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Kudos for the video content! Sorry for butting in, I would appreciate your initial thoughts. Have you heard about - Penonnor Baseball Babaco (Sure I saw it on Google)? It is a smashing one of a kind guide for uncovering the secret to get rid of eye floaters minus the headache. Ive heard some great things about it and my friend after a lifetime of fighting got great results with it.
I have been seeing floaters since when I was 14 years old. Only it located on the right eye, a dark spider shaped floater. Now I am 27 I see lot of them now around 5 to 6 floater. Only one of floater is darker and rest are transparent. But the good thing is it doesn't affect my vision or quality of Life, although it is still there. I have understood it and got used to it as many of eye specialist doctors said to ignore the same. Still I made an habit of visiting eye specialist doctor every year for a regular eye check up just to assure myself that every thing is fine (to listen the doctors comment) which boost up my confidence some how in work and personal life. My current eye site is -4.5 & -6. I had barage laser treatment in my left eye as doctor recommended (due to small retinal hole). It feels good to know that floaters are quite common and I am not the only one to face. I love your videos as it is explained in great detail. What you recommend should I continue to visit doctor every year or visit only If I faces any new problems ?
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This is glorious, I have been researching "what is the best vitamin for your eyes?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Siyndrew Dumbfounded System - (just google it ) ? It is a great one off product for discovering how to get rid of eye floaters minus the headache. Ive heard some great things about it and my friend got great success with it.
although on a nice day or quick shift from dark to light I have always seen what appears to be air molecules. thousands of tiny dots bouncing all over and very quickly. also when I close my eyes, it isnt pure black. there are millions of tiny points of light like gazing at a far off star field, and the tighter I close my eyes, the brighter they get. weird I know. still havent found out why these 2 other things occur. Each time I've asked an eye professional, I just get vague responses and annoyed attitudes. maybe they just dont know but don't want to feel dumb.
They wern t floaters when we were children. Not everyone but some of us while in vitro, somehow capture some of our mothers cells ( I think, blood ireeercorrety,) these cells will be with us forever. At my age ( old) I m happy to have my mother s cells. You can ignore them or embrace them but they are there to stay.
Hi Knott, I talked to my doctor about that. He said that there was a little stem that held the iris in place before we were born. The stem mostly dissolves, and leaves those little floaters behind. Then they settle and disappear. It is good to know other people have such memories.
Here’s your laugh for the day!! My brother had to have surgery on a detached retina and my Mother who was 94 at the time, was telling all her friends that he had to have surgery on a “detached rectum”!!!! Wrong word Mom!!😂😂😂
Thanks for making me laugh, that's hilarious! My Mom tends to say the same types of things. One day a friend of hers asked why she always referred to me as "meatloaf" whenever she would call for me. (Thinking of course, that it was a nickname.) I happened to overhear their conversation and realized after a few seconds that what the neighbor lady was hearing as "meatloaf" was the Spanish word "mijo." (pronounced "mee ho") Which means son.
I've been having the camera flash in the corners of my eyes for about a month now. Didn't think much of it until it started happening more frequently. Going in this Friday to see my eye doc about it. 😕 Thank you for your passion surrounding eye health. I think you really do help push others to care more about their eyes too.
Oops. Sorry. I misread your comment. You said "organism". I thought you said something else. That would be kinda kinky to have one of "those" in your eye.
Check with your DR Itscared the crap out of me when it happened to me Im 64 keep up with your eye appointments I had a vitreous detatchment and it came on all the sudden Scary
I've been through the full spectrum of floaters. Born in 1948, severely near sighted with a correction of -13.5, corrected with Lasik in 1999. I've got mono vision now, right eye for distance left eye for reading, and it works well. I use Brimonidine Tartrate in both eyes for pressure control. Have had floaters since as far back as I can remember and never payed to much attention to them, thought they were normal. When I was in my mid 50's, looked at the side of a white building after seeing flashes in my left eye and saw lots of new small round floaters. I call my eye care Dr. and was told to go to the nearest emergency hospital. When I arrived and told them of my symptoms, the Dr.s looked confused, looked at my eyes, could not find anything to be concerned about and told me to make an appointment with my eye Dr. the next day. Went to the eye Dr. at the HMO I belong to and talked to three different Dr.s before a specialist ask me about the flashes which all the rest had no idea what I was talking about. The round floaters were red blood cells. The vitreous had started to curl on the edges and torn thru a blood vessel, cause the flashes and released the blood. I was told that the blood cells would be absorbed and go away, but there is part of the vitreous that still floats around in there and can be like looking thru a shower curtain when it gets in front of focal point. I have that condition monitored twice a year. About six months after the left eye curled, the right eye did the same thing. Both have remained stable since first happening. When I ask about remedies and was told about the fluid change, I decided my eyes would have to get a whole lot worse before that could happen.
Well u deserve a lot of credit for letting us know about floaters more accurately and removing doubts from our mind...please keep on doing such videos👏👏
This is the best video for me Less stress Went yesterday to my retinal Dr but he was good but after this video not so scared I have a vitreous D and he said Im PRN for now I ll share to my kids Thank You
Thank you for this video it has allayed my fears . However I will double check with my eye doctor as it has been a while since my last appointment and this has made me realise the value of great eyesight.
Hi here HELP BUY EYE DROPS in close eyes push it around side to side lightly floaters look BIG but not a pin head ? do a lot i had them , they will go away in time when eyes clean in your sleep , hope this helps Kim
I do have intermittent floaters and will be having an ophthalmology exam January 2019. I' be sure to review your video ahead of time. Glad my appointment isn't too far off. Thanks Dr. Eye Health. 11/2018
I had "shooting stars" in my left eye for months. I saw white pin-point dots shooting from left to right in my left eye. Very long story short, I had a clot in my left carotid artery. The "stars" were particles being shed from the clot. I was in surgery 4 hours after it was discovered. Don't ignore "shooting stars"!!
me: "Can you fix the floaters?" Every doctor I've ever spoken to about this: "Tough luck son, deal with it." me: "Well, the fella that comes up with a fix for this bullshit problem is gunna be a trillionaire."
@@DoctorEyeHealth I am 67 and have had floaters for 20 years. Mine look as if someone took a net bag and and stretched it over my eye. They wave and undulate to distraction especially looking at lights when I can actually play games with them. I have enough ocd to want to reach inside my eyes and pull the strands out. I can see, but they encompass my entire eye with other long corkscrew things. Would I possibly be a candidate for laser. I am extremely far sighted if that matters and have amblyopia in my right one.
It was a relief for me to stumble into this video.Iam 62 years old ,i am starting to see mosquietos floating in my eye ball.I didnt know what it was i thought it was the result of high blood pressure .I was worried ,but now iam releived by learning it is a normal symptom of my age ,and it is called floaters.Thank you your the best thanks.
They arn t floaters as a child and forever you will have cells of your mother s blood. Not everyone has them. Floaters are very different. Yours are round, translucent and have a nucleus. Floaters are black, weirdly shaped and creepy.
i started to get spots around 30 years old. I told the dr about them and they said floaters. If i look at one point they don't float they stay in one place and if i look at the spot it becomes more clear and takes time to focus onto it. . now the only way it floats is if i look side to side. Then it goes with the field of site. I'm now 41 almost 42 and they are still there and in the same places they always been.
My husband had a very sudden episode of floaters in one eye. He shortly after the floaters appeared he told his eye doctor and she didn’t change her treatment plan or re-examine him. That Saturday he developed a loss in his visual Field and we had to rush him to an eye doctor on call. His retina had started to detach. He has a permanent defect now in his visual field.
I have read so many articles, papers and consulted various doctors. And you have just explained everything in such a simpler way and in such a short amount of time. Good research and presentation skill.
