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[–]ayePALINDROMEeye 1091 points1092 points ago

I thought everyone had them?

[–]2GaNgStEr4J3sUs 1552 points1553 points ago

Theoretically everyone should. At birth the vitreous humour (the substance that fills the space between the retina in the back of the eye and the lens in the front) is a stagnant gel but as we age it liquifies. These "floaters" are some of the vitreous still in a gel consistency floating in the liquid vitreous.

[–]neverboredhere 491 points492 points ago

Thank you for being the only person on this thread who explained it.

[–]Lvl_6_Squirtle 55 points56 points ago

The way they disintegrate reminds me of the game Asteroids.

[–]amnesiac854 63 points64 points ago

I hope the surgeon is yelling "pew, pew, pew pew pew" while he does it

[–]spazmodic- 110 points111 points ago

"THEY SAID MY ASTEROID ADDICTION WOULD AMOUNT TO NOTHING!!! MWUAHAHAHHA"

[–]themoop78 17 points18 points ago

There are sites doing this in the US under FDA studies, but historically it was believed that damage to the retina could occur by doing these types of treatments.

Most patients have been told "just deal with it, it should get better" and 95% of the time that's true. In the cases were that wasn't the case, they would have been referred to a retina specialist for a consult, and rarely would they have a vitrectomy performed. Usually they are told to "just live with it" because using a YAG on a PVD could potentially harm the retina.

Not sure where this guy is practicing. Obviously he's tagging that PVD, but how is that YAG effecting the retina behind it?

Perhaps the overly cautious approach is an overkill, considering how few symptoms patients have after PRPs, but historically, the concern has always been not putting the retina in harms way.

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[–]AstralTraveller 14 points15 points ago

For what it's worth, and for anyone else who comes across this topic...

I went through a one-month period of time a good while back where a black, opaque floater in my right eye became extremely bothersome to me and I actually entered a state of shallow depression as a result. I would wake up in the morning and cringe to open my eyes because I knew it would be there. When I would use a computer or read it would sink down right into my focus spot and my eye would water without end in response and it looked like I was crying all the time. When I would drive I would find myself paying more attention to it and trying to shake it out of my way than I would the road ahead of me.

During this time I did a lot of research regarding eliminating floaters by this YAG laser treatment. I found that there are three doctors in the U.S. performing laser floater treatment. They are Dr. Geller in Florida, Dr. Karickhoff in Virginia, and Dr. Johnson in California.

Dr. Johnson appears to have the least experience of the three and the highest rate of complications. If anyone should come across this thread and start researching this treatment you owe it to yourself to read the experiences, good and bad, posted at FloaterTalk. Specifically, here is a thread discussing issues that patients have had with Dr. Johnson. When the YAG laser is fired too close to the retina the laser blast or the resulting shockwave can cause a retinal scotoma.

Dr. Geller, I believe, was the first in the U.S. to perform this treatment and he taught the procedure to Dr. Karickhoff. Karickhoff was also a patient of Dr. Geller for the YAG laser procedure. Karickhoff did extensive work in getting FDA approval for the procedure.

I eventually got used to the floater in my right eye (and I am also convinced it has become less opaque) so it is now only an annoyance from time to time. I am, as it stands, no longer considering the procedure or any like it. I have no first hand experience with any of these doctors, but I feel like I should share this information with others as there is a lot of regret from a lot of people regarding this procedure from Dr. Johnson. Do your research and make an informed decision.

[–]themoop78 5 points6 points ago

I'd have to see the data on "rate of complication" for YAG treatments of floaters, but this treatment is deeper in the eye, and right behind the floaters that this doctor is treating is a highly sensitive non repairable piece of neurological tissue called the retina that you don't want to fuck with if you can help it.

Lasers used in Lasik procedures are localized and concentrated to the most anterior aspect of the eye, the cornea. It is generally believed that any light that enters the globe after it has ablated the cornea is so defocused, or rather adequately defocused that no perceptible damage could be observed by the treated patient.

Like I said earlier, most patients that have one of the more severe forms of floaters, that of a posterior vitreal detachment, will eventually state that they are no longer aware of a floater in their vision. So given enough time, a PVD generally turns into a non issue. Traditionally to get rid of persistent floaters or a PVD, you'd have to actually remove the vitreous, but then you run the risk of a retinal detachment which would require additional surgical repair.

