I see white dots falling and i don't know why?
Q. I can't figure it out. i don't know what it is sometimes i see these white dots falling and burning out.
Im seeing things im not on any kind of meds, do you know why i see white dots falling ?
i've seen the dots for awhile now, my sleep is fine i sleep 8 to 10 hours and i've been to the doctor not to long ago my eye site is fine. Dont need glasses ot anythng
Im seeing things im not on any kind of meds, do you know why i see white dots falling ?
i've seen the dots for awhile now, my sleep is fine i sleep 8 to 10 hours and i've been to the doctor not to long ago my eye site is fine. Dont need glasses ot anythng
A. Most people see floaters some time during their lives. Many individuals in their teens and 20s notice some floaters, and people who are nearsighted may have floaters at a younger age. Floaters become more frequent as a person ages.
The majority of floaters are due to normal degenerative changes in the vitreous, the jelly-like floaters because of a retinal tear without a detachment, the tear usually can be treated with minor surgical procedures that can effectively prevent a retinal detachment.
Patients whose floaters are due to bleeding from the abnormal growth of blood vessels can suffer one or more hemorrhages inside the eye that may severely affect vision. Furthermore, abnormal blood vessel growth often leads to scar tissue that tends to shrink. This shrinkage can cause wrinkling, dragging, distortion, detachment and/or tearing of the retina. Minor surgical procedures usually can prevent these problems if diagnosed early. If these problems become advanced, major eye surgery may be needed to prevent blindness. However, as with retinal tears, surgery often is unable to completely reverse the damage caused by scar tissue.
There are no medications available that are effective in treating most floaters. Patients with floaters due to inflammatory eye diseases may be helped by medicines to treat the inflammation; however, the floaters may remain after the treatment. Although floaters can be bothersome, most people learn to ignore them.
The majority of floaters are due to normal degenerative changes in the vitreous, the jelly-like floaters because of a retinal tear without a detachment, the tear usually can be treated with minor surgical procedures that can effectively prevent a retinal detachment.
Patients whose floaters are due to bleeding from the abnormal growth of blood vessels can suffer one or more hemorrhages inside the eye that may severely affect vision. Furthermore, abnormal blood vessel growth often leads to scar tissue that tends to shrink. This shrinkage can cause wrinkling, dragging, distortion, detachment and/or tearing of the retina. Minor surgical procedures usually can prevent these problems if diagnosed early. If these problems become advanced, major eye surgery may be needed to prevent blindness. However, as with retinal tears, surgery often is unable to completely reverse the damage caused by scar tissue.
There are no medications available that are effective in treating most floaters. Patients with floaters due to inflammatory eye diseases may be helped by medicines to treat the inflammation; however, the floaters may remain after the treatment. Although floaters can be bothersome, most people learn to ignore them.
Will people with Floaters (eye disease) go blind one day?
Q. Hi
I have been diagnosed with floaters, an eye condition that causes the sufferer to see floaters. Someone with very severe cases of floaters will need to be operated immediately to prevent blindness. Fortunately, the doctor told me that mine is normal floaters and is not that severe.
However, as people with normal floaters grow older, won't their floaters get worse (since floaters is an eye disease commonly associated with older people) ?
So, my question is, are people with floaters very likely to go blind in the future? I've asked this question to my doctor, but he just told me mine is normal floaters, but he said if I begin to notice certain symptoms, i should see a doctor asap.
I'd appreciate any input from experts or anyone with experience on this disease.
Thanks
I have been diagnosed with floaters, an eye condition that causes the sufferer to see floaters. Someone with very severe cases of floaters will need to be operated immediately to prevent blindness. Fortunately, the doctor told me that mine is normal floaters and is not that severe.
However, as people with normal floaters grow older, won't their floaters get worse (since floaters is an eye disease commonly associated with older people) ?
So, my question is, are people with floaters very likely to go blind in the future? I've asked this question to my doctor, but he just told me mine is normal floaters, but he said if I begin to notice certain symptoms, i should see a doctor asap.
I'd appreciate any input from experts or anyone with experience on this disease.
Thanks
A. Alternate names: Light Flashes, Spots in front of eyes, Vitreous Opacities, ,Posterior Vitreous Detachments (PVD).or Floaters.
Normal floaters are not dangerous and are caused by tiny specks of tissue inside the vitreous. When light hits these pieces of tissue, it creates shadows on the retina that appear to float across your field of vision.