Oh squiggly line in my eye fluid. I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it’s alright, you are forgiven.
I recently had an onset of severe floaters which appeared like a flock of starlings. Fortunately I saw my local eye physician who diagnosed a detached retina in my lazy eye. I was referred to a retina specialist who repaired the damage and saved my eyesight. The inhouse procedure was scary, but totally effective. God bless Dr Adderman of Eye Health Northwest in Portland Oregon. Everyone should view this video so please share with all your friends.
I'm 19 at the moment and had recently experienced a little spec of a floater. I am near sighted. However, I don't think experiencing it at a young age is normal. I'm getting myself checked out tomorrow. Thank you for informing me it made me feel better.
I've had them since my teens as I was very nearsighted from 4th grade on. They became very distressing and caused tremendous anxiety every time I went out in the sun. In my 30s, my othmo counseled me on it and said they were just part of life and just relax, they come and they go. I'd love to get it fixed but I've let go of the angst over them.
I've had floaters in my eyes for as long as I can remember, certainly during my childhood. But then again, my eyes are not the best, -6 in one, about -5 in the other, massive astigmatism, in both and required corrective surgery for a squint when I was about 8.
Use the Bates Method to cure your eyesight. Full book (not the shorter version) by Dr Bates (1900's) and Dr Mercola has a training course to improve eyesight also (he used the Bates Method to fix his eye sight).
I can't remember not having them & am extremely short-sighted. I'm mid 50s now & definately had them from infant school at least. Just a minor distraction.
I had a sudden floater attack if you will. Ive had floaters, nothing crazy. I'm 66 and see an eye doctor. Had cataracts removed about a year ago. My most recent visit about 6 months ago my Dr said my eyes were healthy but yesterday all of the sudden I had a web of floaters. I think I actually witness the moment it happened. Vision is good, no blurriness but it was strange. I also see a light arc when I move my eye from left to right on the left side of my left eye. I'm going to arrange a visit just to be sure there is nothing bad going on. Thanks for the video
TAKE NOTE - Pause this video is good advice. Trust me. In 2012 I had flashes of light and slight blurring of vision and increase in floaters. I rang doc for appointment and was immediately referred to local eye hospital. Turned out to be early stages of detached retina. I had surgery within 12 hours of on set of symptoms and after a pretty miserable 3 weeks laid on my right side today I have near perfect vision. Another patient I met in hospital had waited 2 weeks before seeking advice and had lost all sight in that eye permanently.
That scares me! That's why I went to the top Doc at the Hershey Hospital Ophthalmology department but he said I was fine but never dilated my eyes like the optometrist did. What to do what to do. Thank you for replying.
Three years ago I noticed flashing lights while driving home one night. No emergency vehicle following me and the street lights weren't malfunctioning. Then when I got home, I started to see brown-colored rodents (rabbits?!) moving along the baseboards, except my dog wasn't paying them any mind. Long story short, I had some MEGA floaters due to a vitreal detachment. All this time later, the floaters haven't gone away completely, but they're better (and my dog has promised to let me know if there are for real any rats or rabbits loose in the house).
Those floaters can really make you think something is moving in the house. For me it's slightly higher than level. Like a bird is flying past me. It's actually caused me to jump a few times. Or duck out of the way. Very annoying. the eye doctor foun nothing wrong with the retina. Thank god. Getting old (60) is no fun.
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Doctor Eye Health had floaters for about a year and just ignored them and then got diagnosed with lattice degeneration and snail track lesions a few months ago
Very informative video, having recently recovered from retinal detachment surgery it is always interesting to see and hear more information on it. I’m 21 and had a retinal detachment, so you don’t have to be old to have it. Actually it was just a couple months before that I even heard about retinol the Touchman for the first time so as soon as I started having symptoms I went immediately to the ophthalmologist. I had a vitrecto and then had silicone oil in Mayeye for five months and then the oil was removed. He says in the video that they replace the Trias humor with another fluid but really it’s just the fluid from your eye called aqueous humor that fills the cavity. I kind of had an interesting case because I am amblyopic in my left die and my right eye suffered the detachment. I’m just here to tell you that you do not have to be old to have a retinal detachment and to make sure that you get your eyes checked regularly, it’s really no joke.
Wow, I just had a tear and I am 4 weeks after surgery. I hope they don’t have to change my oil in my eye. Surgery at Duke Hospital. I got a gas bubble, clamp, and fluid replacement. How are you doing now?
@@225rip I'm working and living a pretty normal life now, not without some level of difficulty though. I have little central vision, as the detachment disturbed the macula and caused CMO to form. Don't worry, you will be back to normal, just be patient.
@@BaconBandage Thanks for getting back. When I went in I just had a curtain about 15% of right eye. After 3 day I had no vision at all. Not sure if anything with the macula occurred. I go back in 2 weeks for check up. I know I have 85% gas, not sure if anything else was added. I do have very blurred vision but is getting a bit better each day. I am 69 and very athletic but his put me in a humble state. LOL
Hello doctor! I'm an ophthalmologist myself, from Brazil, and have just found your channel here on UA-cam. Congratulations! You are such a great communicator and show deep knowledge of your field! 👏👏👏
I have them. Started earlier this year after dealing with some ocular migraines. I saw my eye doctor a few times this year, and he verified there was no retinal tears, etc. Still, it was (is) disconcerting. I'm not totally used to them, but I don't notice them quite as much as I did earlier this year. Actually, your video gave me some reassurance.
I mentioned flashing tecnicolor floaters to my opthamalogist at yearly checkup after catarct surgery. She called it ocular migraine. 1st. time I've heard that term. no PAIN involved. I've since been refered to P.C.P. who ordered Ecohocardiogram of heart, MRI of brain, CT scan of carotid arteries. All have been accomplished with mostly benign results. I'm 80. Think I'll outlast this too.Keep on truckin!
I do have them, but they don't other me too much. I can't read as long as I used to, but I'm pushing 65 . Thanks for the explanation .. knowledge is power!
I see thousands of tiny dots. Like a fuzzy old television. Every ophthalmologist I've told about it, brush it off. But I'm 30 and have had it since I could remember.
Ive had floaters since I was small child. My vision is totally fine regardless. I used to think they were small creatures inside my eyes. I also for a while I used to call them "heat waves" and my mom was seriously concerned that I was constantly talking about seeing heat waves.
I'm 65 and have type-2 diabetes. I'm going blind from this disease. A black "dot" showed up in my vision yesterday and then, later on, several more showed up. At the moment I don't see any, but then I'm sorta not making a big effort to see it/them.......:-( Btw, thanks VERY MUCH for this wonderful video! It's such a blessing that brilliant people like yourself can help simple schmucks like me, very reassuring! Subscribed.
Antonio Rodriguez As we get older people look so young to us. It may not be “looking down on” so much as surprise that someone who “looks 17” to us is a Dr. and so knowledgeable. I appreciate his knowledge and listen to him a lot. He probably saved my vision as I have made an apt to see Dr. for probable retinal detachment.
Interesting video: I've had floaters for as long as I can remember. I started seeing rings of light a few years ago and it was diagnosed as my vitrious gel shrinking, the lights came and went a few times and each time I got it checked, but retinal damage. Then 1 day, after about 4 months, I started seeing dark shadows at the bottom of my vision, my optician sent me to A&E and I was operated on 2 days later for detached retina. Touch wood: I've had no problems since.
Have several in the right eye.Doc said he can remove them but run the risk of developing glaucoma or possibly blindness within a year .Think ill keep them for now.
Me too. One is shaped like a question mark on it's side. I have more now and they can be annoying but having the fluid changed in a car is okay with me... But not in me eye!!