You can kill a mouse with a howitzer, but you have to be very concerned about collateral damage.

I am hopeful that treatment of floaters with the YAG laser gains FDA approval, but in the past, they have been very leery about it's use that deep into the eye. It may pan out that we were worried over nothing, but with the amount of laser bursts this guy was using, I'd be very curious to see if there was any visual field damage.

[–]arnoldtroll 10 points11 points ago

YAG, PVD, PRP?? WTF

[–]gemini86 15 points16 points ago

The last one stands for What The Fuck...

[–]Mr_I_Know 2 points3 points ago

i read the first one as "VAG" then i chuckled

[–]moto593 214 points215 points ago

In traditional reddit fashion the only one with the answer has a name like 2gangster4jesus

[–]theonlyalterego 102 points103 points ago

come on now, it's 2GaNgStEr4J3sUs

[–]HELIX_SHAPED_DICK 38 points39 points ago

At least it's better than my name...

[–]Venom_Raptor 43 points44 points ago

nothing is better than your name.

[–]WONT_CAPITALIZE_i 13 points14 points ago

DICK_SHAPED_HELiX

[–]Elephant_Pizza 25 points26 points ago

you capitalized the i in dick, yet you didn't capitalize the i in helix.

WONT_CAPITALIZE_i CAPITALIZED I

[–]insertusernameplease 4 points5 points ago

I have him tagged as dIrty lIar. I guess he isn't very consistent.

[–]Blissfully 7 points8 points ago

Can I see it?

[–]angrymonkeyz 7 points8 points ago

For science. I mean, a helix is fucking scientific, right?

[–]ListenChump 13 points14 points ago

That is some twisted shit.

[–]Monory 8 points9 points ago

I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but ducks actually have a helix shaped penis.

[–]HELIX_SHAPED_DICK 5 points6 points ago

Actually, I was just clearing out old bookmarks and I found this Cracked article on duck rape and the use of their helix shaped penises: http://www.cracked.com/funny-2938-duck-rape/

TL;DR: Damn nature, you scary.

[–]castleclouds 43 points44 points ago

Thank you, all my childhood I thought there was something wrong with my eyes. Well, there is, but it's not the floaters.

[–]jadobbins 64 points65 points ago

Mine are all round. When I was little I thought I had super vision and could see air molecules.

[–]kl17712 45 points46 points ago

I thought I could see germs.

I was a bit of a hypercondriac as a child.

[–]yeats26 11 points12 points ago

I thought this exact thing. With my primitive understanding of physics, I thought the light refracted through the moisture in my eyes to magnify germs.

[–]questionslp 7 points8 points ago

DAMNIT! Fucking RAINED on my parade today! This ENTIRE time I thought they were like, amoeba's or something, floating in my tropical paradise of an eyeball. I would stare up and them and think, "Look at you, living the life, floatin around, nobody tell's you what to do. What to think. Right on, brother. Float on!"

Thanks for ruining that for me. You should feel poorly about yourself.

[–]Otterfan 221 points222 points ago

Some people are blind or were only born 45 minutes ago, so in a very technical sense not everyone has them.

[–]Carwash1152 111 points112 points ago

I've never seen them.

[–]qbert2005 132 points133 points ago

Stare at a white sheet of paper in a well lit room. If you don't see floaters you'll probably start seeing porn.

[–]leya_spade 27 points28 points ago

Wait so is it like those electronic spots (personal description) that move like in the gif?

[–]CardboardHeatshield 12 points13 points ago

Yup. That would be them. I think they're actually dead cells floating around in your eye fluid.

[–]inazuma 36 points37 points ago

Actually...

Floaters are deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's vitreous humour, which is normally transparent.[1][2] At a young age the vitreous is perfectly transparent but during life, imperfections gradually develop. The common type of floater, which is present in most people's eyes, is due to degenerative changes of the vitreous humour. The perception of floaters is known as myodesopsia,[3] or less commonly as myiodeopsia, myiodesopsia, or myodeopsia.[1] They are also called Muscae volitantes (from the Latin, meaning "flying flies"), or mouches volantes (from the French). Floaters are visible because of the shadows they cast on the retina[4] or their refraction of the light that passes through them, and can appear alone or together with several others in one's field of vision. They may appear as spots, threads, or fragments of cobwebs, which float slowly before the observer's eyes.[2] Since these objects exist within the eye itself, they are not optical illusions but are entoptic phenomena. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater

The more you know.

