3 Must Know Facts About EYE Floaters!

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When I was a kid, I thought that I have a super power of seeing microorganisms by my naked eye...

Here’s your laugh for the day!! My brother had to have surgery on a detached retina and my Mother who was 94 at the time, was telling all her friends that he had to have surgery on a “detached rectum”!!!! Wrong word Mom!!😂😂😂

I recently had an onset of severe floaters which appeared like a flock of starlings. Fortunately I saw my local eye physician who diagnosed a detached retina in my lazy eye. I was referred to a retina specialist who repaired the damage and saved my eyesight. The inhouse procedure was scary, but totally effective. God bless Dr Adderman of Eye Health Northwest in Portland Oregon. Everyone should view this video so please share with all your friends.

60 or older? I had them since I was 20 - yet my eyesight is still top. This video is making me worried...

Some of my earliest childhood memories are watching floaters whenever I looked at the blue sky.

I had "shooting stars" in my left eye for months. I saw white pin-point dots shooting from left to right in my left eye. Very long story short, I had a clot in my left carotid artery. The "stars" were particles being shed from the clot. I was in surgery 4 hours after it was discovered. Don't ignore "shooting stars"!!

I have had "floaters" since I was five years old and first realized them. That was 64 years ago.

My floaters weren't bothering me until i watched this!

Hello doctor! I'm an ophthalmologist myself, from Brazil, and have just found your channel here on YouTube. Congratulations! You are such a great communicator and show deep knowledge of your field! 👏👏👏

I have one in my left eye that looks like an organism. I've had him since I was about 23 I call him Fred.

I have 3 small floaters in each eye and i saw a bright light flash in my eye. I when to the eye Dr, They didn't see no tears in my eye , I have cataracts & floaters in both eyes. I enjoy learning and watching your shows. You are helping me. And thank you for it and i appreciate very much. Keep doing the good work you are doing. Thank you.

Ive had floaters since I was small child. My vision is totally fine regardless. I used to think they were small creatures inside my eyes. I also for a while I used to call them "heat waves" and my mom was seriously concerned that I was constantly talking about seeing heat waves.

I had cataracts in my 2 eyes at the age of 40 years old. It affected my visions. Doc said it was due to my immunosuppression drugs. After the op, I had floaters and on some days they swirled so fast I had to rest or take a seat because it was like hairs bugging my eyes. Now I am 60 years old. Living with these floaters for 20 years. I had 2 lasers done to my lens and floaters increased in numbers. Most importantly is I can see clearly with or without floaters. Praise God for that.

Had eye floaters since I was a kid...I think I notice them more now that I'm 50

When I was young I had floaters. Didn’t know what they were. Stopped talking about them because people thought I was crazy.

6:16 Duude ! You played me 😂😂 I had panic attack thinking I am going blin

My husband had the lasix procedure done during the summer with wonderful outcomes. His floaters clumped together and they were taken care of. Some small floaters were too close to the retina so were not done. His was very happy with the outcome. Your presentation was wonderful. Thanks for sharing the info.

Oh, dear, if it weren't for my floaters, I'd be all alone.

I've been through the full spectrum of floaters. Born in 1948, severely near sighted with a correction of -13.5, corrected with Lasik in 1999. I've got mono vision now, right eye for distance left eye for reading, and it works well. I use Brimonidine Tartrate in both eyes for pressure control. Have had floaters since as far back as I can remember and never payed to much attention to them, thought they were normal. When I was in my mid 50's, looked at the side of a white building after seeing flashes in my left eye and saw lots of new small round floaters. I call my eye care Dr. and was told to go to the nearest emergency hospital. When I arrived and told them of my symptoms, the Dr.s looked confused, looked at my eyes, could not find anything to be concerned about and told me to make an appointment with my eye Dr. the next day. Went to the eye Dr. at the HMO I belong to and talked to three different Dr.s before a specialist ask me about the flashes which all the rest had no idea what I was talking about. The round floaters were red blood cells. The vitreous had started to curl on the edges and torn thru a blood vessel, cause the flashes and released the blood. I was told that the blood cells would be absorbed and go away, but there is part of the vitreous that still floats around in there and can be like looking thru a shower curtain when it gets in front of focal point. I have that condition monitored twice a year. About six months after the left eye curled, the right eye did the same thing. Both have remained stable since first happening. When I ask about remedies and was told about the fluid change, I decided my eyes would have to get a whole lot worse before that could happen.