Eye Floaters and Flashes, Animation.

(USMLE topics) Overview of Eyes Floaters, Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD), and retina complications: retinal tears and retinal detachment.
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From the patient’s point of view, floaters are objects that drift around in the field of vision. They may look like blobs, little worms or cobwebs that move with the eye’s movement. They seem impossible to focus on and are most visible when looking against a bright plain background such as a blue sky or a blank computer screen. Floaters are in fact particles suspended inside the vitreous body - the gel-like structure that fills the space between the lens and the retina. What we see, however, are not the floaters themselves, but the shadows they cast on the retina. The closer they are to the retina, the larger and clearer they appear in the field of vision. Commonly, floaters develop as part of normal aging. With age, the gel-like vitreous body undergoes syneresis - a process in which water is separated from solid components, creating pockets of fluid that are perceived by the patient as blobs or little worms. The major structural protein of the vitreous - collagen fibrils - become denatured, clump together and can be seen as floating strings or cobwebs. The fluid pockets may collapse, causing the vitreous to shrink and pull away from the retina. This pulling exerts mechanical stimulations on the retina, producing "flashes of light" or photopsias in peripheral vision. Eventually, the vitreous is separated from the retina. This is known as posterior vitreous detachment or PVD. PVD is very common but is generally benign and does not require treatment. The floaters may be a nuisance to vision, but in most people, the brain will eventually learn to ignore them. Complications may happen, however, in a small number of cases. As the vitreous detaches, it may pull the retina with it, resulting in a retinal tear. Fluid from the vitreous may then sip through the tear and cause the retina to separate from the underlying tissue. This is known as retinal detachment and is a sight-threatening condition. Worrying signs to watch out for include: - A sudden increase in number of new floaters, especially tiny ones as these may represent pigments or blood cells released from the damaged retina or blood vessels. - A shade or curtain of vision - a sign of loss of vision from the detached part of the retina. People with high degree of myopia are at higher risks of having PVD. The longer shape of the eyeball in myopia increases the likelihood of PVD and also the risk of retinal complications. This is because the retina is stretched over a larger surface and becomes thinner and more vulnerable to tears. Other risk factors for PVD include intraocular inflammation, trauma, previous eye surgery, diabetes and family history.

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[@ravenm.]

Had them my entire 65 years. I can remember as a child trying to explain them to my parents. Saw a doctor that diagnosed exactly what they were. As a retired airline pilot I can tell you that you learn to live with them.

[@geraldramos629]

Been having them since 2007

[@pauli6794]

I am 45 got a bad eye injury then these we buggers came in to my life.They are extremely difficult to live with nice to hear at 65 it never stopped you from living life as normal as you could.

[@geraldramos629]

@@pauli6794 been having them since I was turning grade seven when i look up in the sky suddenly lightning strike and what i see that tym was just a box of white and black background for 2-3 seconds atleast then these started to show as time goes by

[@tgreen8946]

@Raven wow. Did u see an eye Dr? I guess it's nothing to worry about since u have had it 65 yrs.

[@oneeyeopen2094]

@@geraldramos629 if you see flashing lights, supposedly you have retina scarring which if untreated leads to blindness. Get it checked out buddy.

[@hrgwea]

For clarity of everybody watching this, do not confuse floaters with those little translucent dots moving in random directions when you look at the blue sky. This is called the "Blue field entoptic phenomenon" and is a normal condition of the eye caused by white cells moving with the blood stream in front on the retina. Everybody experiences this. Floaters, on the other hand, are an abnormal condition of the eye with very different causes, as the video explained.

[@dealspeed6756]

I get what looks almost like Sparks or fireflys when I look at the sky or a bright light. It's always bothered me

[@rodolfogarcia6263]

Huh thank u for this cause i saw them once and got scared but it was from laying down and looking at the sky

[@rodolfogarcia6263]

Huh thank u for this cause i saw them once and got scared but it was from laying down and looking at the sky

[@thomasbonilla9746]

I thought it looked like a bunch of flying small bugs

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

what about when ur eyes are closed, and you push you eyeball and it projects like these fluro green and or red circles onto the dark background? or is it just me..

[@TheWelchProductions]

Haven’t met someone who doesn’t see floaters. I guarantee everyone has them to varying degrees, but not everyone notices or acknowledges them. The same applies to visual snow. Fatigue and stress have an effect on their intensity.

[@maxtv333thesuperstar3]

I’ve never had them and everyone always talks about them

[@bigsteve6729]

So can psychedelic drugs, high usage of them can cause irreversible visual snow

[@Mikej1592]

Yeah, wish I knew that before my major panic attack thinking I was going blind... I've had floaters since I was a teenager so you don't necessarily get them because of aging, could be something in my diet or environment but man, that first time seeing them was scary for me. Another one is when I was looking up at the bright sky and seeing my blood flowing through my eye was another one that freaked me out. It's hard to describe if you've never noticed it but its like looking at a sky colored bowl of slightly transparent tiny worms going in all directions in tiny arcs and pulsing with your heart beat, I've had a lot of body related panic attacks in my life to the point I think I'm part chihuahua

[@PoppaCYS]

​@@Mikej1592 Mike, I can empathize. I started having floaters and visual snow in 6th grade and was convinced I was going blind. The ophthalmologist I saw said it was nothing and really did not explain what it was. I was not reassured and it was not until my teens that I really understood what was going on. Floaters exacerbate and improve in cycles. After a noticeably bad exacerbation, I saw another ophthalmologist. This new ophthalmologist took the time to explain what was going on and why it was not particularly concerning. So much of my childhood anxiety could have been relieved if the first doctor would have simply done his job better.

[@cybernaab]

@@Mikej1592 haha ive seen the same, these days i mostly see it with certain sun light, it sucks to have it i get a nasty feeling over my body when i can see my heart pound trough my eyes, even sometimes had cramps in my eyes that hurt like hell but mostly felt nasty, seeing floaters is not that bad and doesnt give me a nasty feeling anymore it became normal, certain light makes the floaters very visible, next to that i also see stars when i exercise alot or are extremely angry, also sometimes the light flashes that can be a bit of a shock at night its like seeing a ghost but now i know its just a fata morgana

[@SelinaUniverse]

For everyone who has eye floaters and are currently in panic: keep on reading. I first encountered floaters when I was about 19 but somehow they moved out of my field of vision, then at 27 I suddenly had a bunch of them. At that time I also had bad anxiety, stress etc and I couldn’t stop looking for the floaters that it became a daily obsession. But: I overcame it. It WILL get better! Try to find the core of where the anxiety comes from, maybe with a little more help like therapy or someone you trust to talk to. Strangely, I still have floaters but I barely notice them because I’m not scared of them anymore. The mind can be a powerful ally or your biggest enemy. If I can do it, you can do it too!

[@flashbackodskanka]

Thanks, I'm 27 and experiencing the very same thing. Very reassuring to hear others got through it okay.

[@SelinaUniverse]

⁠@@flashbackodskankaHappy to help, I wish I had read some helpful comments last year but instead I only read comments of people who were freaking out. Doesn’t help at all haha! Funny enough when I talked about it with some relatives or friends they also experienced floaters, seems like it’s more common than I thought, and most importantly: totally harmless.

[@samreen3881]

@@SelinaUniverseHii thanks so much for your comment, I have been coming back to it a lot for the past few days. I had an episode of extreme health anxiety and suddenly developed floaters too. They just give me so much anxiety as I fear they will get worse, do you have any other tips on how to overcome them?

[@aldozz8157]

​@@SelinaUniversedo you also see white spots?

[@SelinaUniverse]

@@samreen3881I have health and general anxiety as well. It’s just that it doesn’t affect my daily life anymore as I got therapy. What helped me is that I didn’t stop doing my hobby’s although I felt like staying inside to ‘avoid’ seeing the floaters. Some days were better than others and it really took me a while to get used to but in the end I kept on going outside, going to the gym and drawing, reading etc. Continue your life would be my number one advice :) stay strong you can do it!

[@finesse1570]

Man I have always wondered about these things my entire life. These animations are so helpful.

[@KresherBoy]

Is it really as prominent as that animation showed? Mine are pretty hard to see and not as many, but I want to gauge how serious it is

[@finesse1570]

@@KresherBoy on sunny days I see them and I can track them weirdly enough. But everything else go blurry when I do. They look like clumped up blood cells under a microscope if you remember them in biology class. But most of the time they are ignored cuz I’m focusing on other things.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaabbbb]

@@finesse1570 yea when i dont think abt them they seem to dissapear, but jj the summer its too hard... anywhere i look they r there

[@syedehsanarrafi8430]

Did you get any treatment?