The vitreous space is located posteriorly between the lens of the eye and the retina. It is filled with a material called vitreous which is similar to clear Jell-O. As we age, the normal jelly-like consistency of the vitreous begins to liquefy. The vitreous may contract and pull away from its natural attachments on the inside surface of the eye. When it pulls free, it is often accompanied by light flashes and the appearance of a new black spot or floater. This is not dangerous,
Patients whose floaters are due to bleeding from the abnormal growth of blood vessels can suffer one or more hemorrhages inside the eye that may severely affect vision. Furthermore, abnormal blood vessel growth often leads to scar tissue that tends to shrink. This shrinkage can cause wrinkling, dragging, distortion, detachment and/or tearing of the retina. Minor surgical procedures usually can prevent these problems if diagnosed early. If these problems become advanced, major eye surgery may be needed to prevent blindness. However, as with retinal tears, surgery often is unable to completely reverse the damage caused by scar tissue.
There are no medications available that are effective in treating most floaters. Patients with floaters due to inflammatory eye diseases may be helped by medicines to treat the inflammation; however, the floaters may remain after the treatment. Although floaters can be bothersome, most people learn to ignore them.
Treatment is not needed or helpful if the retina is free of bleeding, tears and weak spots. Treatment is needed if a tear is found in the retina. This is most commonly repaired with a special argon laser by an eye doctor. In some cases, surgery may be needed to reattach the retina.
For regular floaters and flashes of light, no treatment is given and symptoms gradually lessen with time. Years later, people may still notice their floaters when tired or reading for long periods of time. After laser treatment or surgery, at least one or two follow up eye exams are done. After that, no further treatment may be needed.
Symptoms that may indicate a more serious problem
Sudden decrease of vision along with flashes and floaters
Veil or curtain that obstructs part or all of the vision
Sudden increase in the number of floaters; esp if you have had small floaters for years.
This new group of floaters would suddenly appear in only one eye. . This would clearly indicate retinal tears; vitreous hemorrhage and /or retinal detachment.The eye exam will be done with the pupils dilated. Immediate surgery is needed to prevent blindness
So to answer your question: No, floaters will not cause total blindness if they don't develop into dangerous problems that would threaten your cental vision. You should only consider surgery if those floaters aside from being a nuisance; do obscure your vision or your vision is diminished because of retinal tear or bleeding or retinal detachment. Just remember that this surgery might also cause scar tissue.
Normal floaters are not dangerous and are caused by tiny specks of tissue inside the vitreous. When light hits these pieces of tissue, it creates shadows on the retina that appear to float across your field of vision.
The vitreous space is located posteriorly between the lens of the eye and the retina. It is filled with a material called vitreous which is similar to clear Jell-O. As we age, the normal jelly-like consistency of the vitreous begins to liquefy. The vitreous may contract and pull away from its natural attachments on the inside surface of the eye. When it pulls free, it is often accompanied by light flashes and the appearance of a new black spot or floater. This is not dangerous,
Patients whose floaters are due to bleeding from the abnormal growth of blood vessels can suffer one or more hemorrhages inside the eye that may severely affect vision. Furthermore, abnormal blood vessel growth often leads to scar tissue that tends to shrink. This shrinkage can cause wrinkling, dragging, distortion, detachment and/or tearing of the retina. Minor surgical procedures usually can prevent these problems if diagnosed early. If these problems become advanced, major eye surgery may be needed to prevent blindness. However, as with retinal tears, surgery often is unable to completely reverse the damage caused by scar tissue.
There are no medications available that are effective in treating most floaters. Patients with floaters due to inflammatory eye diseases may be helped by medicines to treat the inflammation; however, the floaters may remain after the treatment. Although floaters can be bothersome, most people learn to ignore them.
Treatment is not needed or helpful if the retina is free of bleeding, tears and weak spots. Treatment is needed if a tear is found in the retina. This is most commonly repaired with a special argon laser by an eye doctor. In some cases, surgery may be needed to reattach the retina.
For regular floaters and flashes of light, no treatment is given and symptoms gradually lessen with time. Years later, people may still notice their floaters when tired or reading for long periods of time. After laser treatment or surgery, at least one or two follow up eye exams are done. After that, no further treatment may be needed.
Symptoms that may indicate a more serious problem
Sudden decrease of vision along with flashes and floaters
Veil or curtain that obstructs part or all of the vision
Sudden increase in the number of floaters; esp if you have had small floaters for years.