[–]Die_Eier_von_Satan 12 points13 points ago

Un-focus your eye.

[–]ziplokk 27 points28 points ago

For being only 45 minutes old, you type pretty well.

[–]BECKSTERRRR 19 points20 points ago

Nor have I.

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[–]dplinds 46 points47 points ago

Sometimes I stare off and play with my floaters and people think I'm crazy.

[–]Jcbbagley 21 points22 points ago

I use to pretend my floaters were racing.

Just kidding. I still do.

[–]NotaMethAddict 115 points116 points ago

This is basically a "Like if you see these too!" post but on Reddit instead of Facebook.

[–]pipnestella 82 points83 points ago

Dude, you're like a Reddit floater. I keep seeing you EVERYWHERE on Reddit.

[–]billychuck 15 points16 points ago

Welcome to the internet. You'll meet someone who likes water colors, and someone with a potato in his/her.... smelly part.

[–]ayePALINDROMEeye 7 points8 points ago

POTATO_IN_MY_NOSE

[–]crimsonnate 9 points10 points ago

AMA Request: NotaMethAddict

Is he really not a meth addict?

[–]JasonGD1982 19 points20 points ago

On Facebook it would read "like in 3 seconds if you see these too! Want 1500 friend request just like this and comment".

Does anybody know the point of that shit. Is it just attention or is there something cool and hip that I'm not privy to??

[–]BECKSTERRRR 10 points11 points ago

The former.

[–]Hockeygoalie35 4 points5 points ago

Dammit I was too slow! Can't like it now...

[–]Geothst 240 points241 points ago

When I was in middle school I got something in my eye during class and my teacher refused to let me go to the nurse to wash my eye out. The debris scratched my cornea and I had to wear an eye patch for weeks. I saw a scar across my vision that looked a lot like the GIF for a long time. It was everywhere I looked. It eventually healed over time.

[–]LtCthulhu 382 points383 points ago

what a bitch teacher

[–]ny_rangers 249 points250 points ago

That teacher should be fired. There was a sort of similar situation in my school. A girl had an asthma attack and the teacher wouldn't let her get her inhaler. She ended up passing out in class.

[–]Geothst 99 points100 points ago

Nothing so serious, but yeah... teachers need to allow students to go to the nurse if they are saying they have some issue. I think they were afraid that students were asking to go to the nurse so they didn't have to be in class. But that's for the nurse to decide, not an untrained teacher.

[–]ny_rangers 38 points39 points ago

That was the problem in my school. It was like the boy who cried wolf. So many people would fake being sick to get outta class and go to the nurse that Teachers stopped letting people go, which is why what I previously said happened.

[–]Morbothegreat 45 points46 points ago

A friend of mine in elementary school jumped off the swing and when he landed broke both of his hands and the teacher didn't let him go to the nurse cause they thought he was playing. Next day he shows up in two cast. And his parents didnt sue.

[–]ziplokk 22 points23 points ago

Well I hope that the guilt was enough to teach the teacher a lesson.

[–]fungalitch 11 points12 points ago

And hat is why you let the children see the nurse!

*holding fake arm in hand, fake blood squirting everywhere

[–]anonymousgoddess 5 points6 points ago

You are right - teachers are not trained medical professionals, and therefore should not be responsible for treating playground injuries, administering medication, responding to asthma attacks, etc.

All the more reason to keep funding schools, so they can keep employing campus nurses. They are, unfortunately, often some of the first people to be cut during a budget crisis.

[–]ybobjoe 23 points24 points ago

Reminds me when some little kid threw sand in my eyes and I was the one that got in trouble and sent to the principals office. I had to fucking beg them to let me wash my eyes out.

[–]jalex8188 8 points9 points ago

Once in preschool, I really had to pee, but my teacher wouldn't let me go. So I sat down in my chair and peed right there deliberately to teach her a lesson. She never denied me access to the bathroom again.

Mission accomplished.

[–]1Ra 4 points5 points ago

What happend to the teacher?

[–]Geothst 4 points5 points ago

Nothing, afaik.

[–]chardson 2 points3 points ago

You making this up? We had a story like this at my school.

[–]Geothst 10 points11 points ago

Nope. But I have no way to prove it... Obviously there are no pictures of me wearing an eye patch when I was self-conscious to begin with and the eye doctor bill is long gone.

