EYE FLASHES & POSTERIOR VITREOUS DETACHMENT. Risks of Retina detachment & new vitreous eye floaters
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A posterior vitreous detachment is a very common event in the aging eye. It is not to be confused with the retina detachment or retinal hole or tear which can be a much more serious and vision threatening condition. A posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is essentially a shift of fluids within that vitreous space. There is an outer membrane or sac which separates away from the retina and while it is killing away it can create some traction on the retina which the patient would perceive as a peripheral brief flash of light. We refer to these appropriately as "flashes". While this vitreous is in the process of killing away from the retina, the patient is that there lifetime's greatest risk of peripheral retinal problems. Once the vitreous is separated cleanly which is the most common situation, they are now at their lifetime's lowest risk of any peripheral retinal tears.
Unfortunately, with this shift of fluids and the PVD there can often be the onset of new floaters and or vitreous hemorrhage. These floaters can be anything from a Weiss ring to massive disruptions of the vitreous fluid with very large heavy and dense cloudy floaters that can not just distort the vision but actually block and obstruct vision.
This video describes the anatomy and potential consequences of a posterior vitreous detachment.
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I am going through this right now. After watching this video my stress levels have dropped thus subscribed.
Me too
Same here
Me too😆😆
I'm going through this now...it's a little scarey ....so thanx for setting me straight......feel much better...
Same here. Weiss ring is very distracting. My Doc says I will get used to it. Glad to know there is help if I can’t ignore it.
Thank you. I was so confused about what I had been diagnosed with with! This has completely reassured me. I wish my optician was so thorough in his explanation. x
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this description. Well done.
Thank you for this amazing video. Well done!
Awesome video Dr Johnson.
Thank you so much for this excellent video!
Thanks for taking time to record this video. Very informative.
Excellent presentation, thank you
Thank you so much, James, for taking the time to make this video and explain this condition so wonderfully.
This was a true act of kindness, and you have put so many minds at rest, World wide.
God bless you. x
Thank you for this brilliant description of this issue. Very much appreciated!
At the beginning of your description is EXACTLY what happened to me today !
Thankyou so much for your helpful vid 🙏
Thanks. Peace of mind from your concise explanation.
Excellent explanations in this video as well as your laser treatment video !!!
Thank you! You made me feel a lot better about my PVD 👀
Great detailed description.
This is a VERY clear and complete, reasuring video about the subject! 👍🏽
Great video....this is exactly what I had with the exact symptoms as you have described. Thanks.
This is my favorite youtube video of all-time. I'm talking fiction, non-fiction, health, entertainment, etc. This guy was made to do this job and I want to thank you, profusely, Dr. Johnson.
Wow. If I could just get the following of Mr. Beast. I'd be set.
Brilliant, a great presentation, I can stop worrying about my big floater
I am so glad you made this video! It certainly brought down my anxiety. I see eye doc tomorrow...but until then:..you have described my symptoms (including the Weiss ring floater).
Thank you so much for sharing this educational video -this is awesome
Brilliant explanation and analogies Dr. Your description of the symptoms matches mine to a tee. My Dr did not explain it that well.
Thank you for your video. Your video helped a lot, great explanation.
Excellent and informative. I watched many videos before I came up on yours which explained everything I was initially feeling and in simple logical language that I could understand. Thank you so much.👍
Thank you very much for this video. Very clearly explained and made easy to understand.
Glad it was helpful!
This was extremely helpful. You are clear, informative and complete - I thank you for doing this video!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for that clarification!
Glad it was helpful!
This is helpful, thank you.
Great information, thank you .
So reassuring, thanks Doc!!
Thank you doctor. I have been experiencing exactly these PVD symptoms in the last few days. Watching your video has been very reassuring.
I hope you learned a little something. Maybe some reassurance, too.
Great video. Thank you Doctor!!
Thank you..easy to follow explanation..well explained.cheers.
Thanks so much for the video.
