eye floaters?

[pomtzu]

What Karen said. I've had them all my life - or as far back as I can remember anyway. My ophthalmologist said I could have been born with them if I can remember them as a kid. Most got "sucked out" when I had cataract surgery several years ago, but I still have some, or have developed new ones. You can also be born with cataracts too - my granddaughter was born with a small one, tho it doesn't affect her vision and hasn't gotten worse.

Face it Granny - you're not getting any younger!

[moosmom]

Face it Granny - you're not getting any younger!

I couldn't have said it better. When I hit 30 and started getting floaters, it really bothered me because I also suffer from dry eye. My dr told me it was age. I felt insulted. But he was right. My reading vision is horrible and keeps going down hill every year. I know understand why my aunts all shared each others glasses.

Whoever said "Life begins at 40" is so full of donkey doo.

Sorry, didn't mean to get off topic.

[sasvermont]

When it first happened, I thought I was going blind and it only happened to me. But after mentioning it to a couple of friends, they too have had them off and on for years. Right now I am free of them, but every now and then, I get a few floating around. Usually in my right eye, not the left. Getting old. My feet hurt now too, but that's another story!

[Randi]

I had one a few years ago and I freaked out, too. Even called my doctor. She explained what it was and also said, that only if you get flashes of light, there's reason to worry.

At first I thought my glasses were dirty, but no. So I got an appointment with an eye doctor and he found out that I have the beginning of a cataract in one eye, too.

Getting old sucks, but I suppose it's better than the alternative.

[AvaJoy]

I've had them for decades, and my Opthamologist says it is nothing to worry about. Can be annoying, I know. And as we age, they increase, at least that has been the case for me.

[caseysmom]

In the middle of the night I had a few little white ones not sure if that is a flash of light? I may call the advice nurse just to be sure but thanks everyone.

[pomtzu]

In the middle of the night I had a few little white ones not sure if that is a flash of light? I may call the advice nurse just to be sure but thanks everyone.

Doubtful. The flash of light is just what it sounds like - a bright, quick flash - bright like an LED light, and usually appears to be in the outside corner of your eye. You would recognize one if you had one - it really gets your attention! I've had numerous ones and the doc says in my case they are rather harmless electrical impulses, but anyone that has them should have them checked out to make sure that it isn't a more serious issue.