[–]zephyr21 181 points182 points ago

Anyone ever see black floaters?

[–]Chirurgeon_ 764 points765 points ago

No, I live in a nice neighborhood.

[–]weaver2109 14 points15 points ago

I don't know why, but this reminds me of Lucille Ball.

[–]optimusxrae 10 points11 points ago

The 3 of you get upvotes for this.

[–]wreck94 5 points6 points ago

The 4 of you

ftfy

[–]RenoSingapore 88 points89 points ago

That's some pro level shit right there.

[–]mattmcinnis 5 points6 points ago

racism is hard for me too. I'm so amateur.

[–]RacingTechAtlas 13 points14 points ago

yeah I have them in both eyes.

[–]Occamslaser 6 points7 points ago

Me too. :/

[–]rtorlas 16 points17 points ago

Yeah. The one that tends to stay in the corner of my left eye making me think a bug is buzzing me.

[–]skeeterbomb 8 points9 points ago

I just started seeing those about 2 years ago, and many other floaters appeared around the same time. I thought something was wrong with my eyes or something, but I guess it's normal. At least that's what the doctor said. Doesn't seem like it should be normal for my age though.

[–]TY4PMO 2 points3 points ago

Sont know how old you are but I got them, or at least noticed them around 10 years old. But don't worry, they use to 'scare' me at a young age because it was new. But it's been 14 years and they're exactly the same and I rarely ever see them unless I try. KCCO

[–]BagOnuts 562 points563 points ago

Oh squiggly line in my eye fluid.

I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision.

But when I try to look at you, you scurry away.

Are you shy, squiggly line?

Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye?

Oh, squiggly line,

it's alright, you are forgiven.

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[–]canhazhotness 39 points40 points ago

Thank you for saving me from losing sleep tonight, kind sir. You shall not have been scarred in vain.

[–]TimmyBash 69 points70 points ago

CAN SOMEONE WITH A SCIENCE DEGREE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS PHENOMENA

[–]Spruce_Bringsteen 240 points241 points ago

Worm in eye.

[–]acog 63 points64 points ago

I'm sorry, that's still a bit too technical. Can someone explain it like I'm 5?

[–]PANDAemic 122 points123 points ago

Worm in eye.

[–]gameboy1510 33 points34 points ago

wat

[–]ThaHarterIII 43 points44 points ago

deres like a fuxed up wurm in hiz i

[–]smdepot 62 points63 points ago

lik dis if u crie ever tim!

[–]KingGeorgeXIII 8 points9 points ago

This comment is Reddit's Russian Roulette. It ALWAYS generates votes, but every now and then the poster gets foisted by his own petard.

Congrats on gambling and winning.

[–]inazuma 9 points10 points ago

frog have worm in eye ball

eye ball creepy looking

sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[–]The_Doctor_00 20 points21 points ago

Hypnotoad.

[–]imthefooI 6 points7 points ago

NSFL

[–]Leinadz 9 points10 points ago

wat

[–]AShinyRobot 7 points8 points ago

dafuq

[–]Breakerx73 2 points3 points ago

WHY DID I FUCKING LOOK?!

[–]flouri 10 points11 points ago

[–]giggitygoo123 3 points4 points ago

[–]jongphn 8 points9 points ago

[–]Rommel79 237 points238 points ago

I can and it sucks.

[–]texacer 80 points81 points ago

nothing left to be said here... maybe I'll post some White Chicks with Asian dudes?

[–]Ghooble 31 points32 points ago

I Googled this to beat you to it...didn't work out well for my browsing history ಠ_ಠ

[–]Humble_Link_Guy 48 points49 points ago

[–]abraxasnl 3 points4 points ago

eh?

[–]dorkimoe 5 points6 points ago

I have them permanently along with black floating specs. So not just the white clear ones when I look at a clear blue sky. But anytime I'm outside I have black specs in my vision. Developed last year. No cure. No real cause :(. I'm only 25. It sucks so bad.

[–]thewaffles 7 points8 points ago

Yeah, I see them often when I look at bright things. It gets annoying with little blobs dashing around your vision.

