Anybody deal with eye floaters?

[jerp]

Saturday afternoon I was clearing some dead limbs and took a slight poke in the corner of my eye. It wasn't bad - only hurt for a minute and didn't even leave a red mark on my eyeball. The next morning I woke up to find I have a little squiggle floating around in that eye. It is most noticeable when looking at a blank wall, the sky or a computer screen. After consulting my primary care physician (Dr Google) I'm not sure it is even related to getting poked - floaters are very common and have multiple causes. Everything I read said it is not even worth a doctor's visit unless your vision is narrowing or getting blurry. (symptom of detached retina) It also seems there is no real treatment - you just have to get used to it. Sometimes they go away sometimes not. Right now it is really annoying - anybody deal with this?

[ken]

I thought everyone over 40 had floaters. I have them but only notice them under certain conditions. Maybe you are more focused on your vision after injuring your eye.

[kcmarullo]

I see them when looking through a scope.

[JonBoy]

I've had eye floaters since I was really young (early elementary school first time I noticed them)...several in each eye. I only really notice them in high contrast situations but I guess b/c I've had them so long I've learned to ignore them

[daniel044]

I had one about 10 years ago that completely blurred my vision in one eye for about 4 hours. Thought my retina detached so I went to emergency room. They sent me home and it cleared up. No problems sense. I would just see a eye doctor just to be sure.

I bet its just a minor scratch to the eye and will heal in a few days. Will be annoying though.

[STX_Shooter]

I’m 34 and I remember having them since I was little like 7 or 8 years old. I never knew what they were. I was scared to ask, I thought it was ghost or something when I was younger lol.

[AntlerCollector]

I can’t remember ever not having them

[StrayDog]

When I scratched my eye a couple times I went to Opthamology Associates on Lancaster/Summit. They always got me in quickly and were very thorough and didn’t break my wallet. You only have one set of eyes - the worst they can tell you is “it’s normal”.

[TxSon1836]

get em all the time. you try and focus on em and they run away lol. i was told its small build up similar to the crust that builds up in your eye when you sleep.

[tex4k]

I've had them all my life, they come and go. My eye doc said they were a protein something or other that gets into this certain part of the eye to optic nerve connection. At least that's the best I remember the conversation according to my memory, (my least reliable source of information).

[travlinman]

Need to get the eye checked. My eye doc in Katy looks at my floaters every 6 months. Floaters can be caused from eye disease, eye injury, tumors, etc. Best since you poked your eye that you get them checked.

[TexasTK]

I had floaters so bad a few years after cataract surgery I had to have a vitrectomy in both eyes. A few floaters is nothing to worry about.

[TexOddball]

If that bugs you, you should try an ocular migraine! I get them about twice a month, usually a crescent-shaped squiggle in my vision that starts small near the center and expands out to the edge over the course of half an hour or so. It’s a moon-shaped spot that looks like tv static. Started when I was a teenager, scared the hell out of me until I was finally able to get an eye doc to understand what I was describing. Apparently I’m one of the lucky few that get them without any pain like a normal migraine. I’ve been told to pay attention to foods or stress to figure out what might trigger them, but I’ve never been able to see any kind of pattern.

[Tx.Fisher]

Had them as long as I can remember. I still have 20/20 vision so I don’t worry about them.

[100%TtId]

If that bugs you, you should try an ocular migraine! I get them about twice a month, usually a crescent-shaped squiggle in my vision that starts small near the center and expands out to the edge over the course of half an hour or so. It’s a moon-shaped spot that looks like tv static. Started when I was a teenager, scared the hell out of me until I was finally able to get an eye doc to understand what I was describing. Apparently I’m one of the lucky few that get them without any pain like a normal migraine. I’ve been told to pay attention to foods or stress to figure out what might trigger them, but I’ve never been able to see any kind of pattern.

I get these also and it seems to be at random.

If floaters are really bad, they can be reduced with a laser treatment.