A 23 year old seeing floaters and other things is this normal?

[sctt859]

I was seeing floaters and I was seeing these white static things every time I  looked at the blue sky, I went to an optometrist who said he saw no bleeding in the eye or saw nothing but he noticed I had an astigmatism,he then recommended I go to an retina specialist.  He gave me a Visual field test, look all into my eye, said he saw no signs of glaucoma or any diseases or anything that causes blindness.

It has been one year since I have seen them or a little over a year and some months. I still see the floaters but they have gone down a bit in occurrence  yet I still see the white static things in the sky. He also said my retina was a different color then a normal persons retina but nothing to be alarmed about.

Should I get another opinion or is there really nothing to worry about? And can astigmatisms cause a lot of eye problems such as floaters, a blind spot etc? I was never really to sure on what it actually is.

[sctt859]

thank you

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

It is unusual for some of your age to have floaters unless you are very near sighted or had trauma.

It would be a good idea to get a check with an ophthalmologist.

Dr. O.