This new group of floaters would suddenly appear in only one eye. . This would clearly indicate retinal tears; vitreous hemorrhage and /or retinal detachment.The eye exam will be done with the pupils dilated. Immediate surgery is needed to prevent blindness
So to answer your question: No, floaters will not cause total blindness if they don't develop into dangerous problems that would threaten your cental vision. You should only consider surgery if those floaters aside from being a nuisance; do obscure your vision or your vision is diminished because of retinal tear or bleeding or retinal detachment. Just remember that this surgery might also cause scar tissue.
What causes floaters in eyes?
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A. What causes floaters?
The majority of floaters are due to normal degenerative changes in the vitreous, the jelly-like floaters because of a retinal tear without a detachment, the tear usually can be treated with minor surgical procedures that can effectively prevent a retinal detachment.
Patients whose floaters are due to bleeding from the abnormal growth of blood vessels can suffer one or more hemorrhages inside the eye that may severely affect vision. Furthermore, abnormal blood vessel growth often leads to scar tissue that tends to shrink. This shrinkage can cause wrinkling, dragging, distortion, detachment and/or tearing of the retina. Minor surgical procedures usually can prevent these problems if diagnosed early. If these problems become advanced, major eye surgery may be needed to prevent blindness. However, as with retinal tears, surgery often is unable to completely reverse the damage caused by scar tissue.
There are no medications available that are effective in treating most floaters. Patients with floaters due to inflammatory eye diseases may be helped by medicines to treat the inflammation; however, the floaters may remain after the treatment. Although floaters can be bothersome, most people learn to ignore them.
The majority of floaters are due to normal degenerative changes in the vitreous, the jelly-like floaters because of a retinal tear without a detachment, the tear usually can be treated with minor surgical procedures that can effectively prevent a retinal detachment.
Patients whose floaters are due to bleeding from the abnormal growth of blood vessels can suffer one or more hemorrhages inside the eye that may severely affect vision. Furthermore, abnormal blood vessel growth often leads to scar tissue that tends to shrink. This shrinkage can cause wrinkling, dragging, distortion, detachment and/or tearing of the retina. Minor surgical procedures usually can prevent these problems if diagnosed early. If these problems become advanced, major eye surgery may be needed to prevent blindness. However, as with retinal tears, surgery often is unable to completely reverse the damage caused by scar tissue.
There are no medications available that are effective in treating most floaters. Patients with floaters due to inflammatory eye diseases may be helped by medicines to treat the inflammation; however, the floaters may remain after the treatment. Although floaters can be bothersome, most people learn to ignore them.
Retinal Detachment Surgery?
Q. This is my second question on this subject and I am in my 5 th week after surgery, Buckle and oil. I have not had one day without pain since I had the surgery. From Migraines type headaches to horrible eye pain. The Doctors only add drops while the surface of my eye is scratched and wrinkled. They say the pressure is up and down. The drops are scratching the eye but yet give me nothing to help any of the pain at all.. I have been unable to go outside and cannot stand the sunlight or lights in my house.even after this time.. I want the doctors to take the oil and buckle out now but they insist on leaving it for 3 months. This pain is horrible and I would never have this surgery again. All I am able to do is sit or lay in my house in pain and be sad and depressed. I don't know of anyone who has had this much trouble or pain with this. I feel like it is some problem with the oil, maybe a reaction to it or something, I have tons of allergies and I cannot get the doctors to listen to me. When I have had to visit the surgeons it is a 3 hour ride and it is torture for me, it vibrates my head and makes me very sick, not to mention the sunlight. I hate having to make the trip for the 10 or 15 minute visits, it is such torment. I don't know how many options I have but I 'd like to know if anyone has endured this much pain with this surgery>
My pain has actually gotten worse with time, I was given Diamox but it caused me tremendous trouble, went on Lumigan drops which tore my eyes up, both inside and outside the lid. I am so discouraged and disheartened by being in this much pain everyday I just don't know what to do, instead of any improvement at all, things have only worsened and people keep asking me shouldn't it be better by now? Which only frustrates me more.. Thanks for your explaination. I had the surgery on May 16th
My pain has actually gotten worse with time, I was given Diamox but it caused me tremendous trouble, went on Lumigan drops which tore my eyes up, both inside and outside the lid. I am so discouraged and disheartened by being in this much pain everyday I just don't know what to do, instead of any improvement at all, things have only worsened and people keep asking me shouldn't it be better by now? Which only frustrates me more.. Thanks for your explaination. I had the surgery on May 16th
A. If you'll bear with me, I'll walk you though this. It might take more than one answer and you can contact me off or through this forum. The outside of the eye is white, the sclera. It becomes clear in the front, the cornea. When we look through the cornea we can see the colored part, the iris, with the hole in it, the pupil. The iris is connected to a vascular or blood vessel layer that goes around the back of the eye. So now we have two layers, the white outer layer and the inner vascular layer. The third layer is the retina which goes about 2/3 towards the front from the back. The center of the retina is the macula.
