I wore those glasses and when the black flash started, i inspected the left side of the glasses, and I think the little hole on the left glass with no rainbow filter triggered the flash in my left eye. This started form November first weak when my mom gave me those glasses.
I hope you'll read this comment sir🙂. I also noticed when I face my head on my shoulder vision, I feel like I'm seeing my own circle of my eye... Is this curable sir?
I'll add you on facebook.
If I could return back the time I wouldn't have worn those glasses, I regreted it😢. I'm scared and I'm 17 years old. It all started when I wore those galsses on.
Please respond to my comment sir.
I can not explain the flashes and even if I could examine your eyes, it would not likely be seen or simply explained...that said, the usual advice is to get a good, dilated exam from a competent eye care professional to make sure you do not have a more serious condition. I doubt VERY MUCH that is was the glasses, defective or not.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 maybe the cause is staying under the sun for too much and radiation from devices, and not sleeping well, also dehydration. Lifetsyle changes as well.
So I'm avoiding gadgets now and changing my lifestyle. I'm taking more than 1,500 mg of Vitamin C to slow down the macular hole. Maybe it was on our family disease or somethin'. Plus the radiation on devices.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 thanks, I aslo doubted a little that it was from the glasses. When I searched it, maybe the cause was the radiation in devices and UV rays. Sometimes I'm looking on the sun for 2 sec. and I don't know why. Thanks for the response, may God bless you sir.
I have this 18 years old
If I were a betting man I'd say it is VERY VERY unlikely to have a PVD / Weiss Ring. But is is quite possible to have very bothersome floaters at 18. You might consider the low dose atropine
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 well it is a ring shaped floater, at least in my perception. It seems big to me, but probably is nowhere near as big as true weiss rings I suppose. I would try the atropine but it is not available without prescription in my country and I am trying to just adapt. Thank you for the reply
I'm 47 and newly diagnosed with a first flare of bilateral uveitis that ended in bilateral PVDs with the Weiss ring floater in each.Worse part is they over lap in my center vision. Test show negative for autoimmune disorders and HLA B27. My uveitis and retinal specialist gawked at me when I asked about eventually getting them removed since it has a great impact on my independence, especially reading and driving. I asked about doing the laser procedure to at least break them up and she got very aggressive and defensive because "I don't believe in that magical fix" and no one should ever consider that procedure, just stick to tried and true surgical Vitrectomy for floaters. But then I see videos like this and how less invasive it is and question her judgement. She is supposed to be one of the "Top Docs" in Arizona for Uveitis so then who am I to judge. I don't know. But I hate my life now. This is so disheartening to me to live the rest of my life like this, but I guess it could be worse.
It might be reasonable to try the less invasive, less risky approach first and step it up, if that doesn't work or you are not a candidate for the laser.
21 with PVD and Weiss Ring here
Are you sure about that? A PVD is really really rare at your age. Weiss ring? Even rarer.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 Yes, pretty sure. Went to a retina specialist and he confirmed It. He said that my retina was healthy, but my vitreous was completely detatched. It was not caused by the syneresis of the vitreous, but by trauma.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 i'm myope, -4, so he said that my vitreous was probably poorly attached, with the impact It easily detatched. When the Weiss Ring First appeared It was quite frightening. A big Black Ring appeared in the top left of my eye and gradually, in the course of months, "fell" to the center of my vision
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 And doc, If I squint my eyes and move them, I'm quite able to see the "sheet" of the vitreous membrane moving
Sir I have floater in my both eyes but right eye has more floater some are clumped to form a larger one and there are bigger one like sheets. Is my retina has a tear? Please reply sir. I am nearsighted since 5 years and I am 20 right now starting with -0.50D which increased to -1.25D in 2017.
Ha im 38 and I got exactly that.
I'm 36 years old. I've had floaters since I was a little kid looking up at the sky and seeing little amoeba like structures floating around. I've literally never paid any mind my whole life up until a few weeks ago when I started seeing a sudden increase. These new floaters look more like black hairs, dots, or cobwebs in both eyes. They aren't visible when my eyes are stable but when I turn my head or eyes, they dart across my vision and are very distracting.
