Do floaters put me at a higher risk of PVD?

I have had floaters for as long as I could remember (I'm 20 right now), but a couple small floaters are currently drifting through my field of vision so I decided to do some research.  They started to get more annoying, but I think that has as much to do with me being paranoid about them then the main floater annoying me right now in my left eye (which is drawing my attention).  When I forget about it I am able to do enjoy anything I'm doing fully.  I am very myopic (my contact lenses are about -4) and I have found through research that being myopic puts me at a greater risk of vitreous detachment.  

What I was wondering specifically is if seeing floaters puts me at a higher risk of PVD than if I was just as myopic, but without any floaters.  I think I get my bad eye-sight from my mom.  Her vision is moderately worse than mine (probably just due to age), but nothing that can't be corrected by contact lenses.  She told me she doesn't really see floaters or anything though.  Given that I'm highly myopic does that mean these floaters are due to early vitreous degeneration, because my mom never had them ,or am I likely just unlucky and likely just born with these and that they can't predict PVD?  Can vitreous degeneration  (what I understand is what happens before the vitreous detaches later on in life) lead to floaters?  

Like I said I've had them as long as I could probably remember, they didn't really just show up one day though they might have gotten worse at one time or another or over time, its never been sudden enough for me to really notice.  I'm just reluctant to say they are worse now, because I really just don't know if its me just noticing them more.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Hello icus you are not "highly myopic".  Read some of the posts here from people with Rxs of -9 to -15 glasses. Let it go that you're myopic.

Simple floaters do not increase the risk of retinal detachments (RD). A sudden increase of floaters can be an sign of a RD or PVD.  By age 50 half of us have PVD and floaters. The incidence of RD in the general population is about 1 in 3,000 to 5,000. Those are pretty good odds.

I've had floaters since about age 10. Unless something changes, or you have flashes just ignore the floaters and tune them out.

JCH III MD  Eye Physician & Surgeon