Thanks for the videos. I find it reassuring to hear your descriptions of these conditions, particularly as a doctor in the field who has experienced them personally. Over the last several years I've developed floaters and aura without headache. The scary stuff has been ruled out so just learning to live with it. Thanks again for the videos.
I had cataracts in my 2 eyes at the age of 40 years old. It affected my visions. Doc said it was due to my immunosuppression drugs. After the op, I had floaters and on some days they swirled so fast I had to rest or take a seat because it was like hairs bugging my eyes. Now I am 60 years old. Living with these floaters for 20 years. I had 2 lasers done to my lens and floaters increased in numbers. Most importantly is I can see clearly with or without floaters. Praise God for that.
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I have 3 small floaters in each eye and i saw a bright light flash in my eye. I when to the eye Dr, They didn't see no tears in my eye , I have cataracts & floaters in both eyes. I enjoy learning and watching your shows. You are helping me. And thank you for it and i appreciate very much. Keep doing the good work you are doing. Thank you.
It’s important to explicitly say that retina tears can lead to permanent vision loss almost instantly, so it’s nothing to take lightly. As soon as you see a large amount of floaters, or start seeing lights flashing inside your eye, head to see a retina specialist ASAP. No joke. A matter of hours could make all the difference in terms of keeping or losing your eyesight permanently.
sir i m depressed and uncomfortable because of increased floaters 😢😢floaters are covering all my vision field there are too many floaters.. should i go for vitrectomy surgery? can you help me. i m from india?
Sorry to hear your depressed and uncomfortable. Floaters can be frustrating. I have them too. You will need to consult a local ophthalmologist. Be sure to express your concerns with them and after a thorough examination your doctor should discuss your treatment options with you. If you are having new floaters and have not seen a doctor yet, you need to get in.
@@DoctorEyeHealth hello doctor i have had floaters fr years now n nva understood wat thy really are. Can thy b treated cz i have had people say it got worse after they had been operated on. Mine are annoying m now
i have floaters, i only notice them when i watch youtube because the background is white. i think its from wall debris from work as home theater TV installer.
When I was 20 I had bi-lateral cataracts and bi-lateral retinal detachments/tears. I’ve been plagued everyday since with floaters ever since, but had no prior symptoms of a detachment/tear. My detachment was repaired with a scleral buckle, and the tear by vitrectomy. It was a particularly scary time as I had lost my sight completely due to the cataracts in a matter of weeks, and the detachment/tear wasn’t found until the cataracts had been fixed. I actually remember waking up after having my first cataract removed and being able to see, but it 2 like I was looking through as fisheye lens. All good now, and with regular checkups, hopefully I’ll keep my eyesight. Great and informative video 😄
@Doctor Eye Health Due to my age (and the NHS in the UK), my Doctor decided that a multifocal lens would give me the best quality. While it usually reduces the need for glasses, I currently need varifocals with the prescriptions between 1.00 and 0.75, though over time that will increase. I am now always alert for new floaters, just incase the retina may have torn/detached again. Out of the multiple procedure, the scleral buckle definitely caused the most trauma. All caused from trauma as a result of my severe atopic eczema
I had retinal detachment susurgery. 6 months later my vision is not good. I suffer the effects of a damaged macula ( blurry central vision). Doctors say that my retina and macula look great but dont know why vision is so bad. They say my eye is still healing after 6 months and it could take years. Question to you is did you have to wait years?
Thank you for a most helpful video. A few years ago, I experienced a retinal tear and went to see my ophthalmologist within hours of it occurring due to the fact that I have only one functional eye. Laser surgery followed on the same day and my vision has been restored, even though I do now have those darn floaters. They seem to be more prevalent if aI do not get enough sleep. Thanks again ... liked and subscribed, of course 😊.
oh so that's what those are, I thought it was crud particles on the surface of my eye and it meant i needed to use an eye solution to clean them. So their inside my eyeball. dang!
Great news, I have floaters, I’m 73 years young, I find when I use eye drops once in the morning and once in the evening before I go to sleep it seems to reduce the floaters so I don’t notice them as much, only if I stare at a white background.
I have had floaters for about 3 years . I had strobe lights going off in my eye at one time . An eye exam did not show any damage to the retina but i have regular follow ups. Here's the thing , I have been taking oral collagen for about 1 year and I have noticed a significant reduction in the darkness and visibility of the floaters . This may be the natural history of floaters but I have not had any new floaters and no flashing lights . I think the potential benefit of oral collagen outways the lack of evidence that it could be treatment that is beneficial in other ways as well.
I’ve never had problems with my eye all my life but now I’m hitting 41, the last couple of months I’ve had floaters. They started as a few small worm like structures in my vision when I looked at the sky......now I’m even seeing them indoors too. I saw a video of someone saying they went blind after having floaters. I panicked. Now I’m seeing videos of people saying they’re common and normal. 🤷♂️
@@haqsach4147 still the same I’ve just learned to get used to them They’re still there No worse Just less obvious as my eyes have adapted to their presence lol
@@dazza944 i just have 2 months ago and also related some VIsual snow symptoms Everyday i get panic and anxious when i see them, hope my brain will accept them
I've had floaters since I was in my 20s and yes, I am near sighted. I recently went in to my Ophthalmologist due to the flashes of light in my peripheral vision. He told me pretty much what you have said in this video and in my case, a treatment for these pesky little floaters is not recommended. It would be great if someone discovered a way to get rid of them. I see mine continually unless they float over my blind spot ... and that only happens for a few seconds.
Well I'm glad you got seen and everything is O.K.! Hopefully they dissolve or your brain tunes them out, but for sure if something new comes out I will make a new video right away. Otherwise thanks for sharing.
Hello, you also got floaters and flashing light? Did the doctor tell you about your retina? if it's weak or torn or something like that? Cause that's what Im scared of. I got severe myopia, -16. I could have an eye check up on April, it's taking so long because of insurance renewal. So Im just googling and watching videos for now
I remember my first floater when I was in middle school looking at the projector screen one day and seeing this blob floating around randomly. Drove me crazy for the rest of my school days. Now I have a bunch more. One thing I have found helpful is getting a pair of rose colored sun glasses that I wear around even when I'm not in the sun. They help blend them out.
My husband had the lasix procedure done during the summer with wonderful outcomes. His floaters clumped together and they were taken care of. Some small floaters were too close to the retina so were not done. His was very happy with the outcome. Your presentation was wonderful. Thanks for sharing the info.
I've had floaters for as long as I can remember, I don't think I can recall a time in my life I didn't have them. They have just been a part of my eyes, I guess my brain has just gotten used to them. They do get on my nerve at times, but all in all, I thought they were normal & EVERYONE had them or was supposed to have them, never knew it could be or lead to some more serious. Thanks for this vid, now I'll go to the eye doc & have them take a good look at why I've had these floaters & what they can do about it.
A bright light off to your side means your looking at your iPhone / Galaxy Samsung far to much at night with no lights on. Turn off your phones and go to sleep
This video alerted me to see an eye doctor. A cyst like structure was seen in my left eye. Also, my drainage tubes are very narrow. I will be getting laser treatment to widen the tubes, then the specialist will dialate my eyes to look at the inner surface of my eyes. Thank you for the video.👍🏼
Now I'm concerned again. I just had my annual eye exam a few weeks ago. I've been having floaters, but the last 6 months I get dark spots in one side peripheral and light flashes on the other peripheral, at almost 90° either side. I don't have a strong prescription but I do need bifocals now at just 38 years old.
i have floaters for 3 years already and I was so scared because I thought I was losing my vision but thank you doc now I know that it just has to do with age! I'm 16 now so thank you doc for making me feel comfortable. and p.s. i dont see white flashes so i know i don't have a retinal detachment
I've had this since I was a teenager! I always will follow it but it runs off. I'll bring it back looking up real quick. It does look like Microorganisms.