I don't see any flashes or anything though. I've had no trauma to the eye or anything. Just out of the blue this happened.
Any ideas on what may have caused the sudden onset of floaters? I always thought I was a bit young for PVD to happen yet.
It is unlikely a PVD based on age alone. The are some 'inexplicables' when it comes to floaters in younger patients. Maybe is is inflammation/oxidation spilling over into the vitreous. How is your diet? Eating clean or highly process foods. Vegetable oils (especially fried foods) are high in Omega-6 Fatty Acids and contribute to body-wide inflammation. If there is room for improvement in that area consider it.
same thing i have but with little bright spots too, or flashes like star would appear and dissapear, no trauma or anything, iam 28, it started during covid so idk
I wonder if TMJ can cause eye floaters..🤔
no.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 I woke up at age 31 one night with permanent tinnitus and eye floaters, they appeared together. Found out that I had TMJ of the jaw. I've read that TMJ can cause visual problems like visual snow, blurred vision, photopsia. Then I've read a couple places where they say TMJ can cause floaters, but I just can't see how it would cause floaters. I can understand it causing blurred vision, visual snow, photopsia, but not floaters. The body is weird. Do you know anyone in England that does this treatment?
You can probably find someone, but I don't know anyone by name that I would trust to recommend to you. There is a Dr. Feike Gerbrandy in Amsterdam I know and would trust to recommend.
@@Matty_UK How strange... I'm from England as well and at 32 years old I started getting the same as you I'm 36 now - left ear 24/7 tinnitus for the last 4 years, eye floaters in both eyes (they are neurological and I don't think the eye doctor can see these type of floaters). I also have TMJ, but my TMJ is caused by my forward neck posture. I have a lot of tension in my neck and a bit of pain. Keeping good posture for me is so important and makes a big difference. I also bought a neck brace as someone said it helped them and I'm going to start with exercises for the neck and upper back. Is your TMJ coming from your neck? Mine all started 10 months after working from home with bad posture, staring down at my laptop for 14 hours a day.
@@robk9330 I had sudden Tinnitus 3 months ago (no sleep and stress) and also started the PVD and now Weiss Ring floater. There must be a correlation of this happening with Tinnitus?
I’m 21 years old , yag approved to me???
It is not a question of approval, it is a question of candidacy. I can treat somebody young if their floaters are in an appropriate and safe place to treat. Typically young people's floaters are located closer to the retina where it is not safe to treat. Ultimately, it does take an in-person evaluation to determine that but if you were to travel a very long distance I would probably discourage you just based on the likelihood that I would be able to treat you successfully.
I would like yo know where you are located at? 32 years old and I'll put my paycheck on that my floaters are worse than this. Had them at a very young age about 7 years old. Seem to be increasing with the age and I'm fed up with it . my eye doctor tells me every year to deal with it look the other way but if this can be fixed id like to know. I have big ones and small ones in each eye.
@@anthonyhales4192 I am in Southern California...Irvine
What is the minimum size to treat a floater? 1 mm, 2 mm?
Sometimes the floater is small, but the shadow makes it bigger.
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Too much screen time
I don't agree, or at least the science isn't there to support that assertion. What would be the difference to the vitreous from starting at a screen vs. staring at the road as a long-haul trucker, or just using your eyes all day? The photons should just pass through the vitreous without changing it. Could there be other factors, like systemic oxidation? Inflammation? Both of these are associated with the modern Western diet full of highly processed foods and artificial 'vegetable' oils. I don't think it is healthy to stare into a screen all day, but not because of the effects on the vitreous.
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Hi. Just wanna say hi
And great job
no energy is lost. The eye must be absorbing this laser energy. one day the price must be paid. sad
Troll? Your expertise is based on what particular real world experience?
@@Thefloaterdoctor1
Do you think the energy can be destroyed? Even elementary school kids know the answer to that.