[–]prettycoolbro 20 points21 points ago

For some people, like myself, floaters are not just a mere nuisance - they are a life-altering disease. I see hundreds of floaters in cascading layers every waking hour of my life. There is finally a name for this disease: Degenerative Vitreous Syndrome. After being ignored for years by the medical community, doctors and researches are finally taking notice. Now there is even a charity organization dedicated to this cause. Check it out here - http://oneclearvision.org/

New studies have indicated that many people would rather have HIV or take years off their life than suffer daily from DVS. That's not a joke. The number one symptom, after blurred vision of course, is depression. Many of you might not understand, but severe floaters can sap the life out of you.

[–]LucidDream_ 17 points18 points ago

I've always thought that I had super vision and could see germs.

[–]CrimsonChamorro 49 points50 points ago

we all float down here

[–]xyroclast 18 points19 points ago

Tim Curry?

In my eyes?

[–]Advancedphish 5 points6 points ago

I'm watching that as I type.

Are you Pennywise??

[–]chardson 34 points35 points ago

I see them less than once a month. I like trying to toss them high enough so I can actually focus on them.

[–]whalesharkbite 49 points50 points ago

Holy crap, I thought I was the only one who played pong with my floaters.

[–]sassy_lion 18 points19 points ago

I can guarantee you aren't the only one. I do it constantly. It's an amazing time waster.

[–]mistahARK 4 points5 points ago

I definitely do it all the time as well...I close one eye to see which ones are associated with which eyes as well.

[–]Thennn 39 points40 points ago

HEY! does anyone else see little glowing moving dots when they do something that requires some sort of exertion like taking a mad shit? Little glowing moving dots, as in "seeing stars"? or do i have cancer?

[–]Rysdad 15 points16 points ago

Yes, and I researched it a little bit. It seems that a sudden change in blood pressure can affect the optic nerve or the visual cortex in your brain thereby creating "false signals" to appear as little stars, swirls, dots, whatever. Normally, not a problem. If it happens every time you stand up, then maybe a problem. (I am not a doctor. Free internet health opinions are worth what you pay for them.)

I've also read that some people say it can be caused by low blood sugar, but that seems unlikely to me.

Or it can be brain eating fungal cancer worms.

[–]Pfhoraphobia 2 points3 points ago

This happens when I stand up almost every time. So far I have have temporarily lost sight, hearing, and basically lost touch(needle like tingles all over). Once i passed out. That wasn't fun. Fell face first into a chair. The doctor says I should just get up slower. I don't usually do that.

Edit: according to reddit I have low blood pressure. I wouldn't be too surprised if that was true.

[–]runs-with-scissors 3 points4 points ago

My vote is for brain eating fungal cancer worms. And lupus.

[–]psycho9x 30 points31 points ago

I see them! You probably have cancer though.

[–]das_baus 9 points10 points ago

After have LASIK performed on both of my eyes, a large amount of collagen fibrin were dislodged and float around in the vitreous cavity of my eye. I see what is in that pic, but by about x10 at any given time. It has severely effected my life and takes the joy out of almost everything.

[–]mutebychoice 2 points3 points ago

Trust me you adjust, I literally wanted to carve out my eyes out of depression, psychosis brought on by them, I adjusted and got used to them

Edit: http://vitreousfloatersolutions.com/

[–]Papa_Fisticuffs 18 points19 points ago

I suffered a detached retina one time that caused maybe a hundred or so to appear in my left eye. Now that it's been repaired the floaters are basically gone, but I get faint flashes of light to the rythym of my heartbeat when I'm in a dimly lit room.

[–]sg92i 10 points11 points ago

I get floaters from my chronic migraines. You think that's bad you should see some of the other crazy visual disturbances I get from them after my TBI. You remember how passive matrix color screens would get horizontal lines of screwed up pixels if you drop an old laptop? My sight does that now. The "brightness" will also randomly start strobing as if someone keeps changing a gamma setting in a game, only IRL. Then there's the flashes of light... I was laying in bed, in a room of total darkness and all of a sudden it looked like a nuclear bomb detonated to my left and I saw a giant flash of light. But it's all in my head.

[–]Hidden_Gecko 2 points3 points ago

Migraine sufferer too - I feel your pain. I get a lot of the classic symptoms - it's painful or uncomfortable to move, strong photophobia, pain directly behind one eye or in a specific part of my head, neck stiffness, and ugh the throbbing but I don't get quite so much visual disturbance as you, though I do of course get the get the "pixel" flashing and floaters which usually are the amongst the first sign I'm going to get one along with the general feeling of "wrongness"

They're weird, and I feel sorry for anyone that suffers them.