I had sudden floaters and flashes of light. I was afraid that I had a Retinal Detachment, it was not a detached retina it was a Posterior Vitreous Detachment. That was a month ago, I am still having floaters but they are not bothering me as much as they were. This is great information.
I need a eye doctor that is as knowledgeable as the one on this video. I have had flashes of light, pinpoint colored hot flashes, tons of floaters and double vision and no one seems to think thats a problem. A Neuro-opthamologist at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey PA told me that it was all normal, even double vision at age 49 is typical or very common (I know no one that has double vision). I'm so, so, so sick of doctors that really don't care and charge $500 for a single office visit.
Maybe make an apt with this doctor and buy a cheap ticket to Buffalo, NY. It’s better than wasting another $500 on nothing, not to mention the frustration and worry you must be experiencing.
Flashes of light are a sign of detached retina. No treatment can result in blindness! Drop everything and find a reputable retinal specialist (not optometrist)
As someone who has had four retina detachments, go to the hospital. Once your retina detaches it's all down hill afterwards. If you simply have a tear somewhere, it can be sealed with laser and you can avoid a retina detachment, not to mention the whole surgery, which includes a scleral buckle in your eye including either a gas bubble or oil. Plus you have to be like two weeks faced down in bed. And for months YOU can't do strenuous activities.
It's not that they don't care. The vitrectomy procedure to remove the eye jelly and replace with saline solution is very dangerous and you could lose your sight altogether in the operation. It's a case of, do you feel lucky today? Only if you feel you can happily lose that eye if it goes wrong is it something they might do. But if they think you might eventually get use to it, they won't consider it for one second. Best of luck!
@@tamerajames5590 he most likely had retinal detachment and had to go the hospital if he didn’t he’s most likely going blind. I hope that’s not the case
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Kudos for the video content! Sorry for butting in, I would appreciate your initial thoughts. Have you heard about - Penonnor Baseball Babaco (Sure I saw it on Google)? It is a smashing one of a kind guide for uncovering the secret to get rid of eye floaters minus the headache. Ive heard some great things about it and my friend after a lifetime of fighting got great results with it.
DUDE HELP ME IM 10 AND IM SEEING EYE FLOATERS AND LIGHTS IM CRYING :(((
I have been seeing floaters since when I was 14 years old. Only it located on the right eye, a dark spider shaped floater. Now I am 27 I see lot of them now around 5 to 6 floater. Only one of floater is darker and rest are transparent.
But the good thing is it doesn't affect my vision or quality of Life, although it is still there. I have understood it and got used to it as many of eye specialist doctors said to ignore the same.
Still I made an habit of visiting eye specialist doctor every year for a regular eye check up just to assure myself that every thing is fine (to listen the doctors comment) which boost up my confidence some how in work and personal life.
My current eye site is -4.5 & -6.
I had barage laser treatment in my left eye as doctor recommended (due to small retinal hole).
It feels good to know that floaters are quite common and I am not the only one to face.
I love your videos as it is explained in great detail.
What you recommend should I continue to visit doctor every year or visit only If I faces any new problems ?
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When I was a kid, I thought that I have a super power of seeing microorganisms by my naked eye...
Me too! But I was looking at the entoptic phenomenon.
SAME!
although on a nice day or quick shift from dark to light I have always seen what appears to be air molecules. thousands of tiny dots bouncing all over and very quickly. also when I close my eyes, it isnt pure black. there are millions of tiny points of light like gazing at a far off star field, and the tighter I close my eyes, the brighter they get. weird I know. still havent found out why these 2 other things occur. Each time I've asked an eye professional, I just get vague responses and annoyed attitudes. maybe they just dont know but don't want to feel dumb.
Ha! Me too! Mine were always golden and would move around and then disappear.
I thought the same thing. Glad that I got rid of them.
Some of my earliest childhood memories are watching floaters whenever I looked at the blue sky.
Me too! I used to stare at spots while walking home from school.
Same
Likely NOT floaters. More likely entoptic phenomenon. Look it up!
They wern t floaters when we were children. Not everyone but some of us while in vitro, somehow capture some of our mothers cells ( I think, blood ireeercorrety,) these cells will be with us forever. At my age ( old) I m happy to have my mother s cells. You can ignore them or embrace them but they are there to stay.
Hi Knott,
I talked to my doctor about that. He said that there was a little stem
that held the iris in place before we were born. The stem mostly
dissolves, and leaves those little floaters behind. Then they settle and disappear.
It is good to know other people have such memories.
Here’s your laugh for the day!! My brother had to have surgery on a detached retina and my Mother who was 94 at the time, was telling all her friends that he had to have surgery on a “detached rectum”!!!! Wrong word Mom!!😂😂😂
Thanks for making me laugh, that's hilarious! My Mom tends to say the same types of things. One day a friend of hers asked why she always referred to me as "meatloaf" whenever she would call for me. (Thinking of course, that it was a nickname.) I happened to overhear their conversation and realized after a few seconds that what the neighbor lady was hearing as "meatloaf" was the Spanish word "mijo." (pronounced "mee ho") Which means son.
rvalens2 too funny!!!
Thanks. When I realized the neighbor's mistake I laughed so hard my sides hurt.
Sounds exactly like my mum 😂
"Destroyed him?"..... "Yeah, darn well rectum."
I have had "floaters" since I was five years old and first realized them. That was 64 years ago.
Thanks for sharing Chuck!
Chuck Simcox and you didn’t bother of having em all those years.. salute❤️
Salute to you man
Chuck Simcox YALL THESE COMMENTS I CANT BAAHHAHH
Same hear. Thought everyone had them.
This is the first time I have heard someone explain these eye issues and it completely makes sense! Thank you!
Thanks for watching Tracey! Any other topics you would like me to cover?
I've been having the camera flash in the corners of my eyes for about a month now. Didn't think much of it until it started happening more frequently. Going in this Friday to see my eye doc about it. 😕 Thank you for your passion surrounding eye health. I think you really do help push others to care more about their eyes too.
I also had floaters and flashes of light at the corner of eyes...
@@gopikadas3558 how are the flashes now
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I have one in my left eye that looks like an organism. I've had him since I was about 23
I call him Fred.
Oops. Sorry. I misread your comment. You said "organism". I thought you said something else. That would be kinda kinky to have one of "those" in your eye.
@@suncookrocks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This is the most awesome reply I've ever gotten! Thank you so much for the laugh!
I have one in my right eye that looks like a shrimp or something.
bahahahahaha!!!
@@liamwilbur1897 my eye floater is one of my best time pass I watch it when no is around and I love it 😍😂
60 or older? I had them since I was 20 - yet my eyesight is still top. This video is making me worried...
Ive had them since i was 10
I am 22 and I just discovered these liitle friends I have in my eyes and honestly your comment relieved me
Check with your DR Itscared the crap out of me when it happened to me Im 64 keep up with your eye appointments I had a vitreous detatchment and it came on all the sudden Scary
How old uh
I have them...n I’m 23 .
I've been through the full spectrum of floaters. Born in 1948, severely near sighted with a correction of -13.5, corrected with Lasik in 1999. I've got mono vision now, right eye for distance left eye for reading, and it works well. I use Brimonidine Tartrate in both eyes for pressure control.
Have had floaters since as far back as I can remember and never payed to much attention to them, thought they were normal. When I was in my mid 50's, looked at the side of a white building after seeing flashes in my left eye and saw lots of new small round floaters. I call my eye care Dr. and was told to go to the nearest emergency hospital. When I arrived and told them of my symptoms, the Dr.s looked confused, looked at my eyes, could not find anything to be concerned about and told me to make an appointment with my eye Dr. the next day.
