i've this problem as well. especially my left hand eye ... thr is afew large and noticeable. annoying and obvious especially when staring at the monitor.

my mom got this floates (spelling?), went to see specialist but they said kenot be cured, can only cope with it unless very critical, my mom said its very distracting when driving im quite worried about this

I think its quite common? I used to think it was some kind of bacteria in my eyeballs lol

since alot of claim that this cannot be cured, how to prevent it from becoming more seriouss? ?

I have a floater in my eye and you get used to it or learn to ignore it..*It may go away it may not* but it dose not bother me its really really easy to ignore( dont ignore it ..you just naturally get used to it which makes it disappear completely)

Yeah well its good to know about YAG ...But im not going to do it..cause it dose not seem to bother me that much..but yeah you should definitly go for it if its for you

This post has been edited by kikikilly: Aug 5 2008, 12:48 AM

i thought this is normal...
is it so serious?

Yes, this laser treatment is available in Malaysia. But only certain types of floaters can the ndYag laser vaporise the floater. Most doctors prefer to be conservative and have the patient learn to live with it.

sorry to bring this up again, but is there any recommended specialist for treating retinal detachment? apparently my father is suffering from this illness which has deteriorated his vision. and now i'm seriously worried...

Retinal detachment is a medical emergency.
you'll have sudden painless loss of eye sight ! - like a curtain falling down your eye .

Floaters can either be - normal physiological aging process or - warning sign of detachment ( but it'll be suddenly lots and lots of floaters, not 1 or 2 )

If you are realllly worried sick,
see an ophthalmologist

thats why i'm asking, is there any recommended ones to go to?

I have several floaters in both eyes but I only notice them in bright sunlight. When I was small I used to think they are dead bacteria or dust stuck to my cornea. LOL! It doesn't really bother me much, I guess you get used to it after a while. I've heard of the YAG laser treatment but do not know anyone who actually went for it for floaters ... plus it's pretty costly

u can try consult Dr Pall Singh in tun hussien onn eye hospital in PJ. he is a very experienced retinal specialist. hope ur dad is alright. take care.

well, since you have sudden onset of increase in floater's numbers...
u should find an eye specialist...
u can go to Tun hussein Onn eye specialist hospital , or to any University Hospital (UKM/UM) to check your eyes.
if can be just as simple as mild detachments to severe detachments.
this can be confirm by looking into your eyes using slit Lamp/fundoscope and do an ultrasound.

consider this as an emergency case, dun drag further.

there's various way to treat detachment depends on what kinda of detachment.
in some cases, whereby the detachment is mild, and ballon can be apply to push the retina back. some use oil and vitrous which have different density.
if the retina is completely torned out from the layer, they'll just go in and drain the vitreous fluid out.

lol. I had those thoughts too when I was a teen. But when a big floater popped out more than a year ago, its totally distracting. It occupies around 15% of my eyesight, not too far from the center view.

eyefly, may I know where the laser treatment is available locally? I've been searching for more than a year, but the local doctors said no such technology existed here.

As far as Im concerned, there are only 2 American doctors who are specialists for eye floater laser surgery treatment (each in Virginia & Florida state). Its not a feasible option, since it'll costs me a bomb to go and have treatment there. Their websites are:
www.eyefloaters.com
www.vitreousfloaters.com

This post has been edited by normal_user: Apr 28 2009, 05:04 PM

Wow strong necro thread
I got floaters too but they're just a slight annoyance, like a bug that flies around the vision sometimes. Its a lifetime thing.
Its much more prevalent among myopic/hyperopic people due to the retina.
Not serious unless you get a sudden increase in the number of floaters over a few days.

Hi,

I also have this issue recently, mine is in the right eye with a round greyish dote with cobwebs and a thread like as well.
It is highly annoying as u seems to notice it all the time esp when reading or when outdoors.
Evenwhen you are indoors u will be able to see it as long as u looking a a single colored surface.
I went to see 2 specialists and they too told me to live with it as my retina is ok.
They will not understand how that feels as imaging a greyish mosquito like dot keeps buzzing around your right eye vision
its highly distracting and annoying
Help! any people out there have similar experience and managed to reduce it
I am concerned every day that it will get more greyish or bigger or more.
It seems to get slightly bigger
Worse part the specialist say we have no control over it!
advices pls

I think that most of all the people have this floater & flashes sickness

no wonder i cannot wash them away thru eyewashing..

hahaha


Seriously i also have those as well. and it is really niusance at times but since there is no "economical cure"

might as well live with it.

Hi, I have a floater in my right eye... I read that it was a vein that was previously used to deliver blood to the eyes when very young and now disused... it is the shape of a crooked vein and is transparent. I find it quite interesting to be able to see it floating around... I guess i am lucky it wasn't huge or black in color!

Sometimes, i feel so frustrated about my eye when I can noticed the floaters in the eye. I had it since Oct 2008 and now almost 14 months. Luckily It doesn't get worse. Where can I find the support group for the Eye Floaters? I just need someone to talk to and someone has this problem just like me. So that we can support each other