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaabbbb]

@@syedehsanarrafi8430 it doesnt require treatment, i have floaters all my life. Soon u will learn to ignore them. Dont think abt them too much they dont cause any harm

[@shadie-cat]

I just named by biggest floater Jim and immediately accepted him as a part of me. I thought my retina had been permanently burned or something but now I know that Jim is a natural occurrence! Thank you!

[@SupahTrunks7]

Omg I thought I was the only one that named their floaters. As soon as the eye doctor told me they were permanent and I'd have to learn to live with them I was like "alright might as well give em names of they're here for the long haul. Left one's Helga, right one's Alberto." Not sure if my eye doctor laughed bc he thought I was funny or a weirdo lol

[@prithyachan333]

Haha naming your floaters sound funny!

[@theoguncleslappy9150]

Same mine's is just a little brown dot in my vision that moves around in my view everywhere I look...

[@MrLaloman18]

@@SupahTrunks7 Well you should go back to your bogus doctor and give him the middle finger! You have floaters in you eyes because you are Vitamin D deficiency! It's NOT a natural nor permanent thing that anybody should lived with...

[@arrow_2088]

oh nice is jim doing good?

[@alexan4658]

I'm 27 and had them my entire life. As a kid, I tried to explain my parents that I see some strange, transparent symbols looking at me. :D They are quite intense in my case, that's why I always wear polarized sunglasses during the day and generally prefer to live at night. Anyway, for many years I believed that I'm totally alone with it, so I'm extremely glad to meet y'all. : - )

[@khronyk2338]

Same. I’m glad to know lots of people have them.

[@thetinaexperience7000]

I am 27 also and I live with them, too.

[@jigmepenjor3698]

Hi there

[@Barr.JoyO.]

Sorry about that

[@WajiD_xD]

same here they dont understand me i would like tto have your insta do youhave that?

[@AzeAlter]

I got rid of mine. I had it really bad, paired with migraines. Found out it was from pre-diabetes which causing retinal detachment. This is a symptom a big health problem. Think of it as a warning sign an organ is failing. 1. Stop eating sugar forever 2. Don’t eat processed foods & carbs 3. Intermittent fasting every day 4. Cold Shower (Adrenals & Vascular System) 5. Exercise and deep breathing 6. Eat high organic food. There is no pill or instant cure. It took me 3 years to fully see clearly. It’s a long journey but worth it.

[@Jotarogoji]

Thanks bud

[@mannyescobar9981]

Mine got extremely worse , if I have a torne retina, or in small handful of cases mine could be a bad case, I can’t see very well as certain floaters have seems to bunch up or gotten worse it makes my head hurt and it feels much worse then before.

[@markhill4366]

​@@mannyescobar9981 I'm going threw the same thing

[@raazehayyat8338]

Need help please 😢

[@EhCloserLook]

For decades I have been wondering what these "floaters" are that I see from time to time. Thank you for this video!

[@user-yw3cy8pn3b]

Ha I have always like to play with my floaters, flick them about so I can clearly focus on one and try to keep it centred - but no off it goes, come back, there it... not it's gone again, here's a new one. Whenever I tried to explain this people would look at me if I am crazy... AS IF it is crazy to sit staring at the sky and flicking your eyes around!!

[@c2757]

I had seen floating patterns since I was a child. A consultant neurologist diagnosed my 'floaters' a year or two ago as optical migraine. Having looked into it, I'm fairly confident he is right and it is something I have had all my life. A quick thought for you. These are medical matters which have a long term effect on your health and well being. It's a good idea not to do a self-diagnosis on the basis of one KZbin video. A lot of what is on social media is incorrect, over-simplified or just plain rubbish and if your floaters are a result of ageing, how come you have been seeing them for decades - have you been elderly for decades?

[@user-yw3cy8pn3b]

@@c2757 I noticed mine as a child, some kids said they could see them and most kids didn't have a clue what we were on about. I don't suffer regular head aches and these truly are within the eye, they react to the movement of the eye. My floaters haven't changed a bit since childhood and my vision is good but not what it was.

[@oaxaca911]

So you never brought it up to your eye doctor?

[@sohyunasmr]

@@user-yw3cy8pn3b I fill these spots and sometimes I play with them too some people think I'm crazy, but this is something serious, my mom tells me it's because of Cell.Before my brother broke my glasses I remember they were gone now it came back with a little a but I just got used to it.

[@SuperFliegenklatsche]

I can't believe this appeared on my timeline by chance! I've had them since I was a young teen and I told an optometrist about it but wasn't taken seriously. They never increased or anything, so I'm fine but it's so good to finally know what they are.

[@elainad6728]

Yeah it's relieving to finally know what they are and why they happen :D

[@iDarkness-]

I recently started experiencing these exact shapes in my vision... caused me to become dizzy and disoriented. Slowly, learning to live with them. It's tough being an automotive appraiser while dealing with these buggers but I manage. It is kinda funny this video randomly popped up while going through a nostalgic kick listening to some Linkin Park.. must know I'm old hahaha

[@XOGxTwillzX]

I started seeing these after i took lsd i thought i was developing schizophrenia or something 😂

[@sagarkumbalkar83196]

Same here

[@NB-vc1sg]

Same here! I was also not taken seriously. I have them since i was 12 and I've learned to ignore them.

[@manih6705]

Had floaters since I was a child and used to worry about them but just got used to them. They’ve increased a little over the years but don’t interfere with my vision. Great to see a visual representation of what I’ve been seeing !

[@choke-]

@Ernesto Reyes 😐

[@thedstroyer0075]

@Ernesto Reyes Ur creepy

[@ameilioracryptos5298]

Same

[@rishitrivedi360]

@@thedstroyer0075 what did he say

[@thedstroyer0075]

@@rishitrivedi360 he said “Ur a cutie, where can i meet you”

[@justdoitlater7784]

This is the videos we need. educational and most important, straight to the point 3 minutes video.

[@MarkDaleADV]

Worked out what floaters were years ago, mainly by their motion. I often amuse myself in moments of indolence by playing with them. Nudging them this way and that by flicking my eye in various directions in order to control their movement, it's a bit like a free primitive video game!

[@Latbirget]

Lol I would do that. People would catch me and ask me what on earth I was doing.

[@MarkDaleADV]

@@Latbirget Probably best to keep this activity in private! Heavy sedation or a straight jacket might otherwise result! At least keep your eyes shut😂

[@kirans8598]

Me too do the same

[@alexsinclaire8894]

I do the same thing! I try to catch one in my live if vision to get a good look at it. Sometimes I can ficus on them.

[@ellendavies3204]

Haha, me too... It's like a good old game of Atari tennis.

[@brianupton8154]

I can’t remember being without floaters.

[@angelaharris1112]

I know, me too

[@msh6865]

Same here. From my early teens till now.

[@PG-sg2oo]

I can see mine with my eyes closed is hard to follow because it's not right in the center. I can only see it in one eye because the other eye is blind so I guess that's a good thing

[@joannp5806]

Me also,one retina did tear ,twice,one time it seemed to heal itself, second time,not so lucky,it had started to tear and had to have lazer surgery to repair it.freaked me out! Seems like I must of inherited weaker blood vessels in my eyes,since I have no heath problems that would cause them, although Dr did mention that lighter eyes,mine are Green,let in more light that can cause more damage to the retina than darker eyes,also told me to always wear sunglasses,which I never did.

[@miabbu]

Same

[@Deathrainbow]

I had floaters for most of the days of my childhood it seemed. My sister and I learned to 'control' them by not following them directly with our eyes and instead seeing them from our peripheral visions. That childhood discovery also helped me to cope in situations mentally / emotionally by just being and noticing rather than by always seeking, grasping, and reacting. Strangely, I almost never notice floaters as an adult.

[@topgunablek]

same same here

[@chrislecky710]

Why are floaters now the subject of conversation?? oh i see,,, its because others who do not have vision are looking for ways to discredit the people that do... you say yellow jacket i say sheep..lmfao... how easily you adopt the concepts of others,, to the point that your now vomiting it up yourself..

[@so9175]

LMAO wtf

[@smb6127]

@@chrislecky710 What?? My man this a comment section on a video about "Eye Floaters", you think we gonna be talking about summersaulting cows or something??

[@aneeya9387]

@@chrislecky710 uhhh are you okay?

