Do you have eye floaters?

[LordSnailz]

29 and I get them ... doctor said it's mostly likely because I have hints of retinal detachment

 

[walrus]

I have them, I'm 58 and I remember having them when I was 6

 

[RKS]

I think most of these 'floaters' occur in-utero; you probably don't notice them until later.

floaters are just remnants of an artery and vein that connected to the lense in your eye when you were in utero

 

[cjmtfd102401]

Floaters are common. However if it looks like someone has pulled a window shade down, it looks like there is a hair net over you eye, or have bright flashes of light get to an ophthalmologist ASAP.

 

[TwiceOver]

For as long as I remember. Sometimes they help me fall asleep in bright rooms.

 

[Pacfanweb]

I"ve had those since I can remember as a child. They never are big enough to block out anything, but if I concentrate I can see them most any time.

 

[eviljoker]

i see floaters. 21 with glasses

 

[Nocturnal]

I see floaters and I am 26. I have seen them since I was probably 19 or 20.

 

[alkemyst]

I gave a few girls floaters in their eyes...some haven't controlled things well can gave me a couple.

At 22 you should be giving and possibilly recieving more than older folks.

 

[rh71]

I get something similar right before migraine headaches but in a sense it's good because it's a symptom to the migraines and I know when to take my Zomig. The "floaters" is more like a blind spot right in the middle of my field of vision. I also feel nausea... actually just thinking about all this is giving me nausea... bad memories. To much MSG in foods has been my trigger.

 

[Locut0s]

Got them here, 25 yrs old. Had them as long as I can remember. Wear glasses had many eye exams nothing to worry about unless you have other problems associated with them. I don't notice them unless I concentrate on a blank uniformly coloured space like the blue sky or a blank white screen.

 

[alkemyst]

they are like trinitron scan lines. If you don't pay attention to them you don't know they are there.

Migraines trigger something different than what floaters look like...i think we see our eye circulatory system go haywire.

I don't take anything for mine, they are rare though...one trigger is heavy squats when I begin lifting after a break. I know in about 30mins from the first signs, I will be mostly blind for about 1 hour. I also get a slight numbing of my upper lip.

The headache I just deal with, it lingers about 2-3 days.

 

[BoomerD]

I knew I had lost the battle with my blood pressure when I could start to "see" the veins in my eyeballs as my heart beat...my doctor agreed with me...said it was a sign...I started taking the hated pills that day and don't "see" the veins any more.

 

[CycloWizard]

Floaters are just cells falling through the gel that is your vitreous humor. The vitreous liquefies with age, so the cells move around more and become more noticeable. The size of floaters depends on their location in the eye, since they will block more incident light if they're closer to the retina where the rays are more tightly focused. They're fairly normal, but if you notice a dramatic, relatively sudden increase, it can be an early sign of retinal detachment and you should probably get it checked out. /late Saturday night ophthalmology rant

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I knew I had lost the battle with my blood pressure when I could start to "see" the veins in my eyeballs as my heart beat...my doctor agreed with me...said it was a sign...I started taking the hated pills that day and don't "see" the veins any more.

hope that's not caused by getting riled up on ATOT.

 

[eplebnista]

no

 

[Nitemare]

34 and never heard of these

 

[gorcorps]

Yes... noticed them a few years ago when I started college. I have one really noticeable one in my right eye and a very light one in the left.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Yes, but it seems like they're only in my right eye.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: thirtythree
I've noticed recently that I have a lot of eye floaters. I typically only notice if it's bright out. If I move my eyes from left to right rapidly I can see them floating around inside my eye. It sounds like they're pretty common, especially in older people, but I'm only 22, so I wanted to do a little survey. How old are you, and do you have any or a lot of eye floaters?

EDIT: And if you don't want to click on the article, eye floaters are basically just specks or strings that float around in the fluid of your eye and can be seen when looking at bright objects such as a blue sky.

Yep, since 23!

 

[rival]

Eye floaters, sounds pretty scientific

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I knew I had lost the battle with my blood pressure when I could start to "see" the veins in my eyeballs as my heart beat...my doctor agreed with me...said it was a sign...I started taking the hated pills that day and don't "see" the veins any more.

and how long ago was that? what does your bp usually run?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
LOL....Eye floaters always remind me of this

Haha.. that was great.

 

[clamum]

I see them sometimes if it's bright. That article states they're more common for people with nearsightedness, which I have.

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
34 and never heard of these

36.5 and also had not heard of these. Asked my wife and she said she has them. ;shrugs;