Thank you, I just had my eyes checked and changed my glasses about two months ago. My eyes were fine. You explained it well, however if it continues or gets worst in a short time, I will go back to my eye doctor.
Thanks, Dr.Johnson for an excellent explanation with great visuals of posterior vitreous detachment. I like your website and if I ever need to get lasered for floaters your clinic is my choice.
Thank you so much for this information
I am so relieved to know this information. I have the bigger darker floater in my right eye. The flashing of light seems to be reducing in frequency. Left eye flashes seem extremely diminished and never seemed to have had floaters. Thank You so very much for this info!
Thank you so much Doctor... I think I'm having that. I'm going tomorrow to the doc. You are a blessing!!
It is unlikely to be a retina problem, but it is a very good idea to get it checked out to make sure. Good luck.
Brilliant and easy-to-understand explanation. You've calmed me until I see my eye doctor. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Great information!! Thank you
Thank you for this video! It is by far the best on the subject of PVD floaters that I have found. Actually it is on the only one that makes any sense. I was diagnosed with "vitreous floaters" about 5 years ago (age 59) and the ophthalmologist said was that there was nothing that they can do for me. He gave me a generic "floater fact sheet" and said make an appointment for the next year. He did not explain anything, other than say that it was 'normal' and I was not going blind. However, it was and is frustrating as all hell seeing specks, flashes and veils. From your description I obviously experienced PVD. Thanks again for that. I will review your web page and see about your procedures and fees. Getting rid of this crap floating around in my eyes would be great. Maybe as good as LASIK was.
Thank you. My symptoms started a few days ago. Will go see my eye Dr Monday I feel better after I watched your segment !👍👍
Everything work out OK?
Thank you for this info ! I’m more at ease to go get checked out I experienced flashes the other night as I was on my ipad it was weird didn’t know what was going on !
This was excellent. It is exactly what recently happened to me. Even though I saw a retina specialist, it wasn't until I saw your video that I truly understood what had happened to me, and am able to be at peace about it! Thank you!
Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it.
So what happened to you, a pvd?
Very good my thinking exactly detach sould not be used for 2 condition for the eye misleading thank you excellent explanation
I have been going through this for 2 years now whith my left eye then in may of this year my right eye started flashing so I went to my doc asap and said I have no tears but both are still attached I see him every 3 months and he said if I see any wavy lines call him right away..
Thank you for this video it's explanation of what is going on with my eyes was very informative.
I recently had cataract surgery and then a few weeks later was diagnosed with vitreous detachment. Both eyes had the mild flashes. Because I had dropless surgery I was left with a curtain of floaters that lasted 2 or 3 days and disappeared. I still have leftover floaters from before surgery. I am wondering if I could have had the detachment before cataract surgery or after. I had some floaters before surgery but not the "shimmering light" as I call it. I have to tell you that your video is exceptional.
You are such an wonderful person & sincere doctor who took me back in my memory (4 decades back), we had a family physician who was mostly like an uncle (or friend) to me rather than a doctor ! . . I'm now 52 and been suffering from floaters problem for last couple of months ( though strands were always there for last 2 decades (at least)... so trying to find some natural ways to treat my own and suddenly found you . God bless you
Thank you so much for your kind words of appreciation.
Excellent video. Couldn’t have explained it better. You would be a great instructor if you were to teach. So easy to follow and understand!
My mom went to the doctors last night because she saw an optometrist 2 days ago due to randomly seeing floaters. They did an exam and he said they were just floaters but to see a doctors if it got worse or if she experienced flashes. Well yesterday she did experience flashes so we went to the eye doctor and they examined her a little more and found what it seemed to be PVD. (She’s 61). The doctor wanted to make sure that’s what it was so she has another appointment today with an ophthalmologist but we were worried because it sounds so similar to retina detachment but after watching this video, we feel much better! Thank you so much!
I feel like I am having the conversation that the other doctors 'should' be having with their patients. I am glad you found it helpful.
Best explain ever. Thanks alot.
You are welcome!