What are your triggers?

[–]chumpp 2 points3 points ago

I get them too and I hate them. They look a lot like the warning signs I get for migraines so I worry when I see them. The actual warning signs have a bit more color but can start out looking like the floaters. It's only when I see the full prism effect that I just know I am going to be in for a world of hurt.

[–]kapherine 49 points50 points ago

I see it in the gif...but not in real life. I feel like I'm missing out. I don't know what y'all are talking about. :(

[–]SIThereAndThere[S] 44 points45 points ago

They are these lil annoying shits in your eyes you can always vaguely see but you usually dont unless you try to notice them.

[–]Shoeboxer 16 points17 points ago

I always thought it was due to tiny ass scratches in my glasses or something. Of all the super powers...

[–]Andrexthor 12 points13 points ago

tiny ass-scratches?

[–]pantsants 6 points7 points ago

Once in biology class we were asked to look through a microscope and draw what we saw. I didn't see anything except these floaters in my eyes, so I thought that was what we were supposed to be looking at. I spent a long time sketching them nicely, but in the end my bio teacher gave me a C on that lab report. She was a bitch.

[–]0A- 5 points6 points ago

From the thumnail, I expected a piece of poo moving up and down in a murky swimming pool....uh.....but yes, I also can see those wierd squiggly things.

[–]LouisTheCat 6 points7 points ago

On top of floaters, when I stare into the sky I see small things "swimming". They are very small, move really fast but for very short lengths. Any ideas? Seen them my entire life.

[–]RenoSingapore 43 points44 points ago

I see these fuckers all the time, annoying as all hell. They are cells that detach from the inside lining of the eye and just float freely in the jelly like interior of the eye. They can be brought about by an infection in the eye (pink eye) or you can just be naturally born with them. At least that is what I can remember from what the eye doc told me years ago (can't remember word for word but that's the just of it). Either way they suck donkey balls.

[–]LtCthulhu 12 points13 points ago

I heard they can also be a coagulation of the fluid inside the eye.

[–]RenoSingapore 33 points34 points ago

They can be caused by a multitude of things. Sometimes they can go away on their own but most times you have them for life. I just accepted it and started naming them, got a whole little village in there.

[–]LtCthulhu 10 points11 points ago

Yeah mine is big and black. But it doesn't bring the great pleasure typically associated with those adjectives.

[–]RenoSingapore 4 points5 points ago

I have a couple of black ones also, and believe it or not they all get along.

[–]tommy667 19 points20 points ago

I recently had PRK where they shoot you in the face with lasers. Anyways they reshape/remove thin layer of your eye and bam removing a lifetime of floaters as well

[–]BJJLucas 12 points13 points ago

What the fuck? Is this for real? I thought the only way to get rid of them was way more invasive than that (as in, draining and replacing the fluid in the eye, or something like that).

[–]evands 5 points6 points ago

PRK has nothing to do with floaters and it is not a treatment for them in any way.

[–]Tatious 4 points5 points ago

All. The. Damn. Time.

[–]panickingman55 3 points4 points ago

This made me want to adjust the microscope...

[–]destroyer713 4 points5 points ago

Onset floaters in middle aged folks can usually be attributed to the vitreous solidifying and pulling away from the back of the eye.

If you suddenly develop them it is a good idea to see an eye doctor just to have it evaluated. As we age the vitreous can pull away from the retina at the back of the eye. This is called a posterior vitreous detachment. Sometimes when this happens the vitreous pulls the retina with it and this is called a retinal detachment. A retinal detachment shows as a curtain or a partial blacking out of your vision and needs to be treated as an emergency situation if you value your vision.

While a posterior vitreous detachment is almost always benign it can also be a precursor to to a retinal detachment, hence the suggestion that it is a good idea to have your eyes checked by a doctor. If you develop floaters, get to know a qualified eye doctor. Even if you have perfect vision its always a good idea to get your eyes checked every couple of years.

I have floaters as well as pigmentary glaucoma. I see an eye doctor every 6 months.

[–]SpaseCace 17 points18 points ago

BRAIN WORMS

[–]moyerxx 10 points11 points ago

literally my worst fear...

[–]Byeuji 2 points3 points ago

They were a pain in the butt when you were exploring...