Went to the eye Dr. at the HMO I belong to and talked to three different Dr.s before a specialist ask me about the flashes which all the rest had no idea what I was talking about. The round floaters were red blood cells. The vitreous had started to curl on the edges and torn thru a blood vessel, cause the flashes and released the blood. I was told that the blood cells would be absorbed and go away, but there is part of the vitreous that still floats around in there and can be like looking thru a shower curtain when it gets in front of focal point.
I have that condition monitored twice a year. About six months after the left eye curled, the right eye did the same thing. Both have remained stable since first happening. When I ask about remedies and was told about the fluid change, I decided my eyes would have to get a whole lot worse before that could happen.
Hello I know its been 3 years but was the -13.5 for both eyes combined or one. I was told they only went up to -10 for lasik.
Well u deserve a lot of credit for letting us know about floaters more accurately and removing doubts from our mind...please keep on doing such videos👏👏
6:16 Duude ! You played me 😂😂 I had panic attack thinking I am going blind.
This is the best video for me Less stress Went yesterday to my retinal Dr but he was good but after this video not so scared I have a vitreous D and he said Im PRN for now I ll share to my kids Thank You
Excellent video! Loved the straight forward info. Nothing better than a video that cuts to the chase. 👍🏽
Very helpful video thx
Thank you for this video it has allayed my fears . However I will double check with my eye doctor as it has been a while since my last appointment and this has made me realise the value of great eyesight.
First video i have seen about floaters that is so well explained. Thanks!
Thank you!
More information than I got from the ophthalmologist.thanks
Michael Ray Optometrists are getting pretty competitive with ophthalmologists nowadays. The latter are mainly sought for surgery.
I agree - very well explained. I never knew what they were or where they came from before watching this video.
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Oh, dear, if it weren't for my floaters, I'd be all alone.
What about your kitty?
I recommend zapping those guys, there are bereavement groups, you know
Lol
Hi here HELP BUY EYE DROPS in close eyes push it around side to side lightly floaters look BIG but not a pin head ? do a lot i had them , they will go away in time when eyes clean in your sleep , hope this helps Kim
Henning Kallweit SAMEEE ABAHAH
I do have intermittent floaters and will be having an ophthalmology exam January 2019. I' be sure to review your video ahead of time. Glad my appointment isn't too far off. Thanks Dr. Eye Health. 11/2018
Happy to help Patrick. Glad to hear you have an exam scheduled. Are there any other eye health topics you would like to know more about?
@@DoctorEyeHealth Actually I am doing daily eye exercises; any you could suggest? Thanks. 11/2018
I had "shooting stars" in my left eye for months. I saw white pin-point dots shooting from left to right in my left eye. Very long story short, I had a clot in my left carotid artery. The "stars" were particles being shed from the clot. I was in surgery 4 hours after it was discovered. Don't ignore "shooting stars"!!
How old you have been then?
me: "Can you fix the floaters?"
Every doctor I've ever spoken to about this: "Tough luck son, deal with it."
me: "Well, the fella that comes up with a fix for this bullshit problem is gunna be a trillionaire."
Yep...but then the pharma company might assassinate that person and steal the patent.
Im 12 and i have them bad and they are always like sorry we cant do anything abut it u have to deal with it like ughh
Well, you get used to them. Sometimes I forget they exist lol. But when I remember, they are annoying tbh.
@@DoctorEyeHealth I am 67 and have had floaters for 20 years. Mine look as if someone took a net bag and and stretched it over my eye. They wave and undulate to distraction especially looking at lights when I can actually play games with them. I have enough ocd to want to reach inside my eyes and pull the strands out. I can see, but they encompass my entire eye with other long corkscrew things. Would I possibly be a candidate for laser. I am extremely far sighted if that matters and have amblyopia in my right one.
Take MSM liquid. Floaters are a brake down of protein in the eye nothing else. The doctor above dont know what hes talking about
It was a relief for me to stumble into this video.Iam 62 years old ,i am starting to see mosquietos floating in my eye ball.I didnt know what it was i thought it was the result of high blood pressure .I was worried ,but now iam releived by learning it is a normal symptom of my age ,and it is called floaters.Thank you your the best thanks.
Had eye floaters since I was a kid...I think I notice them more now that I'm 50
Colin Kensley l heve the same problem.
They arn t floaters as a child and forever you will have cells of your mother s blood. Not everyone has them. Floaters are very different. Yours are round, translucent and have a nucleus. Floaters are black, weirdly shaped and creepy.
Probably a posterior vitreous detachment. Google it.
Westside Granny, I can assure you that I've had floaters since I was 11
i started to get spots around 30 years old. I told the dr about them and they said floaters. If i look at one point they don't float they stay in one place and if i look at the spot it becomes more clear and takes time to focus onto it. . now the only way it floats is if i look side to side. Then it goes with the field of site. I'm now 41 almost 42 and they are still there and in the same places they always been.
I can’t be the only one as a kid who thought I was seeing atoms😳😭
Elise hahahahah
Brooo i relate so much 😂😂
Elise t same here
🤣🤣🤣 no one told me lol
Elise t hahaha I thought my eyes were so powerful I could see tiny organisms like I would through a microscope 🔥
My husband had a very sudden episode of floaters in one eye. He shortly after the floaters appeared he told his eye doctor and she didn’t change her treatment plan or re-examine him. That Saturday he developed a loss in his visual
Field and we had to rush him to an eye doctor on call. His retina had started to detach. He has a permanent defect now in his visual field.
I have read so many articles, papers and consulted various doctors. And you have just explained everything in such a simpler way and in such a short amount of time. Good research and presentation skill.
Thanks for Watching Hammad. Any other topics you would like me to cover?
@@DoctorEyeHealth In fact I would like to listen to your video on "Mayopic Eyes", and "Weak retina walls and its solution". Thanks in advance.
Oh squiggly line in my eye fluid.
I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision.
But when I try to look at you, you scurry away.
Are you shy, squiggly line?
Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye?
Oh, squiggly line, it’s alright, you are forgiven.
Do you know Stewie Griffen?
yeah from family guy
I had a squiggly thread that turned out to be a retinal tear and had to go in for surgery.
I call mine Miss Wormie.
😍
I recently had an onset of severe floaters which appeared like a flock of starlings. Fortunately I saw my local eye physician who diagnosed a detached retina in my lazy eye. I was referred to a retina specialist who repaired the damage and saved my eyesight. The inhouse procedure was scary, but totally effective. God bless Dr Adderman of Eye Health Northwest in Portland Oregon. Everyone should view this video so please share with all your friends.
I'm 19 at the moment and had recently experienced a little spec of a floater. I am near sighted. However, I don't think experiencing it at a young age is normal. I'm getting myself checked out tomorrow.
Thank you for informing me it made me feel better.
Do you still have them?
give us an update
Well, I’ve been aging since birth cuz I’ve had them my whole life.
😂🤣 Same here!
same here xd
same here. Do they get worse?
Zhao Sinan not really
Mostafa Helal 66 and getting younger every day.
I've had them since my teens as I was very nearsighted from 4th grade on. They became very distressing and caused tremendous anxiety every time I went out in the sun. In my 30s, my othmo counseled me on it and said they were just part of life and just relax, they come and they go. I'd love to get it fixed but I've let go of the angst over them.
Same issue, but have worn glasses since I was in the 3rd grade.
I've had floaters in my eyes for as long as I can remember, certainly during my childhood. But then again, my eyes are not the best, -6 in one, about -5 in the other, massive astigmatism, in both and required corrective surgery for a squint when I was about 8.
