| William Stacy 2005-07-21, 11:50 am |
| If they are small round black dots they are probably blood droplets and
will probably go away in weeks. If they are non round, filamentous,
wispy cobweb-like, translucent, they are vitreous tissue and will not go
away, ever, so get used to them. You can hope they will gradually
migrate to a more peripheral location, thereby being less visible,
noticeable or bothersome.
If they are bad enough (as in seriously degrading your best visual
acuity), they can be removed. They are not worth suicide, that's for
sure. They are very rarely bad enough to prevent you from being a
pilot, and everyone has them at one time or another (although not all
people notice them).
w.stacy, o.d.
kobus v via MedKB.com wrote:
>Hi everyone!
>
>I'm a 17 year old male floater sufferer. Heres my story:
>I was watching an educational videotape for about 3-4 hours non-stop, lying
>down on the couch, with my head up, like this:
>
>________/ (my head is the slash, and the ___'s are my legs and body)
>
>anyways, when I got up from the sitting position, i noticed tiny flashing
>lights and about 4-5 floaters. the lights stopped after about 15-30 seconds,
>but the floaters remained, since today (i got them on june 21, and today, 21
>july, one month laters, i still have them)
>
>I went for a checkup eye examination, my vision is 20/20, the opthalmologist
>said that my eyes are fine, no retinal detachment or any problems.
>
>however, i want to be a pilot and these floaters are annoying me, when will
>they ever go away? how many more months?
>
>i think i have high blood pressure (postural hypotension - get dizzy after
>changing position quickly), so maybe the floaters are due to blood cells, do
>they ever dissappear, please tell me after hlow long.
>
>Will I be stuck with them for the rest of my life? Will they get worse? how
>can i prevent getting more floaters?
>
>Also, I seem to have "afterimages" - ie. when i look at a bright object, like
>a curtain in the morning or a lightbulb or flame, and move my eyes, i can
>still see the image, why is this? is it related to my floaters?
>
>I just want to know when these damn floaters will go away, like 2 months?
>
>Please someone help, these floaters are really depressing me, I feel like
>commiting suicide.
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