[–]red321red321 7 points8 points ago

i love how i'm never the only one on reddit no matter what

[–]nylolexchange 5 points6 points ago

You're not unique in any way

[–]Jesusdragon737 2 points3 points ago

This is the biggest thing I've learned from reddit.

[–]eman462 11 points12 points ago

what I really want to ask is that while rubbing your eyes for a while do you see a circle like thing withe a hole in the middle that changes color and moves around ( this happens while you are rubbing your eyes)

[–]archythebald 7 points8 points ago

Mine mostly are neon yellowish and it's psychedelically fun to mess with.

[–]Twisol 5 points6 points ago

[–]sexrockandroll 3 points4 points ago

I see these whenever I kind of try to look for them.

[–]moyerxx 1 point2 points ago

thank god for reddit, because this whole time i thought i had worms in my eyeballs

[–]glitchcannon 3 points4 points ago

OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THEM?? I always thought I had scratched my eye as a child and was fucked for the rest of my life. Thank you reddit for making me feel like a normal human being.

[–]NoNotHimAgain 3 points4 points ago

My floaters looked exactly like Snooki and The Situation. I no longer have eyes.

[–]BoomerDoomer 13 points14 points ago

I always wondered how many other people could see these. I kind of like them.

[–]enodllew 8 points9 points ago

Not when you can't not see them and it actually makes reading very difficult. :(

[–]Jonny_Watts 2 points3 points ago

They blend in with my vision. Until I notice one. Then I see all of them.

[–]Showercapper 2 points3 points ago

I see them too damnit

[–]iwffe 2 points3 points ago

If u look up down left then right like a cross it will give short term releif.... You are welcome

[–]ElderBowlsV 2 points3 points ago

the other day i went to pee in my friends bathroom and saw one. this one was brown though..

[–]Jesse_J 2 points3 points ago

If you see a shower of floaters and spots though you should seek medical attention immediately. That could mean that the vitreous is pulling away from your retina or that the retina itself is becoming dislodged from the inner back of the eye. Google 'vitreous detachment'.

[–]JamersonRosenburg 6 points7 points ago

I see them. When i eat magic mushrooms, I see them WAAAAY more clearly for the following weeks. I wonder if its because of the pupil dilation that takes place during the high.

[–]monkeybahop 2 points3 points ago

Taken from Helmholtz's Treatise on Physiological Optics,

A common experience... is for a person who has some ocular trouble that impairs his vision to become suddenly aware of the so-called mouches volantes in his visual field, although the causes of this phenomenon have been there in the vitreous humor all his life. Yet now he will be firmly persuaded that these corpuscles have developed as the result of his ocular ailment, although the truth simply is that, owing to his ailment, the patient has been paying more attention to visual phenomena.

tl;dr: You experienced weird visual phenomena; thus you became more aware of visual disturbances thereafter.

[–]SIThereAndThere[S] 3 points4 points ago

wierd, i see less of it when my pupils are dilated from molly

[–]yourafagyourafag 5 points6 points ago

Every time I take a shit.

[–]Anaract 2 points3 points ago

I've had the exact same floaters all my life. I don't know if everyone is that way.

[–]skm0525 3 points4 points ago

I remember the exact moment I realized that this didn't happen to everyone.... me and my friends were having a conversation about relatable quirks we deal with in life circa middle school, and I was like "yeah omg do you guys ever get those little lines in your eyes?? i love when you like look really fast in one direction and they speed up and then when you squint they get all defined!!" The conversation just ended and everyone just stared at me until one kid was just like "no." .. commence even further middle school uncomfortableness

[–]bandit69 3 points4 points ago

I have a LOT of them due to a partially detached retina. It amazes me that with all of the medical advances, there's really nothing that they can do about this.

Note: Apparently, they can drain the eye fluid and replace it with a saline solution, but that's really not a very good alternative.

[–]StewieBanana 1 point2 points ago

So seriously, what the fuck are those things?

[–]Kalypso_ 1 point2 points ago

I do but I also have little black dots that float around there as well. When I get bored or tipsy I watch them. I have also learned how to fling them around Hehe.

[–]ziggy_fapps 1 point2 points ago

When I was a little kid, I thought I had the ability to see invisible worm aliens floating around in the air. I was pretty disappointed when I found out many years later hat it was just my eyes fucking with me. Fuck you, eyes.