[@WaxMeister]

I just had a PVD in my left eye 3 weeks ago. Experienced all the symptoms in this video except the "vision loss". Went to two specialists and they confirmed a small tear at the retina as there was a small hemorrhage. Prognosis was "weeks to months" for it to clear up which is dependant on my immune system function and the settling of the "floaters. I'm happy to report I have no more "flashes" and the "floaters" for the most part have dissolved and settled.

[@WaxMeister]

So, it's been a few more week pos-PVD and so far, we're dong well. I do however still get the flashes of light (easiest to "see" at night) when I'm driving and doing quick shoulder checks. Otherwise, I'm pleased with my progress so far.

[@peterpan238]

@@WaxMeister Did the doctor do anything about the small retinal tear?

[@SenorGreenbean-ti4xq]

I just had multiple flashes tonight and I’ve had PVD for 10 years. Mine still hasn’t complete. I see flashes every day. My doctor was telling me if I see flashes I need to come in because it might be a tear but they happen so often and I’ve been so many times they stopped taking me as a patient. I guess I’ll live with them for the rest of my life.

[@astalander6061]

Thank you

[@WaxMeister]

@@peterpan238 it was not needed - I've been back to my eye doctor a half dozen visits since (because I just had cataract surgery) and everything is fine. Will have the eye with the detachment done in August - all's well so far!

[@_martha543]

This was extremely helpful! It’s great to see I’m not the only one with this. I thought my eyes were really bad and would have panic attacks due to overthinking

[@Clarency]

Wow, you are happy that other people are dealing with this shit, too

[@NOAH-qr9ob]

Bro same thing happening on me , what can I doo

[@insertnamehere5146]

Martha fear not!! I know at a young age they worry you. I was the same as you when i was 17 (i am 60 now). they are not a threat to your eyesight and you will eventually learn to ignore them as you get older. they are just annoying little buggers but not sinister. Fear not, you will go on to have a great life and your floaters will never cause you to lose your eyesight. please try not to get stressed over them.

[@ventingmachine101]

Damn same, google did not help with that.

[@_martha543]

@@insertnamehere5146 thanks!!

[@CliffDweller75208]

Thank you for this video and the comments. I now realize that I am not alone with this problem. It is a relief.

[@alexsinclaire8894]

No, yiu are definitely not alone. I’ve had them my entire life.

[@sng_evpatrick4520]

Bruh were all in this together

[@sng_evpatrick4520]

Fun fact alot of people actually end up getting them through the course of there life its almost a higher chance to not have them then to have them Edit: hopefully this makes you feel a little bit better because I have them too

[@redshift8302]

Cool thing to have from a very young age like me, but difficult for those who get them in adulthood.

[@spicturecollection8813]

@@alexsinclaire8894 Thank you bro me 2 and cheers

[@FinancialMatter]

I had eye floaters since I was a teen. Definitely go to the eye doctor annually to check the health of your eye/ cornea. You learn to live with them and they usually appear when you are looking at a solid bright color wall or outdoors when it’s super bright (ie looking at the sky).

[@tatartonyjudenson7633]

I have them for 2 years it's so bad

[@vw5056]

I developed floaters right after developing dry eye. I barely even notice them anymore.

[@lilboobear]

Wearing sunglasses helps

[@HavingDinna]

Yes if you watched the video you wouldn’t have to comment? Thank you for being useless doctor?

[@j4ffacake865]

@@tatartonyjudenson7633 ive had them so long i dont know when i didnt have them

[@tomdavidson4164]

I've had this one small floater for years and it's always passively worried me, good to know it's nothing serious 👌

[@thanethanh6405]

Lucky, youre worrying about one when I have Jose and his entire bloodline flying across my fucking field of vision (I named all my floaters)

[@Shkelqim95]

I never noticed it, because I thought they were temporary. Now I cant unsee it.

[@karma3351]

I have several but as time went by I never notice them anymore

[@karma3351]

@@Shkelqim95 it'll pass. Not the floaters but you noticing them and honestly caring about them😂

[@michaelwesten4624]

yeah because youtube is the best doctor in town

[@danriccobon6771]

I deliberately focus on them sometimes when i'm board.

[@screw766]

@@xxx.118 booooo 👎

[@Nitecrow314]

@@xxx.118 Maybe he's saying he's a plank.

[@bwbatman8064]

@@Nitecrow314 Don’t try to take the speck out of your brother’s eye when you have a plank in your own eye. 🤟🏻😎

[@didahdahditdah1148]

😂🙂👍 notice how you can move them about to specific places too

[@Kmonroe445]

This one time I was high and I was staring at my eye floaters and zooming in on it and seeing little words or Chinese symbols but I saw some letters that were golden

[@StarFury2]

My dad had retinal detachment. Luckily he went to doctor immediately and his vision returned to normal after operation. The key was quick reaction, and this video may help to raise awareness.

[@samariavera1298]

Oh

[@MysteryS4869]

If I may ask, how much did cost for the operation?

[@fireborn2nn]

@@MysteryS4869 Man, having to pay for a surgery must be so sad... How do you put a cost on a human life like that..

[@gemmacarlin6031]

I had that op in my mid 20 but as I live in the UK we don't have to pay anything

[@jkrookx5227]

Is your dad Tyler Ninja Blevins

[@adinaderoy-stouffer5724]

Floaters for me, can be almost blinding. Never “got used to them” and it can be very hard to read. Thanks for making this, I can now show people what my vision looks like, though mine is worse than the animation. I have to wear dark sunglasses all the time

[@ralphlorenzpapasin534]

My head ache while my vision gets worse.

[@satah5045]

I think it's different and better or worse for everyone like any sort of problem or dis-ease, some people have it worse than others.

[@lindvallpaul9861]

They are more if you juse nicotine.

[@joshuacorrington153]

You might have two things..

[@sergimercade3546]

Adina there are some operations you could try, search for it. I am considering a vitrectomy since my left eye has 2 black spots, one of them is very black.

[@Cashvertising]

Hands-down, one of the best-produced medical videos on KZbin today. From script to animation and voice talent. This should be the benchmark for all other consumer/patient video productions.

[@justdevorah7473]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[@hairrus7278]

@@justdevorah7473 Need protein shake. comes when you workout too hard. sweat too much. Liver gets strained. Just put protein back into body.

[@tails_the_god]

Agreed

[@samariavera1298]

I agree

[@simonf.2504]

If you have a floaters, be optimistic. I have had floaters for about 30 years. Initially, when I first started noticing them, they consumed my life and made me very depressed. I went to a number of ophthalmologists and they told me just to ignore them and that eventually they would be inconsequential. I didn't believe them. However, it took about 10 years and now I don't even think about them.

[@VanionLOT]

This is just what I needed to read. I'm about 2 years into the depression bout and trying to ignore them. The snow is awful, the sky is awful, and everything on my pc is now in dark mode. But amazingly, when I play VR games, I almost never notice them. That's where my hope started coming from. It's the constant changing pictures and excitement that allows me to enjoy, without noticing the floaters. Last job I had: Standing in place, most of the day, in a kitchen with white walls. I will be avoiding this in the future.

[@snapacrackapop]

thanks man, im an art student and i have a lot of floaters and they really bother me and it scares me that what if one day theres too many floaters and i cant see clearly enough to draw, reading these comments have let me realise that we are able to overcome them with time and have given me optimism on it.

[@christinerobinson9372]

Try Keto, the very low carb diet. My floaters disappeared completely.

[@badoww4921]

@@christinerobinson9372 how

[@raffael72]

@@christinerobinson9372 If this is not cap, then please tell me more on how to make them dissapeare

[@GigaDarkness]

so THAT's what those flashes of light were... I was always wondering about them but could never find anything about them. This was SUPER helpful.

[@steverudder3321]

Agreed! As a trucker crossing the Nebraska plains one night, I saw those 🌟flashes🌟 in one eye, and about 3 months later, it happened in the other eye. I went to an Ophthalmologist, and after recovering from an allergic reaction to his eye drops, he somewhat explained this process to me. But seeing this video explains it a hell of a lot better.👍

[@CristanioPeweyyy]

No, that's what they tell you, but they are something spirtual.

[@shanteriamusgrove2865]

@@CristanioPeweyyy no

[@CristanioPeweyyy]

@@shanteriamusgrove2865 lol okay, you will have a rude awakening when the rapture happens and you see supernatural stuff happen infront of your eyes.

[@xmateinc]

@@CristanioPeweyyy I swear the religous have to be some of the most pompous people on the planet. Even when presented with fact, you all are like "nope"..