Use the Bates Method to cure your eyesight. Full book (not the shorter version) by Dr Bates (1900's) and Dr Mercola has a training course to improve eyesight also (he used the Bates Method to fix his eye sight).
I've had them all my life too but I have farsightedness instead.
I can't remember not having them & am extremely short-sighted. I'm mid 50s now & definately had them from infant school at least. Just a minor distraction.
I had a sudden floater attack if you will. Ive had floaters, nothing crazy. I'm 66 and see an eye doctor. Had cataracts removed about a year ago. My most recent visit about 6 months ago my Dr said my eyes were healthy but yesterday all of the sudden I had a web of floaters. I think I actually witness the moment it happened. Vision is good, no blurriness but it was strange. I also see a light arc when I move my eye from left to right on the left side of my left eye. I'm going to arrange a visit just to be sure there is nothing bad going on. Thanks for the video
TAKE NOTE - Pause this video is good advice. Trust me. In 2012 I had flashes of light and slight blurring of vision and increase in floaters. I rang doc for appointment and was immediately referred to local eye hospital. Turned out to be early stages of detached retina. I had surgery within 12 hours of on set of symptoms and after a pretty miserable 3 weeks laid on my right side today I have near perfect vision. Another patient I met in hospital had waited 2 weeks before seeking advice and had lost all sight in that eye permanently.
That scares me! That's why I went to the top Doc at the Hershey Hospital Ophthalmology department but he said I was fine but never dilated my eyes like the optometrist did. What to do what to do. Thank you for replying.
Three years ago I noticed flashing lights while driving home one night. No emergency vehicle following me and the street lights weren't malfunctioning. Then when I got home, I started to see brown-colored rodents (rabbits?!) moving along the baseboards, except my dog wasn't paying them any mind. Long story short, I had some MEGA floaters due to a vitreal detachment. All this time later, the floaters haven't gone away completely, but they're better (and my dog has promised to let me know if there are for real any rats or rabbits loose in the house).
Those floaters can really make you think something is moving in the house. For me it's slightly higher than level. Like a bird is flying past me. It's actually caused me to jump a few times. Or duck out of the way. Very annoying. the eye doctor foun nothing wrong with the retina. Thank god. Getting old (60) is no fun.
Have you had a surgery for treatment. Please tell
I’ve had them all my life, including childhood
Great Video clip! Sorry for butting in, I am interested in your opinion. Have you considered - Franaar Spectacular Look Formula (probably on Google)? It is an awesome one of a kind product for curing eye floaters without the hard work. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my friend finally got amazing success with it.
I appreciate him sharing that he also sees them because I’m scared as shit
👍 New experience for you?
Doctor Eye Health had floaters for about a year and just ignored them and then got diagnosed with lattice degeneration and snail track lesions a few months ago
Very informative video, having recently recovered from retinal detachment surgery it is always interesting to see and hear more information on it. I’m 21 and had a retinal detachment, so you don’t have to be old to have it. Actually it was just a couple months before that I even heard about retinol the Touchman for the first time so as soon as I started having symptoms I went immediately to the ophthalmologist. I had a vitrecto and then had silicone oil in Mayeye for five months and then the oil was removed. He says in the video that they replace the Trias humor with another fluid but really it’s just the fluid from your eye called aqueous humor that fills the cavity. I kind of had an interesting case because I am amblyopic in my left die and my right eye suffered the detachment. I’m just here to tell you that you do not have to be old to have a retinal detachment and to make sure that you get your eyes checked regularly, it’s really no joke.
Wow, I just had a tear and I am 4 weeks after surgery. I hope they don’t have to change my oil in my eye. Surgery at Duke Hospital. I got a gas bubble, clamp, and fluid replacement. How are you doing now?
@@225rip I'm working and living a pretty normal life now, not without some level of difficulty though. I have little central vision, as the detachment disturbed the macula and caused CMO to form. Don't worry, you will be back to normal, just be patient.
@@BaconBandage Thanks for getting back. When I went in I just had a curtain about 15% of right eye. After 3 day I had no vision at all. Not sure if anything with the macula occurred. I go back in 2 weeks for check up. I know I have 85% gas, not sure if anything else was added. I do have very blurred vision but is getting a bit better each day. I am 69 and very athletic but his put me in a humble state. LOL
Excellent Health Educational programs. Easy for everyone to
understand. Appreciate these valuable presentations thank you!!
Hello doctor!
I'm an ophthalmologist myself, from Brazil, and have just found your channel here on UA-cam.
Congratulations! You are such a great communicator and show deep knowledge of your field! 👏👏👏
Hey Thanks! It means a lot to hear that from other eye docs!
E o que fazemos com nossos floaters? Nenhum tratamento plausível aqui no Brasil? Nada? Apenas "conviva"? Vcs poderiam estar bilionários.
@@biggussdikkus Yo creo que entiendo lo que has escrito. Pero no tengo ningúna respuesta. Tenia algunos en el pasado pero se me han desaparecido.
When I was young I had floaters. Didn’t know what they were. Stopped talking about them because people thought I was crazy.
Robert Dawson yeah same
Same
Same
Same here
I have them. Started earlier this year after dealing with some ocular migraines. I saw my eye doctor a few times this year, and he verified there was no retinal tears, etc. Still, it was (is) disconcerting. I'm not totally used to them, but I don't notice them quite as much as I did earlier this year. Actually, your video gave me some reassurance.
I mentioned flashing tecnicolor floaters to my opthamalogist at yearly checkup after catarct surgery. She called it ocular migraine. 1st. time I've heard that term. no PAIN involved. I've since been refered to P.C.P. who ordered Ecohocardiogram of heart, MRI of brain, CT scan of carotid arteries. All have been accomplished with mostly benign results. I'm 80. Think I'll outlast this too.Keep on truckin!
80 and going strong. Awesome! I'm almost 40, so hopefully I can say the same in 40 odd years.
Mine looked like mitochondria
I know exactly what you mean!
@@DoctorEyeHealth mine looks like the ebola cell structure not even lying
Same lol
I do have them, but they don't other me too much. I can't read as long as I used to, but I'm pushing 65 . Thanks for the explanation .. knowledge is power!
I see thousands of tiny dots. Like a fuzzy old television. Every ophthalmologist I've told about it, brush it off. But I'm 30 and have had it since I could remember.
Erythro Violet same here
Me too
Same tho I've been worried about it, I've been wondering if that's how everyone sees or it's something else
My floaters weren't bothering me until i watched this!
🤣
Bertram LeFarge mine always bother me
Same here
Same here i was gonns used to it for years but now i have to get use to it again lol
Bertram LeFarge BAHAHAHH
Ive had floaters since I was small child. My vision is totally fine regardless. I used to think they were small creatures inside my eyes. I also for a while I used to call them "heat waves"
and my mom was seriously concerned that I was constantly talking about seeing heat waves.
I'm 65 and have type-2 diabetes. I'm going blind from this disease. A black "dot" showed up in my vision yesterday and then, later on, several more showed up. At the moment I don't see any, but then I'm sorta not making a big effort to see it/them.......:-( Btw, thanks VERY MUCH for this wonderful video! It's such a blessing that brilliant people like yourself can help simple schmucks like me, very reassuring!
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No disrespect intended but I feel reeeally old watching this guy, he looks like he's 17!
@@ian1856 I think he's just obnoxious to watch. can't stand looking at him, so i have to do something else, and just listen.
America is so weird that its joked and looked down on to be fit and/or "look young"
I feel like saying "Hey Kid" but that would be very wrong.