[–]thehangoverer 1 point2 points ago

I see those and millions of tiny dots when it's dark and you know how you close one eye and open the other like camera 1 and 2 from Waynes world I can do that with both my eyes open and also have my have a lazy eye on command and sleep with my eyes open

[–]abraxasnl 1 point2 points ago

I have it too, but what is it? Scarred cornea? Does it go away? Can Lasik fix it? Enough questions for today, and I already know the answer: fucking google it. Today is lazy day though. My god is it hot in this town.

[–]Morgzillas 1 point2 points ago

I see them all the damn time, mostly they look like little bubbles. I also have a fairly large/unmoving spot, about a centimeter round. It looks like constant moving oil inside of it, transparent, I've had it for about 6 months now. I have NO idea how I got it or what it is. Woke up one morning and it looked like an area full of moving tiny black specs, a week later, the transparent oil.

[–]SirKrimzon 1 point2 points ago

Can someone please explain to me what this is scientifically? Ive been trying to find an answer all my life.

[–]McStabYou 1 point2 points ago

GAH! I THOUGH THOSE WHERE REAL!!

[–]acd238 1 point2 points ago

Funny story actually. Once when I was younger I had play-date at a playground with a close friend and we were having a merry time. As the day progressed I found myself looking up at the clear, halcyon sky and noticed small "worm-like" creatures floating around in my vision. This intrigued so much that I couldn't even be bothered to look down at the slide I was about to run into. I fractured my shin. I didn't even get to go get the ice cream I'd been promised earlier.

[–]Atheiholic 1 point2 points ago

Doesn't everybody see floaters? I named mine

[–]vseules 1 point2 points ago

I get these whenever I look into the blue sky. I tried explaining what they were to some coworkers but they didn't get it. Does anyone have the medical name for these?

[–]Bplus_Asian 1 point2 points ago

Well, maybe i'll look over here!

I'll go over here!

[–]you_lose_ 1 point2 points ago

I see them all the time but what are they?

[–]DropShotter 1 point2 points ago

I tried describing these to my wife and she didnt know wtf I was talking about. i see them evert day and sometimes its all i can focus on. Thanks making me not feel insane reddit. You're the best

[–]Dat_Karmavore 1 point2 points ago

"Like this if you've ever seen these little things"

These kinds of posts are stupid.

[–]sassy_lion 2 points3 points ago

I've had them since I was a little kid. I never knew what they were and they never really bothered me.

I panicked the fuck out though the time I saw the House episode where the kid had worms in his eyes because it seemed like the shots inside the kid's eye were just like my fucking floaters.

[–]wren42 2 points3 points ago

Yep. Not only that, I have a perpetual uniform transparent field of flickering "static" or tiny starbursts that has never been diagnosed. Anyone else experience that?

[–]Rios5 1 point2 points ago

Holy shit! I thought I was the only person who saw these things! I thought they were microbes or bacteria.. Also they showed up Best when my eyes were unfocused and I didn't have my glasses on.

[–]MisterMarijuana 1 point2 points ago

I first notice them when I was 4, and when I tried explaining it, everyone acted like I was crazy... It was the 'Family Guy' episode that made me realize that others see it too.

[–]radamesort 2 points3 points ago

I see these and also have Blue field entoptic phenomenon

[–]mysticrudnin 2 points3 points ago

Related: How many of you guys see everything with a "static" (like on a tv) glaze?

I've learned I'm not the only one, but few people talk about it or mention it, so I feel it might be rare.

[–]Locutus-of-Borg 2 points3 points ago

I see dead people.

[–]pygarthepillager 2 points3 points ago

Since I was a kid. I just thought it was some kind of useless super power...

[–]TheMythicalBeast 2 points3 points ago

YES! I would always play games with them when I was in the back seat of cars. For example, i'd try to make them hit the ground then back to the sky without hitting a building or tree. I was strange....very strange....

[–]ogicex 2 points3 points ago

It's epithelial tissue that has "sluffed" off the inner eye. It floats around until it gets removed from the eye. More will continue to break away as time goes on. It's normal. You're not dying. Yet.

[–]optimusxrae 2 points3 points ago

I made the mistake of looking at all the links in the comments.

[–]slapmesilly69 1 point2 points ago

Holy fuck!!!! I didn't know other people had these! I thought my eyes were goin bad!