Once You Have A Floater In Your Eye Is It There All Day Every Day?
October 8, 2009 by admin
Filed under FAQ on advance for astigmatism
I am myopic, pretty strong rx, my left eye (the one with the floater) also has an astigmatism. Can I do anything about this? Do I need a doctor? My husband says I should calm down as I am 42 and it is just middle age. He says he’s had them constantly for 15 years (he’s 54) and they are there 24/7 and you get used to it. Is this what happens to most people? Are they always there, 24/7 like he says? How do you get used to that? Could there be a connection between that and my myopia/astigmatism?
Floaters are from varying densities in the vitreous (the gel filling the inside of our eyeballs). We are born with very clear and uniform vitreous gels, but as we age, some portions of the vitreous liquefies and varying densities results (the process of liquefaction is call syneresis). These varying densities then cast shadows on to your retina, which are now percieved by the patient as “floaters”, hence the term “vitreous floaters.”
So your husband is correct to a certain extent. Yes, they are there 24/7, but you only usually notice them in high illumination conditions or when you are looking at light colored objects due to the high contrast that the conditions provide.
Myopics have longer than normal eyeballs, which makes them more prone to retinal detachments. The longer the eyeball the higher your grade, the more prone to retinal detachments. Floaters may be a sign of early detachments. Specially if there are a lot of them and when they are accompanied by flashes of light when you move your eyes in a rapid manner.
So it would still be a good idea to have your eyes checked. Floaters can be nothing or something, thus it is best to see a good ophthalmologist to have yourself cleared.
I have them too they bug the crap out of me.
Yeah your eyes are supposed to go through some changes in middle age, but going to an eye doctor probably isn’t the worst idea in the world, just in case.
I haven’t gone yet but that’s only because I’m lazy.
i’m 17 and i got hit in the eye w/ a snowball, and ever since have had a floater, i’m not rly worried about it.
from family guy (a program not watched a lot by me but this i thought was funny) :
oh squiggly line in my eye fluid
i see you there lurking 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 all right
you are forgiven
i have about 6 of them. make u feel any better?