[@philippegarnier6499]

Four years ago I did a Vitrectomy to replace the gel inside my eyeball. There was so many floaties that they interfered with my vision a lot. Since the vitrectomy I see everything crystal clear. It is a painless and quick procedure. But I had a black eye for about three weeks.

[@MysteryS4869]

Oof. Did it hurt after the procedure?

[@cryptochainlink]

What did they do did it hurt?

[@andrea050405]

Where did you have that done?? Was it in the uk?

[@qpwoeiruty108]

Black eye? You mean completely blind?

[@mariannegouweleeuw971]

I'm having a vitrectomy in a couple of months. I have clumps of floaters that interfere with my vision a lot too. I can't wait to see everything clearly! I can handle a black eye for clear vision!

[@lejaponennoiretblanc]

Perfect KZbin recommandation 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾I’m living with them since 7 years now

[@samariavera1298]

Ouhh

[@arizonaduges]

It really feels great to know we’re on the same boat and eye floaters are more common than I thought.

[@gegervary]

I had them for as long as I can remember, and I did research on them years ago. Thankfully mine are only truly visible when looking at a bright sky. It’s good to know what to look for if it gets worse though.

[@ferdy7p861]

Same only see them in bright sky, sometimes I see them just outside but every small ones and barely see them

[@metalhead6663190]

Lol same i literally see them only outside at night not at all

[@metalhead6663190]

All i know is if u see flashes or shadow figure covering ur vision then u see a doctor but my doctor said eye floaters are no harm its normal to not worry comes within age

[@RehanaF13]

Thank God for this video! I thought I inherited worms growing in my eyeballs!

[@abarpernell2656]

Thank you so much. I finally was able to allow my husband to see through my eyes. This was the best video. I can't thank u enough for this❤

[@HannahLarocque]

This was extremely helpful. I’ve had floaters for as long as I can remember! I’m 13 now and they haven’t gone away. At least they help me entertain myself while I’m in 3rd period! Algebra sucks! When I’m bored I try and follow them around with my eyes but they always go away before I can focus on them!

[@thrust_vectoring_spitfire]

Aye bruh do your Algebra lol. 8th Grade only gets harder m8 :/ speaking from experience

[@christinerobinson9372]

My floaters disappeared when I changed my diet to Keto, a very low carbohydrate diet.

[@davidmoody2797]

I chase my floaters around my eyes for fun too. 🤟

[@reptilious2708]

@@Abby_1998 you monster

[@Heavenleeangel]

Yeah I try to catch them and see thru them b4 they go away lol

[@gregoryfoster8179]

Interesting. I have been having little flashes of light in my peripheral during night when I drive. Is annoying but this explanation was helpful. I have had floaters before as well. 64 yo male. Thanks for posting this.

[@theodorehaskins3756]

So you should see a retina specialist, as indicated in this video this could cause problems with tears in the retina, and a complete detachment is absolutely something that needs to be treated immediately, as tears overtime can cause permanent damage to your vision, so my advice is see a retina specialist today, immediately schedule a visit to see your eye doctor, and tell them what you’re experiencing, and anyone over the age of 50, should be getting an annual eye exam by an ophthalmologist at least once a year! I had a young medical student at a teaching college catch my issue, and alerted his professor who told me that I needed to see a specialist, and I did, and the specialist told me that I had tiny tears in my retina, and that he needed to do surgery, and I was so shocked, because I’ve never heard anything like this happening to anyone, in fact I was so shocked, I put it off for a whole year, but luckily circumstances being what they were, got me the treatment I needed, and I went into surgery to repair my retina, looking back it probably saved my sight in that eye! Cheers!

[@kellysantos194]

Please visit a retina specialist inmmediately

[@ow-my-achilles1106]

See an ophthalmologist. Have yours eye pressures checked and a retinal exam. Sparkles can also be caused by a high IOP (internal optical pressure) which is glaucoma. Glaucoma can slowly wreck your eyesight permanently.

[@Mr7365]

I had flashes of light as well.I went to my optician she said i needed emergency surgery straight a away.I actually had the laser surgery 2 days later. You need to go to an optician NOW.

[@LeHyperTech]

Oh

[@daviddowd3764]

I've already had retina detachment surgery! Not fun, I was at work staring at a wiring diagram and I sneezed, and proof I was totally blind in my right eye. I drove myself to my eye doctor and two hours later I was in the hospital having it repaired. Scared me have to death! It took several weeks before I could see anything in that eye, but it kept getting better and then it was gone THANK YOU JESUS!

[@amarinayat8879]

Excellent video! Better explained than several ophthalmologists. Thank you for sharing.

[@carlosoregel9132]

Hi

[@NadDew]

When I was a kid, I thought they were ghosts I thought I was gifted 🤣

[@yinka321]

🤣😭🤣🤣😭 me to only difference is I'm an adult😭😭😭

[@davidmiceli7752]

Not ghosts...spirits. God and his Angel's are watching everyone at every moment. Not everyone can see them...

[@davidmiceli7752]

@Fawaz Shaikh possibly, but I had my tribunal after concentrating on these for an hour. I didn't see faces, only bright light silhouettes, seemed like multitudes...God is very much watching us...

[@magyarbluey8406]

Some adults still.beleove in ghosts lol

[@magyarbluey8406]

@Fawaz Shaikh look up the science you will see how it came into existence and ensure wasn't a fantastic fantasy man who knows all and sees all

[@jmar8507]

I had one just like those black ones. I kept thinking my bangs were in my eyes but it was a very bad floater. The eye doctor said I would have to live with it the rest of my life. However, when I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia they also tested my Vitamin D levels which were very low. When I started to supplement with that (high dose to start), K2 and Vitamin C. The floater went completely away. I wasn't taking it for that so that was happily surprise. At the time, those are the only things I had added. I didn't even start the Fibro med the doctor prescribed and actually the Vitamin D took down my allover pain so much that I never started it--too many side effects. I still am working on brain fog issues and fatigue but that's another diagnosis altogether. :(

[@taranveersingh318]

I have floaters in one eye, sometimes it appears while I am reading on screen and some area that is next to the floater becomes dull, it takes me 4-5 seconds to understand that it is not a highlighted text, but a floater. Doctor said it goes away after sometime But it had been 5 months. Please explain my condition and advise me

[@vedantsworld3810]

Thanks I needed the advice. So basically nutrients help. Also did u also use eye drops or liquid msm or anything like rhat

[@sportysbusiness]

If you have a high carb and low animal based diet, try the carnivore diet as a low carb elimination diet to get rid of your fibromyalgia then, when you've got your health back, you can reintroduce different foods to see what you were reacting to. It was wheat products (especially pasta and bread) and sugar (including most fruit) causing my problems. Good luck.

[@vc__97]

Hey could you please tell that how did you away these black ones??

[@vc__97]

What is that k2?

[@KittyKarenpoo]

I got these in my right eye about a year after cataract surgery. I went to the surgeon and he had me look into a lazer and he took aim at each and smacked them with the lazer (cost me about $400. I could actually see the strings of things falling like a little line of balls falling straight down, each time he zapped it, about 10 flashes.) Completely painless, and just odd to watch. When he finished, all the floaters were gone. The old way to deal with this (and they still do this if it's super bad), is to put you to sleep, suck all the fluid out of the eyeball and replace it. Thank god for lazers, which makes it a 10 minute fix as opposed to an overnight big deal.

[@growlith6969]

Really? That's a thing you can have done?

[@KittyKarenpoo]

@@growlith6969 Yes. My surgeon said that I could wait and maybe they would settle or maybe I would just get used to them. I told him that I am a writer and the things were a complete disaster. So he said it was no problem, took me to a room down the hall where I sat in a chair and looked through a thing that seemed like a regular eye exam facepiece. My eyes were dilated and numbed, so he put the scope right on the eye and located each strand (looked like pieces of DNA, from my point of view). He zapped them with a lazer, and they broke up and fell. I think the pieces just settle down in the eye and are no longer in the line of vision. This video seems to be speaking about certain other conditions, I think. My doctor didn't act like what he was doing was unusual, though, as if he did this all the time. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eye-floaters/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20372350

[@generalawareness101]

I have floaters due to my stepfather punching me in the eye when I was young. I was so messed up, but I live with them. WOW, none around here do that. I wonder what is the chance something could happen? I know the sucking out method they will not do because it carries a high risk of blindness so unless you are going blind they will tell you to not do it (plus it is expensive).

