Floaters.Good or Bad

[cshaw]

I have been having floaters for about 2 1/2 months. They are on and off. I see them the most in the morning, outside, looking at a computer screen, even in the store shopping. I saw an eye doctor and my vision was good. He did the Opti Test were he can look directly into my eyes with a camera. He saw a few floaters, but said that there was no eye damage.

How long do these things stay around?They become very annoying. I sometimes get mild headaches and nauseated.
Will floaters lead to something bad or it is just something that you deal with and they are harmless.

Carmen

[ktebo]

I've had floaters in my eyes for about 7 years now.  I also asked the eye doctor and they said it's just age.  I notice them more when I'm tired and sometimes in bright sun.  I guess for the most part I just got used to them.  I have never gotten headaches from them as far as I can tell.

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

Carmen floaters are part of growing up and growing old. Use the searach feature, the medical topics and the archives to read the many discussions of floaters.

JCH III MD