Floater - Lasik or DES or Retinal Detachment

[ebi1368]

It is me again.

I have noticed recently that under certain lightening and when I look at white background, I notice floaters. Thy move around and they are like faded in color not back.

I noticed them two times before but they just went away quickly. Today at lunch, when I was looking at white table, they were there. They did not fade like before.

I have also, ghosting, glare and starburst and my doctor does not know why. Because my wave front does not show any high order aberration.

Do I have retinal problem? Is there any test for it?
And if I have retinal problem, can it be fixed?

Thanks in advance

[deep_dry_eye]

DES will not cause floaters. Lasik can cause floaters, and retinal problems including detachment and tears will also call floaters.

New floaters could be signs of early retinal problems, or it could be benign. Floaters are part of the normal aging process. However, only a full eye exam (with dilation) can check. Schedule a full eye exam with your doctor ASAP, if it is retinal problems, you need to get a diagnostic ASAP and treatment ASAP (i.e., less than 48 hours).

[ebi1368]

Should I get appointment with Optemetrist or Opthamalogist?

I donot notice them all the time. Just sometimes. It was not my first time seeing them. I had seen them a few times before.

Is it still emergency?

[Guest]

Should I get appointment with Optemetrist or Opthamalogist?

I donot notice them all the time. Just sometimes. It was not my first time seeing them. I had seen them a few times before.

Is it still emergency?

I have floaters that come and go in my right eye depending on dryness. In the left eye, they’re always there and I see them in the glare from lights. I believe I’ve had them for a while, it wasn’t until I damaged the cornea and light began entering my eye differently, that I was able to see them. For me, dryness will effect how bad they are. Technically, dryness is what causes floaters in the first place. But dryness internally, not on the surface.

After you you alter the cornea, light will enter differently. I believe this is why you’re seeing them. If you’re afraid, go get checked, but floaters are usually benign. If you’re seeing flashes of light or like shooting stars, that may be a retinal detachment issue.

[ebi1368]

I have floaters that come and go in my right eye depending on dryness. In the left eye, they’re always there and I see them in the glare from lights. I believe I’ve had them for a while, it wasn’t until I damaged the cornea and light began entering my eye differently, that I was able to see them. For me, dryness will effect how bad they are. Technically, dryness is what causes floaters in the first place. But dryness internally, not on the surface.

After you you alter the cornea, light will enter differently. I believe this is why you’re seeing them. If you’re afraid, go get checked, but floaters are usually benign. If you’re seeing flashes of light or like shooting stars, that may be a retinal detachment issue.

Thanks for your response

can you explain how these flash or shooting stars look like. They’re not starburst right?

[Guest]

Thanks for your response

can you explain how these flash or shooting stars look like. They’re not starburst right?

I’ve never had a flash so I can only tell you what I’ve heard. It is just a quick flash of pure white light that blinds you for a moment. The shooting stars ive had, it’s like watching sperm swim under a microscope. Or like a firework that upon exploding in the air, all the particlrs scatter wildly, not in any pattern, just burst apart every white little piece snaking around in your vision until it disappears.

[ebi1368]

I’ve never had a flash so I can only tell you what I’ve heard. It is just a quick flash of pure white light that blinds you for a moment. The shooting stars ive had, it’s like watching sperm swim under a microscope. Or like a firework that upon exploding in the air, all the particlrs scatter wildly, not in any pattern, just burst apart every white little piece snaking around in your vision until it disappears.

What I am seeing is like what you ve experinced. Small sperm swimming. It was just a few seconds. I have an appointment with my doctor in 3 days. Should I go to emergency sooner?

[Guest]

What I am seeing is like what you ve experinced. Small sperm swimming. It was just a few seconds. I have an appointment with my doctor in 3 days. Should I go to emergency sooner?

If it keeps happening, I would go sooner. If it’s just happened a couple times and doesn’t persist, keep an eye on it. That’s what I would do, but you know yourself better than I do.

I dont think those seeing those lights swimming around was a retinal detachment let me say that. Honestly, I think it’s stress. I had an ocular migraine too. Didn’t hurt, but I saw what looked like alien language or heiroglyphics in the center of my vision...it was rainbow colored. Very much like a hallucination from a psychedelic. I was freaked out. Called my dr and he said it was an ocular migraine. A lot of things can induce it.

So I looked into that...people with damage to the trigeminal nerve get migraines even if they’ve never had them before. I believe the damage to my corneal nerves is causing the migraines and these symptoms. I had so much pressure and searing pain in my right eye last month when I started 50% serum. Not sure if it was the serum or just a fluke. But I believe that’s nerve damage. The dr I saw saud it was my sinuses. I went to an ear nose and throat specialist. Wasn’t my sinuses, or ears or anything. It’s the eye and the eye lids.

[ebi1368]

Thanks for your thorough response

[deep_dry_eye]

If in doubt, always seek immediate medical emergency. I doubt most of us here are qualified medical doctors to give any medical advice. Always seek professional medical doctor advice, not what random ppl say in the forums : )

[chuto]

I have countless of floaters, I am 32 and I dont have retinal problems (I have regular check every 3 months with my ophtalmologist who looks behind the eye and says everything seems OK). My floaters are mostly black dots and some of them are like jelly lines, they are benign. I have myopia, my prescription is -4; myopia can cause benign floaters; as weel as Lasik, my brother has had floaters after Lasik. My floaters have aggravated after Restasis, when I searched for such a side effect of Restasis I found out that 1% of Restasis users claim it causes floaters. So probably your floaters are not harmful and are due to Lasik, but to rule out every possibility you can see a retina specialist. Benign floaters are undissolved particules in the vitreous (Most of the eye's interior is filled with vitreous, a gel-like substance) and on retina we see shadows of these particules.

[MGD1701]

I had mild floaters for a few years (even without taking restasis) but it was gone for a few years too. No idea why