[@Lykapodium]

Lasers, not lazers... Lazer isn't a word.

[@generalawareness101]

@@Lykapodium Yeah, but we knew what they meant.

[@SimilakChild]

You nailed it! i've been searching all over google to find out what this is.. I wake up every morning to see cell like "worms" floating around in my vision for about 10 ~ 15 seconds. This video pretty much explains it.

[@minervacaballero2635]

I thought I had worms too! Now I have a smiley face with a tail! I was convinced it was alive 😂! #EyeFloaters

[@marcoformulafan]

I'm 25 and have had them my whole life. A few years back, I found that staying highly hydrated solves the issue. In fact, on days when I drink less than usual, they come back.

[@Kilo_23]

100% right, everytime I'm tired/stressed or my eyes are strained the floaters tend to worsen and appear. I'm 25 aswell and I seemed to have gotten mine in my right eye 2/3years ago one day while working outside. Staying hydrated really helps, also having to concentrate/focus on other things/tasks can lessen the visibility iv found aswell. Still unsure if there's any cure to them but heard some people say that a change of diet such as broccoli and chicken with only water for 1-2 months has mitigated the amount of floaters substantially.

[@aramvhkatir8463]

@@Kilo_23 nice information.. thanks a lot

[@emil130h]

@@Kilo_23 Bromelain capsules make them go away over time. I used to have a lot of floaters and they were really bothering me. After i took the capsules, they started to slowly disappear after 1-2 months. In the end i only noticed them 1-2 times a day. I can really recommend trying them out if you have a lot of floaters.

[@natalianava5642]

@@emil130h what type of capsules?

[@MysteryS4869]

That's very helpful advice! I'll be sure to apply that to my life

[@frances6827]

You hardly see info on "flashes of light" anywhere so this video was extra specially helpful!

[@BionicAnimations]

Exactly. I thought I was the only one ever since I was a kid.

[@TurbulantSynider]

These were my childhood friends Edit: They still are my only friends... 🥺

[@nihaarikatatineni9779]

me tooo😭😭😭😭

[@niki8564]

@@nihaarikatatineni9779 how u got them off

[@RB-oy3vx]

Same here and they persist

[@andreanicolellanera516]

how u get them off 😿

[@TurbulantSynider]

We Follow them 🤗 and lead it to earth.

[@darrelllancaster9554]

I truly do learn something new everyday. Thanks Alila

[@lakojake4215]

I can focus on floaters and see them with great detail, but only when they are directly in the center of my vision. They usually look like a translucent hair under a microscope. The smaller floaters look like cells. They're easier to focus on in the winter when there's snow everywhere.

[@chloek9029]

Mine look like little cells too, like circular cells layering over eachother randomly

[@user-xj2zj2vk6b]

@@chloek9029 they are another kind of floaters? those in a circle form, how are they called?

[@Lauren_C]

In bright light it’s easier to notice them. The effect is actually pretty similar to when you adjust the aperture of a camera. At large apertures, dust and other particles on the lens or sensor are out of focus and not visible. However, as you stop down the aperture, dust and other contaminants become more visible. Likewise, when the Iris is wide open (such as a darkened room), floaters are out of focus and much blurrier, lending them to be less noticeable. When the iris is closed down in bright light, the floaters come into sharper focus.

[@chloek9029]

@@user-xj2zj2vk6b I'm not too sure if I'm honest, people often refer to them as just eye floaters to me but there probably is a name for it

[@erronblack308]

Just look at a white wall…

[@robblackmore8838]

I've had these my entire life, I was asked during an eye test about 8 years ago if I saw floaters. Up until that point I'd actually felt sort of shy and unsure of what was going on, as it made no negative effect on myself so just got on with life.

[@OWN12S]

Same for me, but seems worse now in my early 50's. Only in my right eye though. Hopefully my brain will adjust, like this video says.

[@brettalexander220]

Sudden increase in floaters is serious. Ones since birth are not, its usually leftover embryonic material in the vitreous jelly. There are procedures to remove it but the risk is usually not worth it, the surgery can cause detatchment

[@MisplacedAmerican]

Wow, this is fantastic - as someone with Chronic Uveitis, this has been EXTREMELY helpful to understand and relate. Thank you so much

[@andrea050405]

I’ve had floaters for over 35 years still get them, nobody has ever explained them not one doctor I told said anything like this ever. Brilliant video

[@venjosarmiento6101]

Had my floaters when I was about 13 or 14 years old. Was taken to a couple of opthalmologists with the 2nd one prescribing an eye ointment I applied at night before going to sleep with the assurance it would go away. Looking back now, I think it really was just to give me hope as a child, despite it being a false hope as the specialist would have very well known it could not be cured.

[@ricplays5905]

Maybe he just didn't understand what you had? Btw i had them since when i was 6 and now that I'm 15 i already started to ignore them. I see them only if i want to see them by focusing on the birght sky and moving my eyes around.

[@savage_serpent1383]

I didn’t even realize they didn’t go away I had them as a kid and I’ve done such a good job at ignoring them you mentioning them now I can actively look for them

[@claudiofuentes6551]

It has no cure but if operation, there are two options, surgical or laser surgery

[@charlie-qi4rh]

@@ricplays5905 sorry to break it to you… those actually are not floaters. Every single person has those little dots when you look at something bright and focus on your vision. Floaters are much worse. Floaters are non-stop and are always a nuisance. They never go away and develop later in life than you are. The more you know

[@ricplays5905]

@@charlie-qi4rh no they look like transparent worms

[@JanMay364]

I had them for decades. 2 years ago I was diagnosed with closed angle glaucoma😥 had my laser iridotomy surgery. Thanks God holes are perfectly fine and no more floaters, flashing lights and terrible headaches up to now.

[@chibbycheeks6331]

Aww, so grateful for you. Do you mind if you describe the flashing lights you experienced? What shape? Color?

[@Forgamee]

Hi bro can yo giv me your contact

[@daveymorgan909]

@Cxsmo Make sure it's checked by an eye doctor just to be safe

[@saajidaismail5615]

Hi was the headache the cause of the flashing lights?

[@johnd9357]

@@chibbycheeks6331 my flashes look like small pinpoints of light. A super bright, very small flash normally in my periphery but sometimes right in the middle of my vision. I’m 34 and I’ve had them as long as I can remember.

[@SirThunderPants]

This answered all of my questions, and did so concisely. Thank you.

[@romaligwe9392]

This has just relieved, from medical perspective, what I have been experiencing as if I were the one telling it! One is better informed now. Thank you

[@McAwesomeReaper]

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on KZbin. Informative, succinct, professional, and now i know the answer. Thank you for this.

[@jesuismieux0136]

HOLY CRAP!!! I AM SEEING THEM ON THE SCREEN AS I WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!

[@urmomlol23]

Same I see them on my walls, my phone and almost everywhere

[@愛してます-i9f]

@@urmomlol23 fr so annoying

[@miket2055]

I had both retinas detach last year. I always had the regular floaters but when they detached I had what I described as cracked black pepper floaters. Totally different than the regular floaters.

[@Gelo_6trey]

How did surgery go to treat the detached retina? Has your vision been restored and back to normal?

[@YourFriendlyShapeShifterFriend]

Yeah! We wan to know!!

[@miket2055]

@@Gelo_6trey went to Wills Eye hospital emergency room and they scheduled surgery the next day. Right eye detached in June. Was a severe detachment. I didn’t act fast enough when I saw the pepper floaters and the shade coming down. Waited close to 2 weeks. Doctor put the buckle on the eye and i have full vision back. Just as I was feeling normal from the right eye recovery , the left eye suddenly had a big floater that I described as a Winshield wiper. It didn’t float but it moved side to side like a wiper. Two days later I saw small pepper. Went to Wills Eye the next day and they said it was a small tear so they used the laser and welded it closed. 3 days later I saw a shade. Went back to hospital and they did the buckle that night. I still have a slight loss of vision at the top of my eye. They said it’s scar tissue that I will always see. Other than that good vision. The only downside to getting the buckle is my cataracts have increased extremely fast and I will need surgery for them in the next 6 months. They weren’t bad at all before surgery but they told me they would increase faster. Also my eyeglass prescription has doubled which they also said would happen. I was a -6.00 I’m now -13.00. I’m very fortunate to still have my vision. Also I’m 55 years old with no head trauma and no diabetes issues or blood pressure issues. Doctor said it’s just bad luck.

[@daniel_rossy_explica]

@@Gelo_6trey I wonder how he's able to watch the video an comment on it if can't see.

