Seeing lots of floaters on my right eye suddenly

[13177]

42 minutes ago, Lala81 said:

generally number of floaters is the main concern. Usually anything <5 is not serious. Provided some eye dr has checked u.

 

I have floaters but my eye doctor no mentioned anything on my floaters on my yearly eye checkup. Lol.

[Playtime]

16 minutes ago, Victor68 said:

I have them for a longest time on both eyes. I was told it is due to 'scratches' but honestly they don't affect my eyesight. Once you get use to it, you don't even notice them till you focus. Like tadpoles swimming up and down and sideway. Haha

imagine working as a fertility doctor looking in microscope 😆

[13177]

38 minutes ago, Kxbc said:

if the eye specialist dilated your eyes and check, asking you to look up, down, left, right and say no retina detachment, then should be safe because 2 different eye specialist did the same for me when I saw floaters. As to why a floater got stuck, I have not encountered that before.

As I am typing now, there is a floater swimming in my right eye across the white screen.

Dont try to focus on the floaters and you would not see them swimming around liao. Like what i do. Lol.

[serenade]

Floaters are part of ageing when the gel in the eyes dry up. If the eye centre, says nothing wrong even after testing for glaucoma, nothing to worry about. I see balloons at the top of my vision during day.  At night, a bright ring when I turn my head quickly in the dark. AH Eye Centre said nothing to worry about after a comprehensive check. However in my case, glaucoma could be starting.

[Kangadrool]

25 minutes ago, Victor68 said:

I have them for a longest time on both eyes. I was told it is due to 'scratches' but honestly they don't affect my eyesight. Once you get use to it, you don't even notice them till you focus. Like tadpoles swimming up and down and sideway. Haha

Had them since young. That time, thought I have super eyes to see bacteria and micro organism. LOL

[13177]

52 minutes ago, serenade said:

Floaters are part of ageing when the gel in the eyes dry up. If the eye centre, says nothing wrong even after testing for glaucoma, nothing to worry about. I see balloons at the top of my vision during day.  At night, a bright ring when I turn my head quickly in the dark. AH Eye Centre said nothing to worry about after a comprehensive check. However in my case, glaucoma could be starting.

Take extra care when it comes to glaucoma. If you have been going for eye checkup yearly, should be able to diagnose it and start treatment to prevent it getting worst, so still no scare.

[13177]

50 minutes ago, Kangadrool said:

Had them since young. That time, thought I have super eyes to see bacteria and micro organism. LOL

You have floaters since young? How young? Thought floaters usually affect the middle age people and above?!

[Lala81]

1 hour ago, 13177 said:

I have floaters but my eye doctor no mentioned anything on my floaters on my yearly eye checkup. Lol.

hmm cos they cant see the floaters that u see. 

They can only check on your retina at the back of the eyeball. 

Almost everyone has floaters to some degree. Just that once u get into your 50s/60s, it tends to become more obvious. 

[Lala81]

18 minutes ago, 13177 said:

You have floaters since young? How young? Thought floaters usually affect the middle age people and above?!

if you are short sighted, more likely to happen.

I can see floaters since young, but I'm not bothered by them. As with ender's case, people tend to flag them up if they keep occuring at the same spot.

[Nolicense]

1 hour ago, Kangadrool said:

Had them since young. That time, thought I have super eyes to see bacteria and micro organism. LOL

i had the exact same thought! i can see worms in my eye or my cornea i thought..

[Ender]

8 hours ago, 13177 said:

Eye doctor never find any major problem in your eye and yet also cannot determine why there is a floater stuck in the same spot? You went to Sengkang hospital? Maybe you can go to the national eye centre? Maybe they are more specialist on eye problem.

 

8 hours ago, Lala81 said:

SKH EYE department is from SNEC i think. They just get rostered there.

 

Ya, It says SNEC when I entered the clinic. The doc quite minimalist, don't talk much.  During the eye check, he got rather impatient with him, as he keeps on reminding to open both eyes. I tried my best liao, but seems like not good enough. Then he said, something like i really have to open my eyes coz he sees something there. When the eye check finally finished, he just said he cannot find anything wrong and said stucked floaters maybe be new to me, but not unusual for him.

Now my concern is maybe I didn't open my eyes properly for an effective eye check. Going to check again next week Hopefully i do better with opening my eyes big big,😅

[Ender]

8 hours ago, RadX said:

you read a lot?  Also IO pressure can be intense if you see the screen a lot too.

 

but if doc say no RD, then ok lo.

Stare at computer screen alot. Reading too much MCF I guess.🤣

[Ender]

8 hours ago, Kxbc said:

if the eye specialist dilated your eyes and check, asking you to look up, down, left, right and say no retina detachment, then should be safe because 2 different eye specialist did the same for me when I saw floaters. As to why a floater got stuck, I have not encountered that before.

As I am typing now, there is a floater swimming in my right eye across the white screen.

That's the same eye check I got. Very uncomfortable with the bright light

7 hours ago, Playtime said:

first time??

one outcome, they ask u do laser, sit there, they look in your eye, shoot laser to seal off the leaks... whats there is there already, this to prevent worsening.

Not the first time. i had floater for about a year or so, but they generally drift round, and disappear, they don't bother me as I learn to adapt. But last Sunday was different, this  one got stuck in the exact same spot. 3 days has passed and it' still there in the same spot. Frustrating. 

[13177]

8 hours ago, Ender said:

 

Ya, It says SNEC when I entered the clinic. The doc quite minimalist, don't talk much.  During the eye check, he got rather impatient with him, as he keeps on reminding to open both eyes. I tried my best liao, but seems like not good enough. Then he said, something like i really have to open my eyes coz he sees something there. When the eye check finally finished, he just said he cannot find anything wrong and said stucked floaters maybe be new to me, but not unusual for him.

Now my concern is maybe I didn't open my eyes properly for an effective eye check. Going to check again next week Hopefully i do better with opening my eyes big big,😅

Change to another eye doctor lo. Lol.

[13177]

8 hours ago, Ender said:

That's the same eye check I got. Very uncomfortable with the bright light

Not the first time. i had floater for about a year or so, but they generally drift round, and disappear, they don't bother me as I learn to adapt. But last Sunday was different, this  one got stuck in the exact same spot. 3 days has passed and it' still there in the same spot. Frustrating. 

The bright light that shine into your eyes is to check at the back of the eyeball after eye dilation, i already got so used to this test liao since i go for my eye checkup yearly. Lol. First time do indeed feel uncomfortable, and even the eye dilation also makes me uncomfortable when do first time. But now eyes season liao, feel nothing with the eye dilation.

[Ender]

3 minutes ago, 13177 said:

Change to another eye doctor lo. Lol.

Polyclinic referral. Subsidized patient can't choose.😓

[Jman888]

8 minutes ago, Ender said:

Polyclinic referral. Subsidized patient can't choose.😓

I was referred by polyclinic to NUH A&E when I told them I saw flashes and multiple floater suddenly pop out.

NUH has quite a big team of eyes doctors, and there a few working in same room, some are probably internship students. When spotted something in the eye, the doctor will also consult and ask other to double confirm   eventually they asked me to go back after 3 weeks to see if it was really serious. Lucky nothing serious and went back again after 3 months.

 

 

[Mustank]

When I was a kid I love to play with my floaters 

can turn the the eyes then see them float and bounce around

Sometimes in camp, I also do the same

really is siao Lang

Edited April 8, 2021 by Mustank