the center of the eye has a gel, the vitreous. As the gel gets older, it becomes water and sloshes around more and more. In doing so, it can pull on the retina in the front where it's tightly attached. If it pulls a tear or hole, the Liquid gel can then get under the retina and the retina floats off. This is called a retinal detachment. The treatment is to close the hole or holes. In some complex cases or cases where the tear is below basically the 3 to 9 o'clock meridians, one removes the vitreous and flattens the retina with a heavy fluid such as perchlordecane or octane. Then this fluid is removed and air is placed in the eye and this is mixed with a gas to last a long time or oil to last a really long time. The function is to hold the tears closed for at least a month or so until the scar tissue forms from either laser or freezing (cryo) done around the tears so no fluid can leak beneath the retina again. You have the oil.
On occasion though, if the retina is elastic such as in people that are very nearsighted, we place a buckle. This indents the sclera and helps remove the traction on the retina. We used to use buckles without oil all the time and it worked just fine.
The oil will move UP or Down depending on the type of oil used or the weight of it. If it moves up, or floats in Liquid, you do not want to look face up. The oil will move 'up' and will seal around the pupil making it so that the fluid that is produced at the base of the iris can't get through the pupil into the front of the eye where the drain exists. That HURTS! So don't look face up or sleep face up. If it starts to hurt, look face down or position your head face down and gently massage the eye through the lid so the oil moves back away from the pupil. In a short time the pressure will go down. Your physician can also order Diamox or Acetazolamide 250 mg three times a day to keep the fluid from being produced so fast, but it'll make you pee like you can't believe. So don't take it after 4 p.m.
Just the act of performing a buckle causes a lot of pulling on the eye muscles. Then sewing the buckle into place also causes pressure changes and traction that can cause significant post operative pain. He should have you on a strong anti-inflammatory Rx such as Motrin or Ibuprofen 600 mg every 8 hours. It'll help some and it's over the counter. Also take two extra strength Tylenol 2 times a day. And try and get a stronger pain Rx as well. It takes about a month for the pain syndrome to go away and you are on week 5. That seems a bit much to me as by 2 weeks or so my patients are pretty much out of pain, though still a bit sore.
If you need more help, just let me know.
the center of the eye has a gel, the vitreous. As the gel gets older, it becomes water and sloshes around more and more. In doing so, it can pull on the retina in the front where it's tightly attached. If it pulls a tear or hole, the Liquid gel can then get under the retina and the retina floats off. This is called a retinal detachment. The treatment is to close the hole or holes. In some complex cases or cases where the tear is below basically the 3 to 9 o'clock meridians, one removes the vitreous and flattens the retina with a heavy fluid such as perchlordecane or octane. Then this fluid is removed and air is placed in the eye and this is mixed with a gas to last a long time or oil to last a really long time. The function is to hold the tears closed for at least a month or so until the scar tissue forms from either laser or freezing (cryo) done around the tears so no fluid can leak beneath the retina again. You have the oil.
On occasion though, if the retina is elastic such as in people that are very nearsighted, we place a buckle. This indents the sclera and helps remove the traction on the retina. We used to use buckles without oil all the time and it worked just fine.
The oil will move UP or Down depending on the type of oil used or the weight of it. If it moves up, or floats in Liquid, you do not want to look face up. The oil will move 'up' and will seal around the pupil making it so that the fluid that is produced at the base of the iris can't get through the pupil into the front of the eye where the drain exists. That HURTS! So don't look face up or sleep face up. If it starts to hurt, look face down or position your head face down and gently massage the eye through the lid so the oil moves back away from the pupil. In a short time the pressure will go down. Your physician can also order Diamox or Acetazolamide 250 mg three times a day to keep the fluid from being produced so fast, but it'll make you pee like you can't believe. So don't take it after 4 p.m.
Just the act of performing a buckle causes a lot of pulling on the eye muscles. Then sewing the buckle into place also causes pressure changes and traction that can cause significant post operative pain. He should have you on a strong anti-inflammatory Rx such as Motrin or Ibuprofen 600 mg every 8 hours. It'll help some and it's over the counter. Also take two extra strength Tylenol 2 times a day. And try and get a stronger pain Rx as well. It takes about a month for the pain syndrome to go away and you are on week 5. That seems a bit much to me as by 2 weeks or so my patients are pretty much out of pain, though still a bit sore.
If you need more help, just let me know.
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