[@alexhigh14]

Please let us know how your surgery went 🙏🏻

[@fakegerman6101]

I have had this forever, an explanation for this I thought did not exist, this has changed my life forever.

[@Pamela.B]

Deuteronomy 34:7, “And Moses was an hundred & twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.” That always impressed me! Thank you for this informative video. My grandpa had floaters in his 50’s.

[@ijairen]

@Cahit OK huh

[@welbzadaepus288]

My time with them will be 120 years iam

[@kiranholt3296]

Yes, Deuteronomy says that Moses was 120 yrs old when he died.

[@earlsreid4130]

I had detached vitreous in both eyes for several years. I was warned about the possibility of a detached retina, but that never happened. My retinologist suggested the vitrectomy, but that I would be awake during surgery. I said no. I did not want the memory of what he was going to do to my eyes (sorta like PTSD). He finally relented after a few years and agreed to put me to sleep for the operations. During that waiting period, I had developed a cataract in one eye that would need to be removed first since he would need a clear lens to look through to repair the vitreous. The gross part is he had to suck out all the bad fluid in my eyes, then replace it with artificial fluid which is thinner than the original. This is in case floaters return, they will sink to the bottom of my eye. My eyes were done about 8 years apart from each other due to a second cataract situation. After the four surgeries, (2 cataract, 2 vitrectomy) I can now see better than at any time in my life. (65 years old). If you have to have this done, go ahead and do it, you'll thank your lucky stars you did.

[@7th_CAV_Trooper]

the idea of being awake during anything related to the eyes just ooks me out beyond belief. lol

[@judyives1832]

I’ve had several operations on both of my eyes while awake. It sounds worse than it is and it’s very necessary. My eye surgeon is able to ask me to move my eye around during the operation to make sure the surgery is effective. I’m blind from glaucoma but the operations have saved a tiny pin hole in one eye and I can still see light in my other eye. Just being able to know day from night is a big deal when you are going blind. I wouldn’t have cared if my eye surgeon needed me to stand on my head. Whatever makes it work better is fine with me. I have had months with no sight while healing and I can tell you that having a wee bit of sight gives you a much better quality of life.

[@thelakeman5207]

My doctor told me about the artificial fluid and I freaked out and said no. Since you had success with it, maybe I'll reconsider.

[@julioaranton461]

Informative, both parents suffered from separate eye complications but never lost eyesight due to my quick action to seek help for them & learned a lot. Thank you.

[@nirasharasangijayalath9273]

Same but in my case my father was not lucky enough 😔

[@julioaranton5223]

@@nirasharasangijayalath9273 I'm so sorry but please don't give up.for seeing more progress being done in that field due to.new tech advances. ❤

[@hondaclub69]

crazy when i was younger i was hit in the eye with a baseball, it was a line drive. i always tried explaining to my parents i see these black things that i chase around and also i see flashes of lights sometimes like a firework. i had the best eye doctor who explained what i have and they monitor my eyes every six months. this video explained it perfectly!

[@ronniehernandez1617]

I was able to see them as a kid and showed my brother how to see them. We looked at the sky for a long time, not the sun, but on a sunny day, I think. I haven't tried in years but I'm sure anyone can see them.

[@pawpawstew]

That's not the same thing.

[@loganthesaint]

I can take my glasses off and see the floaters clear as day

[@VanionLOT]

Dude, they're a nightmare. Winter is evil.

[@Z-3-R-O]

There are multiple types of Floaters.

[@garyloger9416]

I'm 63 and have had floaters for as long as I can remember. If I tilt my head back and remain completely still I'm able to focus on them. They look like something you'd see under a microscope.

[@zanotellitb5457]

Yeah, like veins and cells

[@garyloger9416]

@@zanotellitb5457 When I was a kid I would push my eyebrow up and look down without moving my head. The white of the eye was then visible and I found that if I shined a flashlight at that eye, I could see all the veins inside the eye. Strange. I need glasses to read but I have crystal clear focus of things inside my eye.

[@zanotellitb5457]

@@garyloger9416 I never tried to spray a flashlight against my eyes attacked by these floaters, but when I look at any lighted surface I can see these things in that same level of detail. it terrifies me, but seeing that others can deal with it is relaxing. I think we are the chosen ones haha

[@privatedeborah1004]

@@garyloger9416 The same with me, when I am wearing sunglasses I can see in the reflection my whole iris magnified like under a microscope.

[@deedatbogabong7415]

They look like bacteria

[@nikostalk5730]

As a photographer experience, i can truly say: Floaters visible during bright conditions only due to a smaller pupil size, which decreasing it's size in the same way as aperture ring of any DSLR lens. It extens focal distance like if an aperture goes for f1.8 to f11. "Closed" way. During night - you can't see it, cause of big pupil size, which works at "open" state, like f1.8, so everywhting from nearest focusing point to a focal point get very blur, and can't cast any shadows. Also, you could "simulate" the vision effect, all you need to do is wathcing against something brighter, like your window, try to close squint your eyes to a very dark image, almost close them, and viola! You got this! Working this method from around childhood to a present time, also having a stable miopia for last 15 years, lol.

[@BrandonEsparza]

Good explanation!

[@natureandclouds]

Don't worry guys floaters can be removed by vitrectomy which i had couple of months agoeif you're suffering from it and have any doubts ask me here I'll try to reply you 🤗

[@OGLOC-PB]

What caused yours ?

[@amranarora4446]

Wo kya hota he bhai bahot pareshan hoon plz reply

[@OGLOC-PB]

@@amranarora4446 bro tumhe kaise hua floaters

[@OGLOC-PB]

Ek risky operation hai jisme eyes me neddle dal ke liquid absorb kr liya jat hi aur new liquid fill kr diya jata hi

[@amranarora4446]

@@OGLOC-PB bhai mene dimag Pe le lia tha aor ab ne ushe ingnore nai kar paa raha hoon 5 sal se dikh rahe he

[@_lauz4_]

this was SO helpful, I'm 18 and I see these shadows but back then when I told my doctor he didn't know what I had and until now I thought I was hallucinating from lack of sleep or something, thank u so much for this info!

[@gaussiano]

I'm 32 but i noticed this in my 18s too... Nothing happens since then, just like my doctor says.. So dont worry, just check with the doctor 1 time at year ... Sorry for my inglish hahaha

[@T_R_wA]

I get them sometimes, always found them to be a very small group of circles that kinda look like bubbles but are more a circle than a sphere.

[@Rybung]

I have the exact same!

[@Gfysimpletons]

My doctor removed mine

[@alexisrodriguez7238]

@@Gfysimpletons surgery?

[@Irgendwelche5]

@@annoynmous1 So when you're not dizzy they go away?

[@kalamazootw]

Had my floater for a few years now. At first it was very noticeable and developed into the shape of a fish swinging back and forth. I named it Freddie the Floater. Don't notice it so much these days, it's still there but weeks go by without being aware of it.

[@yestfmf]

You can tell people you have a fisheye lens....

[@kalamazootw]

@@yestfmf LMAO 🤣

[@pedoslayer]

@@yestfmf 😂😂😂😂

[@WinStonTRS]

What color are they?

[@kalamazootw]

@@WinStonTRS I think what I'm seeing is shadows of filaments swinging around so they're black. Very much like at 0:16.

[@marifromky]

this is the best explanation and animation of this i've ever seen. thank you!

[@vshgemini]

Quite interesting video. I can’t believe this appeared on my timeline today. I have seen floaters since many years but never knew what they are. But this morning out of the blue I was curious to know more. Funnily I was also trying to catch a floater!

[@bigeasymafia]

Had these since I was a kid after a blow to the back of my head. It was so hard describing what I was seeing. This does a damn good job. I wish I had this video about 35 years ago.

[@treethefiend]

samethig happened to me after i was jumped by a group of guys. i went to a doctor and they said i had retinal detachment or tear and had to get a laser surgery

[@MrHugeKevin]

You’re not alone - I developed them with 21 - now I’m 24 and firstly i was scared to lose my ability to look, but doctor told me retina etc looks perfect under microscope, it’s really just that we have this special fun to our eyes :D

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

right! and at times you may well have had to pay someone to just tell you

[@WinStonTRS]

In Black ?

[@WinStonTRS]

​@@MrHugeKevin In Black ?

[@ratherbfishing455]

My brain does not ignore them after 6 years!

