I'm a 36-year-old male who, last year, suddenly saw an increase in floaters following an episode of eye pain. The floaters weren't simply the translucent kind: these are long, stringy and dark. They are very noticeable when I look at a computer screen or in a well-lit room...but really I see them ALL THE TIME now, including when I'm driving.
I went to a few ophthalmologists about it...they found a cataract forming outside of my field of vision...it's very small and is described as a minor "cloudiness" that I shouldn't be able to notice yet. Otherwise, they could find no problems with my eyes and, most disturbingly, they couldn't see the floaters I was talking about.
Shouldn't the doctors be able to see the floaters through an eye exam? What possibly caused this to happen? They guessed that it might have been a "vitreous detachment" but then another doc said he saw no evidence of that, either. One doctor suggested a neurological issue, so I saw a neurologist --he found nothing.
Finally, is there any hope that these dark, long, stringy floaters will fade or become less bothersome? I've put up with them for over a year. Some are long and stringy while others look like a series of small "dots". I also still periodically have the eye pain...and sometimes the eyes appear bloodshot during these episodes.
Help!