Guest veryblue Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Does anyone here see floaters...lines or specks of black dots in their field of vision when outside or in bright light? I've had floaters for a while cuz I am totally nearsighted...yeah I wore glasses since I was 8 but seem to notice more now...dpoes this mean I had nerve damage to my eyes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan617 Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 my opthamologist says floaters are really common. i get them all the time even if i just turn my head too fast. not sure why, but he says benign. morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrill Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Yes, I've got floaters. So does pretty much everyone I know. They're harmless--completely benign and not a sign of nerve damage or any other bigger problem (pots or otherwise).Hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyMouse Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 (edited) As everyone else here has said, floaters are very common. They can occur from vitreous changes as we age, or due to things like concussion. Completely harmless. If you're not certain or if you have sudden visual changes, go to the doctor.Nina Edited May 15, 2004 by MightyMouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoGiuliana Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Floaters are very common, especially in near-sighted people--like me, and it sounds like, you too. There is no connection to autonomic dysfunction, in case you were concerned about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 I'm not sure I know what you mean by floaters. Is it something on the eye itself, or something that you see that isn't there? If it's the latter, I've had them for years, and I am also very near-sighted. Sometimes they are white, and sometimes they are black with a ring of black, kind of like when the moon eclipeses (?spelling?) the sun. If it's the former, I haven't had them, and don't remember anyone who has ever mentioned them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrill Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Floaters were once explained to me as a collection of extra cells that may get reabsorbed by the body at some point. Here's what WebMD has to say on the matter:http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/15/96143...C-9531713CA348} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyMouse Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 My floaters are a result of a concussion i got a few years back--my eye doc explained it as knocking a bowl of jello really hard, and it split in places and folded onto itself a bit, causing some spots within my visual field. I suppose mine are more vitreous changes than true floaters. According to my doc, they are both quite common.Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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