[@guruguru6617]

Bro

[@christophervaughn3834]

Same man. I've had them since I was in middle school and can recognize the same ones. Its annoying

[@thomasbruner854]

Yea, it's the big ones that really get to me. I've had them coming on since age 13, and now at 70, they drive me crazy!

[@javeedsultan8484]

I'm 56 and had floaters as long as I can remember, and always visible, makes reading awkward some times as they obscure letters or even whole words when reading subtitles

[@aravindgtr]

Me 2

[@rodion-kc9ic7zn4m]

СПАСИБО! НАКОНЕЦ-ТО ВСЁ ДОХОДЧИВО ОБЪЯСНИЛИ! У МЕНЯ КСТАТИ ТОЖЕ ЕСТЬ ТАКИЕ "ПЛАВАЮЩИЕ ЧЕРВИ", НО СМОТРЯТСЯ ОНИ, КАК БУД-ТО НЕ НЕТЬЕВИДНЫЕ, А СЛЕПЛЕННЫЕ ИЗ ОВАЛОВ И ПРИЖАТЫЕ ДРУГ К ДРУГУ. ■ ТЕПЕРЬ ХОТЬ ПОНЯТНО, ЧТО ЭТО ПЛВАЕТ, КОГДА ГЛАЗАМИ ДВИГАЕШЬ, А ОНИ ПЛАВАЯ РАЗЛЕТАЮТСЯ. ■ ОЧЕНЬ ИНТЕРЕСНО! СПАСИБО БОЛЬШОЕ! ■

[@zer00rdie]

wat?

[@rodion-kc9ic7zn4m]

@@zer00rdie , а ещё я люблю холодный, тёмный, осенний вечер. Непременно сырой, когда у всех бледные и зелёные лица. Или, когда снег падает без ветру, а сквозь него фонари....

[@zer00rdie]

@@rodion-kc9ic7zn4m what?

[@rodion-kc9ic7zn4m]

@@zer00rdie вы кроме слова: "wat", что-нибудь знаете?.....

[@tyjutsu96]

I didn’t know other people get the flashes and this made me feel so much better. Sometimes when I look to the extremes of my vision, my whole field of blue will flash pink static like a tv screen for like a fraction of a second.

[@shubhams1776]

Is it normal or need any treatment

[@robertdora7026]

A brilliant, concise, accurate and extremely helpful video! Thank you!!

[@lindsaybaker9480]

I’ve had them for as long as can remember and I’m now almost 50 and still see them

[@alexsinclaire8894]

Same here. I noticed them when I was about 12, and I have dozens of them at 53

[@PaperLaur]

As someone who's had multiple retinal detachments, the visual here of the 'shade' or 'curtain' is actually really accurate! In my experience, it can be semi-translucent and move with eye motion, like an oil spill on water. My vision also absolutely tanked even outside of that. If you get it checked out quick enough, it can absolutely be fixed! EDIT: Another thing, this was so long ago I don't remember but apparently I mentioned seeing "cheerios", or blood platelets. If anyone's feeling a bit hypochondriac after this video, the kind of floaters in this case are best described as a sudden 'shower', not just one or two.

[@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author]

Can you still see?

[@PaperLaur]

@@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author Yes! I have a few other eye problems that mean my vision isn't great, but it's been fourteen years since the last detachment and things are just fine.

[@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author]

@PaperLaur Thank GOD, you still have your vision! I just started experiencing floaters and though they are not bad, I decided to check to see whether other people are experiencing them too. Thanks for sharing your experience because it has made me take this seriously. I am going to make an appointment to get an eye exam. Many Blessings to you! 🙏🏽🙌🏽

[@cherrymae6188]

@PaperLaur does the representation of new floaters in 2:22 accurate to what you experience?

[@PaperLaur]

@@cherrymae6188 It's been a really long time, but that does look familiar. I was always told to watch out for a "shower" of floaters specifically--normal floaters are fine and just kind of happen over time, it's when there's a bunch that suddenly appear all at once like that

[@judygonzalez4280]

I have only been living with this just in the last few weeks. Some say l can have surgery and others have said it’s too risky and may cause severe vision loss. Glad to know it’s common among many. Take Care. Thank you for this video!!

[@judygonzalez4280]

I also forgot to mention l have also been diagnosed with cataracts . It’s a little scary but l have to make the best of it and have surgery when doctor says l can.

[@brettalexander220]

@Ahmed Salam she has sudden onset, thats serious. This can progress to scotoma (areas of complete vision loss).

[@sameekshaareddy]

@@brettalexander220 hey! wdym sudden? isn't everything sudden?

[@brettalexander220]

@@sameekshaareddy sudden increase in floaters and "bright spots" (looks like the afterimage from a camera flash) can indicate retina issues.

[@mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686]

"The brain will eventually learn to ignore them." Until you watch a video like this and your brain remembers they're there. LOL

[@robbygaume600]

I've had floaters since I was little, I'm 50 now. There are thousands and thousands in my field of vision that can be "compressed" and are accentuated when I squint., A few are far more prominent, and ever present. So much so that I've named named them. One looks like a saxophone, one looks like a Solo Flex resistance band, and another looks like a ski lift car for examples. As odd as it may sound, they've become companions.

[@dalila2442]

This is weirdly wholesome. Sometimes I try to imagine them as being those little black sprites from Spirited Away lol

[@MN_ALGORITHMS]

God i had thought i was the only one that had this... such a relief knowing since this video just randomly popped up

[@devante614]

The video showed up randomly in my recommended too. I'm glad it did.

[@ELJUNIOR-n7i]

I’m just here to tell everyone that you will get used to them, and that many people have them you aren’t alone, also they aren’t harmful they are just there 👌🏻

[@offic226]

ARE THEY DANGEROUS

[@lasso9457]

@@offic226 nope

[@stefan7381]

@@lasso9457 i have 1 big eye floater in my right eye should i be worried

[@lasso9457]

@@stefan7381 Well, It’s completely normal to have eye floaters cause it won’t harm we grew up with it. It’s not actually big deal. People with darker skin have more floaters thn usual. If you still worried about it just consult an eye doctor. Don’t worry you won’t loose your eye sight. It’d be trouble if you’ve gone through lasik or prk. People who have had lasik claims that they noticed more floaters after they got lasik done. And if you’re planning to go through lasik thn it’s really bad idea. Back to the point floaters are not big deal at all you can get rid of it via surgery. *Just do research before whatever you do* And *Take care of your precious eyes* Peace🎈

[@AkiraAlexisSoyra]

😊

[@heretillinfinity9737]

I really can’t belive that this is the problem I am dealing with because of online schooling. Ever since i have started doing online school, I have had a HUGE increase in eye floaters. It’s so frustrating because idk what to do.

[@jakeyt8462]

Go see an optometrist if you haven’t

[@princemino1082]

Same! I’m gonna tell my parents.

[@lenmorris9674]

Had the same problem

[@ewheelsmobilityscooterew-3288]

READ NY LONG COMMENT ABOVE.

[@robertb8629]

I've noticed them since working from home

[@gabriellaarango9100]

Thank you!!! Excellent information , and the images were very helpful to allow greater understanding, This is very valuable for individuals with eye issues . Keep them coming ,.👍

[@travistnt4109]

DUDE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS

[@violatorut2003]

Fascinating to hear that the brain learns to ignore them. I always assumed that my floaters just dissolved or something.

[@erronblack308]

A lot of people here are saying they don’t even go away

[@violatorut2003]

@@erronblack308 they don’t go away? That’s crazy. When mine “went away” (can’t think of better way to describe it lol) it seemed like my vision improved. Or at least got back to normal. Makes me wonder if my vision actually does improve or if that’s just my brain lying to me. I’m assuming that it’s the latter since the floaters don’t actually go away. It’s kind of disturbing to think you can’t even trust your own brain. If you can’t trust your own brain then who can you trust, eh? Lol! Edit: still pretty damn fascinating, though

[@anishta1234]

@@violatorut2003 After how much time they go way??? In your case??

[@violatorut2003]

@@SeattleMartin jeez, that’s terrible. I get the clouds and lines from time to time but pretty uncommon and benign. Do they give you headaches too or just solely the vision problem? Reason I ask is because I used to get them as a kid and I used to get terrible headaches as a kid. But when puberty hit, the floaters became much more uncommon and the headaches stopped entirely. Just wondering if there is a connection or not.

[@violatorut2003]

@@anishta1234 oh this was a long time ago. I used to get them a lot as a kid but they became much more uncommon after hitting puberty. As a kid they would last for weeks but only on the outer edges of my vision. I used to get terrible headaches as a kid too, so. However, I did have an episode like a year ago but that only lasted for about 2 days and during that time it was like in the middle of my vision, it was very noticeable and actually made me a little worried but I think I just was overreacting.

