Go to Google IMAGES type in Weiss Ring floaters and see what they look like. They are bigger than other floaters, do not have to be round or ring shape
JCH MD
Doc,I had floaters that i can see in both dim and bright light.i can see them in any lighting conditions.Now its almost one year after the initial formation of floaters.but i am somewhat tuned to the floaters now and following the advice of my eye doc of learning to live with it.My floaters r like thread with black spots in it,small debris like form.is thread like floater a wiess ring.how can we identify weiss ring floaters from normal floaters.i dont know whether i have weiss ring floaters.
Yes the sudden onset is very typical. Perhaps 6 months ago while at a medical meeting in St. Louis I was reading a medical paper and a huge Weiss Ring floater driften across my right eye.
JCH MD
Yesterday, precipitously, my left eye developed two floaters: One is perceived in my field of vision to be about the size of a small black fly darting around, and the 2nd, much larger, appears to be a clump of debris. What I'd like to know is whether such sudden onset is typical (literally not there one minute, then there the next)?
Okay thanks for the information.
JCH MD
If you're interested, here's the status of the development of the product. Apparently it's in phase 3.
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00664183?term=NCT00664183&rank=1
I turn 30 this July. I would gladly pay the costs to not live the rest of my life with floaters. The worst one I have sits at the bottom of my eye and flies up into the center of my vision every other time I look up. It's round and about the size of a BB or a pea to my eye (thankfully semitransparent), and has a wide skirt of cloudyness with little floaters stuck in it. When it fully enters my vision it'll cast a cloud over about 1/5 of my sight. It likes to twirl around like a marching band flag. I used to think it was a mouse running accross the floor. Even just having this eye taken care of would be a huge improvement. I hope this is something that might be a solution for that.
Thanks for always answering my questions and for providing hope. And, like I said before, I'll be first in line for this if it becomes something approved for floaters. I live in Springfield, so I can be in your KC clinic in about 2 1/2 hours assuming that's where you're still located.
Yes that is the drug of which I spoke. No I have no idea what stage the testing is. When available I suspect it will not be used for the common annoying floater due to the costs plus almost everyone over 50 has floaters. There will be specific indications.
JCH MD