Antonio Rodriguez As we get older people look so young to us. It may not be “looking down on” so much as surprise that someone who “looks 17” to us is a Dr. and so knowledgeable. I appreciate his knowledge and listen to him a lot. He probably saved my vision as I have made an apt to see Dr. for probable retinal detachment.
day-um! he's scary looking! if he put on some weight, his eyes and mouth wouldn't look so *HUGE*!
Am I the only one who looks for my floaters and enjoy trying to chase them ?
hahaha I was doing that a few nights ago. Trying to see how far I can get one to move by how fast I look left or right.
Meles Meles When I saw the floaters, I thought I was losing my damn mind.
Yes you are
Lol
I know how you feel.
Interesting video: I've had floaters for as long as I can remember. I started seeing rings of light a few years ago and it was diagnosed as my vitrious gel shrinking, the lights came and went a few times and each time I got it checked, but retinal damage. Then 1 day, after about 4 months, I started seeing dark shadows at the bottom of my vision, my optician sent me to A&E and I was operated on 2 days later for detached retina. Touch wood: I've had no problems since.
Have several in the right eye.Doc said he can remove them but run the risk of developing glaucoma or possibly blindness within a year .Think ill keep them for now.
OH my! Yea...I would just go with the floaters too
I've had floaters since I was a kid, I always just assumed everyone had them.
Ditto! I was told that literally everyone has floaters, as they are just a natural part of our eye development while we're still in utero.
Same here. I didn’t even ask my eye doctor about them until I was In my 30’s.
Me too. One is shaped like a question mark on it's side. I have more now and they can be annoying but having the fluid changed in a car is okay with me... But not in me eye!!
Me too. Had a few specialists tell me its normal.
Why is a dentist telling me about eye floaters
Thanks for the videos. I find it reassuring to hear your descriptions of these conditions, particularly as a doctor in the field who has experienced them personally. Over the last several years I've developed floaters and aura without headache. The scary stuff has been ruled out so just learning to live with it. Thanks again for the videos.
When I was a kid. I thought these are ghosts trying to communicate with me!!!😂😂
In a video from another 'doctor,' he said you can treat the floaters with vitamins or dietary changes.
I had cataracts in my 2 eyes at the age of 40 years old. It affected my visions. Doc said it was due to my immunosuppression drugs. After the op, I had floaters and on some days they swirled so fast I had to rest or take a seat because it was like hairs bugging my eyes. Now I am 60 years old. Living with these floaters for 20 years. I had 2 lasers done to my lens and floaters increased in numbers. Most importantly is I can see clearly with or without floaters. Praise God for that.
I used to have problems with eye floaters myself. I did find treatment though. If you want access to some great treatment options then go here now: MootEye.xyz
You sounds like a little crybaby bitch. Stop the complaining, its a bad look
Great, informative video, doc! I've noticed these little floater bastards in my eyes for years.
Very informative, appreciate the time you took to explain. Thanks so much for your help with this matter
Your patients are so blessed to have such a good doctor passionate they must appreciate you. 🎉from South Africa
I have 3 small floaters in each eye and i saw a bright light flash in my eye. I when to the eye Dr, They didn't see no tears in my eye , I have cataracts & floaters in both eyes. I enjoy learning and watching your shows. You are helping me. And thank you for it and i appreciate very much. Keep doing the good work you are doing. Thank you.
I have atleast 5 floaters in my eye at the age of 20 years
Thank you for this video. Buffalo Eye Clinic is fortunate to have you. I wish I lived closer to Buffalo.
It’s important to explicitly say that retina tears can lead to permanent vision loss almost instantly, so it’s nothing to take lightly. As soon as you see a large amount of floaters, or start seeing lights flashing inside your eye, head to see a retina specialist ASAP. No joke. A matter of hours could make all the difference in terms of keeping or losing your eyesight permanently.
Question of the Day: Do you have floaters in your vision? Do you have an interesting story about floaters? Share here in the comment section.
sir i m depressed and uncomfortable because of increased floaters 😢😢floaters are covering all my vision field there are too many floaters.. should i go for vitrectomy surgery? can you help me. i m from india?
Sorry to hear your depressed and uncomfortable. Floaters can be frustrating. I have them too. You will need to consult a local ophthalmologist. Be sure to express your concerns with them and after a thorough examination your doctor should discuss your treatment options with you. If you are having new floaters and have not seen a doctor yet, you need to get in.
+Doctor Eye Health thanx for the feedback
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@@DoctorEyeHealth hello doctor i have had floaters fr years now n nva understood wat thy really are. Can thy b treated cz i have had people say it got worse after they had been operated on. Mine are annoying m now
i have floaters, i only notice them when i watch youtube because the background is white. i think its from wall debris from work as home theater TV installer.
You can change the back ground to black with You Tube settings. Makes a big difference . Much easier to watch .
My UA-cam is dark gray.
tell us how...there is no information on changing colors under Advanced Settings. In fact it says that option is not available.
@@kathleen1685 phone apps grey comp.app is black
@@jmmarshall5492 maybe your network is blocking it ..use browser for youtube
Thank you for explanation. I have floaters .
My 16 year old granddaughter has them and has been told stuff that frightens her.
Very well explained..thanks so much
WARNING! I have 2 very attractive girlfriends and I am the greatest UA-camr ever and YOUR savior. Good bye dear ms green
I've had floaters in my eyes ever since I was a teenager, probably around 14. Granted, there are more now that I'm 31.
yeah I think mine are getting worse too.
@@DoctorEyeHealth Mine is gettting larger over the past few years.😂
Thanks. Very good information.
None of my doctors explain so clear my problem like you did!!! I do have them n now I hope I can get help thank you 🤗🤗🤗😍😍😍😍
Omg i literally just had a migraine with aura. Google is scary.
It can be for sure! Feeling better?
Yikes. Wth.
When I was 20 I had bi-lateral cataracts and bi-lateral retinal detachments/tears. I’ve been plagued everyday since with floaters ever since, but had no prior symptoms of a detachment/tear. My detachment was repaired with a scleral buckle, and the tear by vitrectomy. It was a particularly scary time as I had lost my sight completely due to the cataracts in a matter of weeks, and the detachment/tear wasn’t found until the cataracts had been fixed. I actually remember waking up after having my first cataract removed and being able to see, but it 2 like I was looking through as fisheye lens. All good now, and with regular checkups, hopefully I’ll keep my eyesight. Great and informative video 😄
Happy to hear your doing better Steve! Did you have a really high prescription or trauma? Your story is pretty atypical for 20 years.
@Doctor Eye Health Due to my age (and the NHS in the UK), my Doctor decided that a multifocal lens would give me the best quality. While it usually reduces the need for glasses, I currently need varifocals with the prescriptions between 1.00 and 0.75, though over time that will increase. I am now always alert for new floaters, just incase the retina may have torn/detached again. Out of the multiple procedure, the scleral buckle definitely caused the most trauma. All caused from trauma as a result of my severe atopic eczema
I had retinal detachment susurgery. 6 months later my vision is not good. I suffer the effects of a damaged macula ( blurry central vision). Doctors say that my retina and macula look great but dont know why vision is so bad. They say my eye is still healing after 6 months and it could take years. Question to you is did you have to wait years?
Good luck, Steve..that must have been bloomin' scary...our eyes are so precious..
Dam this kids smart.
Thank you for a most helpful video. A few years ago, I experienced a retinal tear and went to see my ophthalmologist within hours of it occurring due to the fact that I have only one functional eye. Laser surgery followed on the same day and my vision has been restored, even though I do now have those darn floaters. They seem to be more prevalent if aI do not get enough sleep. Thanks again ... liked and subscribed, of course 😊.
I've always had floaters. I thought it was a human thing
Same and I’ve always had so many but my eyesight is really really good
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Its normal
He is not just a good Dr. but a very good teacher as Well. Well done!
oh so that's what those are, I thought it was crud particles on the surface of my eye and it meant i needed to use an eye solution to clean them. So their inside my eyeball. dang!
