What are the causes for floaters at young age of 26 ?? Plzz reply mee !!

I am 26 years old from india. i have eye floaters.

I went to Optician 3 months back. he  said no problem with my eyes. but i am feeling incomfortable with them now. they are increasing day by day. i want to know the cause for floaters at young age.

Before i used very high dose of antibiotics for some bloody reason. now i am thinking that this might be the cause for my eye floaters <>.

Please tell whether my assumption is right . or is there any other cause ??

[Elvery]

It could be cataract, my brother also had same problem and he was dianosed with cataract. If it's the case, u should go and see an eye surgeon as soon as possible before it got worse. Usually it could be corrected with surgery

[nickppatel]

Floaters are very, very common, even in young people.  I don't know if by "optician" you mean a real doctor.  If you have visited a real eye doctor and he or she has said your eyes are fine, I would not worry and I would try to ignore the floaters as much as possible.  There's not much you can do about them.  Ignore them and your brain will learn to ignore them (called "neuroadaptation").

[nickppatel]

Or, if you are like me, you will learn to entertain yourself with them :-)

[kjelltp]

Floaters can be caused by a number of things..some are "normal" and some are the result of something abnormal.   It can be anything from PVD to retinal problems.  Generally, if you experience a lot of NEW floaters (Any size or shape); have your eyes and health checked.

As for as "neuroadaptation", i would say this really depends on the floater.  Some are so severe you will not forget them. Some can settle to the lower part of vitreous and move out of sight.  I got a bunch smack in the center of my vision and trust me, are impossible to forget (unless you never open your eyes perhaps).   Its probably one of the more annoying things in life.

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

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[sunny84]

hi all, thank you for your replies.

i got this floaters because of inflammation of the eye .. and my floaters looks like this.

http://www.mouches-volantes.com/gallery/gallery-spot1.htm

Are there any permanent methods to treat it naturally ??

[kjelltp]

I have a bunch of those single "dots" too. Some curvy strings, complex webs, lines... I've stopped checking...:  

As far as naturally healing those;  I doubt it.  Seems once those have manifested, they are there for life.   Some are fortunate, and they settle out of sight.   Perhaps in the future there will be safe methods for fixing this, but right now we seem out of luck, as this doesn't seem to heal on its own.  

There's one guy in florida claiming to treat them with laser (check http://www.youtube.com/user/scottgellermd) ... I don't know the validity of this however.