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My sister called me in a panic to say that she was diagnosed as having a floater in one eye. Her doc says "don't worry".
Now, I have had this twice and it IS worrying.
But, the floaters do go away on their own. At least mine did.
It was described as a bit of detritus dislodged from inside the eye and will dissolve or pass out of the vision area. NOT a disease.
She is still worrying 'tho and I don't know what I can say to reassure her.
Any ideas ??

Dilyon

Dil,

Follow the link, most of the time harmless, especially since she has been checked out.

http://www.allaboutvision.com/condition ... floats.htm

DILYON wrote:My sister called me in a panic to say that she was diagnosed as having a floater in one eye. Her doc says "don't worry".
Now, I have had this twice and it IS worrying.
But, the floaters do go away on their own. At least mine did.
It was described as a bit of detritus dislodged from inside the eye and will dissolve or pass out of the vision area. NOT a disease.
She is still worrying 'tho and I don't know what I can say to reassure her.
Any ideas ??

Dilyon

Quite common it seems as you get older .

Both my wife and I suffer from this problem ~ if your sister has had the problem checked out and the doctor says no problem then everything is fine .

The only problem I find with the occasional floater is that it distracts me when I go clay pigeon shooting .

Bill

Friend has just had hers checked out this week, told not to worry as it is common, something to do with the liquid/jelly in the eye breaks of and floats it settles down on its own

I have had floaters most of my life - I recently saw an eye consultant and had lens replacement surgery (yay - no more glasses ) and mentioned this to him. Don't worry, he said, there is a treatment but it is more trouble than it is worth! So consequently I'm not worrying, but as Bill says it can be distracting at times - and no, I don't go clay pigeon shooting.

I have had floaters in both eyes since having cataracts removed ten years ago. I was told by two consultants that there is nothing that can be done so I have just got used to them! In fact I hardly notice them now.

I had a floater in my eye diagnosed about 15 years ago - I was well aware that it was there. Time went by and it seemed to disappear, in fact I haven't even thought about it for at least 10 years until reading this post. It really does seem to have completely disappeared. No worry then.

Dee Dee is absolutely correct. This is normally a simple ageing process, little pieces of debris detach from the retina, and tend to float around in the vitreous fluid.
They can sometimes be troublesome.
Nothing can be down about the problem.
The condition is not life threatening, and you will not loose your sight.

Thank you everyone for your invaluable advice.

Tbey are of course all correct - nothing to worry about, especially as your sister has been checked out. Of course if things get worse with you please do see a doctor to get your checked out as well - but otherwise rest easy.

The only other bit of advice I would give is to ensure you wear sunglasses in the very bright light that we have in Cyprus. That reduces stress and drying out of your eyes.

Teresa

I have had these for years, my optician said, most people get them and unless you have an eye full of them, they are nothing to worry about. I believe some specialists use a laser to remove them, when they are a real problem, but this is expensive and there are not many skilled specialists about who are competant to do this treatment, I have read.

Tony