Great news, I have floaters, I’m 73 years young, I find when I use eye drops once in the morning and once in the evening before I go to sleep it seems to reduce the floaters so I don’t notice them as much, only if I stare at a white background.
I have had floaters for about 3 years . I had strobe lights going off in my eye at one time . An eye exam did not show any damage to the retina but i have regular follow ups. Here's the thing , I have been taking oral collagen for about 1 year and I have noticed a significant reduction in the darkness and visibility of the floaters . This may be the natural history of floaters but I have not had any new floaters and no flashing lights . I think the potential benefit of oral collagen outways the lack of evidence that it could be treatment that is beneficial in other ways as well.
I'm gonna try that because I have similar symptoms but perfect retina and cornea.
I hate those strobe lights but it goes away anyway after an hour or 2 so i just tolerate them. I'll try the oral collagen.
I’ve never had problems with my eye all my life but now I’m hitting 41, the last couple of months I’ve had floaters.
They started as a few small worm like structures in my vision when I looked at the sky......now I’m even seeing them indoors too. I saw a video of someone saying they went blind after having floaters. I panicked. Now I’m seeing videos of people saying they’re common and normal. 🤷♂️
Same-
How are your floaters now?
@@haqsach4147 still the same
I’ve just learned to get used to them
They’re still there
No worse
Just less obvious as my eyes have adapted to their presence lol
@@dazza944 i just have 2 months ago and also related some VIsual snow symptoms
Everyday i get panic and anxious when i see them, hope my brain will accept them
Got menopause dry eyes....right annoying#menopause blues😄
I did not get dry eyes like menopause symptom, but dry and itchy skin on my body!
I have had Floaters since I was 5 years old. Yes, the are worse now.
I've had floaters since I was in my 20s and yes, I am near sighted. I recently went in to my Ophthalmologist due to the flashes of light in my peripheral vision. He told me pretty much what you have said in this video and in my case, a treatment for these pesky little floaters is not recommended. It would be great if someone discovered a way to get rid of them. I see mine continually unless they float over my blind spot ... and that only happens for a few seconds.
Well I'm glad you got seen and everything is O.K.! Hopefully they dissolve or your brain tunes them out, but for sure if something new comes out I will make a new video right away.
Otherwise thanks for sharing.
Hello, you also got floaters and flashing light? Did the doctor tell you about your retina? if it's weak or torn or something like that? Cause that's what Im scared of. I got severe myopia, -16. I could have an eye check up on April, it's taking so long because of insurance renewal. So Im just googling and watching videos for now
Ok
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I remember my first floater when I was in middle school looking at the projector screen one day and seeing this blob floating around randomly. Drove me crazy for the rest of my school days. Now I have a bunch more. One thing I have found helpful is getting a pair of rose colored sun glasses that I wear around even when I'm not in the sun. They help blend them out.
My husband had the lasix procedure done during the summer with wonderful outcomes. His floaters clumped together and they were taken care of. Some small floaters were too close to the retina so were not done. His was very happy with the outcome. Your presentation was wonderful. Thanks for sharing the info.
I've had floaters for as long as I can remember, I don't think I can recall a time in my life I didn't have them. They have just been a part of my eyes, I guess my brain has just gotten used to them. They do get on my nerve at times, but all in all, I thought they were normal & EVERYONE had them or was supposed to have them, never knew it could be or lead to some more serious. Thanks for this vid, now I'll go to the eye doc & have them take a good look at why I've had these floaters & what they can do about it.
A bright light off to your side means your looking at your iPhone / Galaxy Samsung far to much at night with no lights on. Turn off your phones and go to sleep
I had flashes many years before cell phones.
Eye strain as a cause is what you're saying I think. I think so too.
GalaxyJazzGirl silly! And certainly Not an anso
What you on about lol?
I have one that looks like a worm on a fish hook.
Nice...Mine usually look like amoebas
Me too....😂
This video alerted me to see an eye doctor. A cyst like structure was seen in my left eye. Also, my drainage tubes are very narrow. I will be getting laser treatment to widen the tubes, then the specialist will dialate my eyes to look at the inner surface of my eyes. Thank you for the video.👍🏼
Now I'm concerned again. I just had my annual eye exam a few weeks ago. I've been having floaters, but the last 6 months I get dark spots in one side peripheral and light flashes on the other peripheral, at almost 90° either side. I don't have a strong prescription but I do need bifocals now at just 38 years old.
Eating 1/2 cup of pineapple everyday is scientifically proven to cure floaters.
For real ?
Great! And I'm allergic to pineapple 😂🤣😂
Please tell me that's true
Kazama I have definitely seen improvement, but it doesn’t work for everyone! www.benjamineye.com/blog/eye-floaters/
@@mistibear7821 Thx I will try it anyway there's nothing to lose
i have floaters for 3 years already and I was so scared because I thought I was losing my vision but thank you doc now I know that it just has to do with age! I'm 16 now so thank you doc for making me feel comfortable. and p.s. i dont see white flashes so i know i don't have a retinal detachment
I've had this since I was a teenager! I always will follow it but it runs off. I'll bring it back looking up real quick. It does look like Microorganisms.
THEY CAN DISSAPPEAR THROUGH REPLACING THE COLAGEN FOR SALINE SOLUTION. I'VE HAD IT IN BOTH EYES SUCESSFULLY. NEEDS A REAL GOOD DOCTOR THOUGH.
A couple years ago I thought I had worms in my eyes, and I kept poking my eye thinking I would get the worm out.
Ellie BAHAHAHHAHAH
I had sudden floaters and flashes of light. I was afraid that I had a Retinal Detachment, it was not a detached retina it was a Posterior Vitreous Detachment. That was a month ago, I am still having floaters but they are not bothering me as much as they were. This is great information.
Now are you ok??
How r u now??
Please reply
I m suffering
65 or older...
I have some of these dang things and I'm 15....
I need a eye doctor that is as knowledgeable as the one on this video. I have had flashes of light, pinpoint colored hot flashes, tons of floaters and double vision and no one seems to think thats a problem. A Neuro-opthamologist at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey PA told me that it was all normal, even double vision at age 49 is typical or very common (I know no one that has double vision). I'm so, so, so sick of doctors that really don't care and charge $500 for a single office visit.
Maybe make an apt with this doctor and buy a cheap ticket to Buffalo, NY. It’s better than wasting another $500 on nothing, not to mention the frustration and worry you must be experiencing.
Maybe find a naturopath, they work with finding the cause of health issues for the whole body and addressing it.
Flashes of light are a sign of detached retina. No treatment can result in blindness! Drop everything and find a reputable retinal specialist (not optometrist)
As someone who has had four retina detachments, go to the hospital. Once your retina detaches it's all down hill afterwards. If you simply have a tear somewhere, it can be sealed with laser and you can avoid a retina detachment, not to mention the whole surgery, which includes a scleral buckle in your eye including either a gas bubble or oil. Plus you have to be like two weeks faced down in bed. And for months YOU can't do strenuous activities.
It's not that they don't care. The vitrectomy procedure to remove the eye jelly and replace with saline solution is very dangerous and you could lose your sight altogether in the operation. It's a case of, do you feel lucky today? Only if you feel you can happily lose that eye if it goes wrong is it something they might do. But if they think you might eventually get use to it, they won't consider it for one second. Best of luck!
Those Floaters and flashes of light I have.. and I’m feeling not ok..
How are you now?
@@tamerajames5590 he most likely had retinal detachment and had to go the hospital if he didn’t he’s most likely going blind. I hope that’s not the case