[@erizmo4468]

Got this at age 10 and battled the anxiety depression this gave me, I learned to live with it

[@jalisalomas20]

Omg I wonder if that’s what caused mine

[@WinStonTRS]

@@jalisalomas20 What color do you have?

[@elysiyah3364]

Thank you! You finally answered a question I've had for over 12 years, for as long as I can remember really, I thought i had worms in my eye! 🙏🏽❤

[@jalisalomas20]

Omg 😂 I can definitely ralate

[@samariavera1298]

Samee

[@thepathuwalk8191]

I literately got them randomly at 19, I see clear lines and clear swiggily circles everytime i look at the sky or even look at something white outside like snow, its been scaring me. Anyone else have them like this?

[@shebeesstitchyworld]

I developed an eye floater in my good eye last year…at the age of 62. I have seen the tiny black dots, but it wasn’t bad. I’ve learned to adjust and can keep the floater to where I don’t see it all the time, but man, what a pain it is.

[@Patriottoo2]

What wasn't mentioned in this explanation is that most floaters, which we observe in our early years often starting in childhood, are the result of a remnant blood vessel left over from early development of our eyes. While the lens and its capsule are in early development, an artery links them from the posterior pole of eyeball, and provides nutrition to the lens. As the eye matures, this vessel disconnects from the back of the lens, and is absorbed. But, often, the vessel might detach from the back of the eye, first, so the ability for absorption is lost. Then, the vessel detaches from the back of the lens, and becomes "lost in space"... shrinks and turns into a floater.

[@rojielehepburn6065]

THANK YOU!! I SAID THE SAME THING, THEY ARE JUST BLOOD VESSELS/ VAINS IN THE EYES! I MEAN WE SEE THE BIG RED ONE IN THE CORNER OF OUR EYES LOOKING IN THE MIRROR SO OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE VAINS

[@Patriottoo2]

@@rojielehepburn6065 Not quite the same thing, Rojiele. What we see, as floaters, are shadows of vessel remnants, floating inside the vitreous. The vitreous is kinda like 90 weight gear oil that fills the inner void of the eyeball, and helps it maintain its globular shape. The vessels that we observe on the outside of the eye are unrelated to floaters.

[@rojielehepburn6065]

@@Patriottoo2 ok maybe I could have worded it better but my point is that they are blood vessels.

[@derBenIsPlaying]

I also see flashes of light and "floater like" spots, that are caused by arteriosclerosis and mid grade Retinopathy, and I find it more important to also advise people on THAT being a possible cause of floaters and flashes. Mine are more sophisticated and pinpointed though, as the Retina itself is being damaged or inhibited in bloodflow due to the long or short term microischemic events happening. I do have blind spots due to microaneurisms/ischemia and subsequent death of nerve fibers in a microscopic area of the retina, and it is no fun. That internet advice as well as doctors seem to first think of floaters and only think of floaters is obvious, because there is no underlying cause for something major identified yet. This is why people check their blood pressure and their blood sugar, to rule out that anything else can be affecting the eye, and of course, getting a full retinal exam with slit lamp and even contact glass, is a good idea to have done regularly. I do also suffer from an insane amount of floaters, but they are unrelated to the ischemic events occuring, as those have been confirmed to be caused by hypertensive events over a long period of time.

[@azarahwagner2749]

99 % of the time ( not including medical issues ) is actually dust and the debris from epithelia ( cells ) wearing off the surface of the eye . Dust , pollen and other airborne debris sticks to the wet eye surface. I use a natural tear ( saline solution) eye drops to flush my eyes and it works amazingly well. Bye bye floaters .

[@OG_Wonder_Woman]

Differential diagnosis would have been a great addition. Mine have been lifelong but suddenly getting much worse. Other concurrent symptoms of venous insufficiency are occuring and I'd have loved to hear more alternatives.

[@derBenIsPlaying]

@@OG_Wonder_Woman The alternatives are usually of a grave systemic or tumorous nature, and thus, would only scare people due to the fact that floaters caused by simple aging, are the least worry. The medium worry would be tear of the jelly inside the eye on the retina due to slow detachment. The high worry would be systemic diseases or other potentially life threatening or at least life altering causes. I said it already, and say it again, the focus needs to be laid on those causes as well, because not everyone who sees floaters, or a sudden influx of them should be like "oh, just floaters, okay". That's why everyone seeing floaters should make an immediate appointment with an eye doctor to clarify their nature.

[@christinerobinson9372]

Try eating Keto, very low carb. My floaters disappeared completely.

[@jjmill5209]

@plz shoot me Hahahaha you're a douche bag for saying that to him but probably correct🙄🤣 😭

[@Joey7Z7Horror]

I just randomly found this in my recommended and didn’t understand what it was implying at first but when I started watching and immediately realized, I got excited to hear what this video had to say about these effects

[@whiteroses560]

I went to the eye doctor after I woke up with them and noticed they never went away. She diagnosed me with posterior vitreous detachment and said the floaters would go away after a few weeks (by go away she said I’d learn to ignore them). That was over a year ago and they’re still here. The worst part is that the only cause for this seems to be old age but I’m still a minor

[@sp1nnChess]

I can feel your situation. I am 20 now, having these shadows (1 or 2 dots) for about two years now. I've never been to a doctor since. Did you noticed anything that might help address the issue apart from surgery? All this time I was searching for measures or behaviours to reduce the appearance of these shadows. It's not like they are disturbing me, I am just bothered if my eyes will stay healthy.

[@SGAnascar]

My eye doctor said the floaters are because I have thin spots in my retinas....its mostly because of nearsightedness

[@YTistooannoying]

I have one on my left eye and for a long time would "see" it floating down in front or me and think it was little black spider dropping down in front of me.

[@sp1nnChess]

@@YTistooannoying The day I woke up and realized them, I thought some sort of metal splitters damaged my eyes due to work actions the day before. By now I know that only me left eye is affected by these floaters.

[@AlexisBar06]

Feeling the same way

[@SicilysCloset]

Ive had the first two these since I was a child. And I have 20/20 vision

[@ivorwm2291]

I remember trying to tell my mother about these as a child. She told me that I was imagining things

[@rayporter4568]

This was extremely helpful for me, as I have always had the floaters, however recently I have had a few episodes of the flashes and was extremely concerned as mine are very bright and they just appeared out of nowhere. This information actually brings me much relief.

[@msmagpie5620]

Get checked for glaucoma.i had these signs and ignored them .nearly lost sight in one eye.please get eye pressure check.

[@rockym2931]

Flashes can be a sign of tearing retinas. Get them checked. It could cost a person their eyesight.

[@rayporter4568]

@@msmagpie5620 thank you for the information, I will get that done.

[@rayporter4568]

@@rockym2931 thank you for the information, I will get a checkup very soon.

[@asmichl31]

Any update did the flashes come to anything??

[@dweepikaananth4072]

I kept on wondering about them since childhood....but never got an answer....thank you so much fr this vedio

[@ish4123]

Damn, I believed I had super powers lol

[@miray7873]

Same here

[@BostonHarborLight]

Nice summary. A sudden onset of flashes or floaters, "cobwebs" or shadows, could be from a torn retina - which is a medical emergency that may require retinal surgery by a retinologist (an ophthalmologist specializing in the retina) to prevent the detachment from becoming permanent, resulting in partial or complete loss of vision in that eye.

[@KermitAdventures]

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[@robertb8629]

I noticed a lot of people commenting here are okay with their floaters but I also noticed a good number of people here are nervous I watched this video last night before my eye appointment today because of floaters increasing so I wanted to share what my eye doctor told me as I've just come home from the optometrist now and I thought it might be some relief even though I had way more floaters she said that focusing on them was mostly psychological she checked both my retinas three different times three different ways extremely thorough and found no problem at all no detachment no tear no hole she said if you think it's a retinal detachment it's likely to be just in one eye if it's in both eyes that would be extremely extremely rare to have them detach in both eyes at the same time I hope that this offers somebody out there some type of relief or comfort but remember I am not a doctor this is not official medical advice in any way and if you have any concerns you should make an appointment to see an eye doctor so you can feel some hopefully relief or get treatment if that is what's needed.

[@tabby73]

Thank you for sharing! 🙂

[@yayocra]

Thank you so much

[@lowlowseesee]

the human body, millions of years to come to this. remarkable