Very interesting video. I had a horseshoe tear and vitrectomy in right eye last year and PVD in left eye five months ago still with ongoing but fainter flashes of light on the periphery. Been examined numerous times over the last year plus recent cataract surgery. No one else has explained the nature of the vitreous or PVD as succinctly as you have.
The Weis ring and other floaters from the PVD in the left eye are annoying but I am in Australia and unlikely to visit the USA in the near future which is a shame.
very informative with images nice
Thanks for the information
Likely the single best description of this that I have found - THANK YOU for posting this. The "Weiss Ring" (11:20...) appears to be exactly what happened to me on Dec 25, 2020. I just turned 50 in May & have a fairly myopic prescription (-7.00 in each eye), so clearly I'm in the higher probability/risk category. My optometrist said (after this happened) my "eye health" is otherwise excellent, though this floater is not something I would like to "get used to living with". Question: Are you aware of anyone in Canada with a similar, specialized & reputable treatment-practice for this exact issue? Thanks again for making this video!
Thanks for the explanation. Im sure I just had a PVD and it’s Sunday so I was worried about getting in to the doctor tomorrow morning. No curtain, so far. Big floaters and pinpoint floaters only.
i turned 58 last month. 4 days ago, while talking to a co-worker, i noticed flases of light from my right eye, against the white wall. 2 days after, i notice thin tiny floaters. a day after, i had a pain near the eye, so i went to the doctor. I am sure to come back when the floaters get darker or after 8 weeks for another check-up. This video explains - the why - and i am thankfuL for explaining to us. I do sure wish for my vitreous to stay inside the sac and sac not detach.
Brilliant - thank you 🙏 x
👍 Thank you! well done sir!
Nice presentation.
I am part of the floater crowd now. Just had a PVD last month complete with micro vessel burst in left eye. It was like looking through a red lava lamp for a few days. It’s clearing up slowly but still have the Weiss ring floaters. If they don’t clear out in next few months I may be paying you a visit.
blood may clear over 3-4 months. be patient with that part.
Mine floaters are not stringy. They are little specks. Every so often I’ll swat at what I see thinking that they are nats flying around. Lol. I had cataract surgery last month and there a lot of them and getting those flashes of light that in every had before. I see my doctor in 4 days. I will make him aware of this for sure. Thank you for your information.
Thank you.
great information thanks Dr
My pleasure
I have been going to a retina specialist for the past two months, I began perceiving floaters and became annoyed and I went in to the retina specialist as it was so bothersome. Come to find out I have lattice degeneration and about a dozen holes in my peripheral retina on both eyes. He recommended we laser around the holes to basically weld down the retina to prevent detachment. I have gone for three laser treatments so far and have about 3 to go , just had one done this past Monday actually . The day of and day after there is some aching sensation and then some days later it begins itching. I am only 30 years old and my floaters have had me debating getting a vitrectomy just for floaters. My floaters are a combination of vitreous syneresis and fibers from the many holes in my retina, luckily my macula is fine and I don’t have any vision changes aside from bothersome floaters.
Thank you!
Excellent
this deserves 10m views. coming from someone with floaters since young and recently seeing lightning on my right eye without hearing thunder. so its either the eye or the ears i guess!
can you describe the lightning? I'm trying to figure out if I had an episode
Thanks for the discussion of this. I recall my first experience seeing a flash of light in the periphery of my left eye as I was walking down a dark hallway. My first thought was that I hadn't seen anything in the forecast about a thunderstorm, but it wouldn't be the first time a surprise isolated thunderstorm developed. I pulled up the radar and nothing. Huh. A few steps back into the dark hallway and it happened again! Was I losing my mind? I went out on the porch and stared at the north sky, waiting to see lightening to confirm my sanity, but nothing - ugh! Now it seems comical that I wasn't connecting this experience with anything going on in my eye, but in my mind and imagined horrible things like a brain tumor or something. What a relief to learn this is fairly common and generally innocuous.
Terrific, simple to understand video. I had floaters treated by Dr. Johnson when he was located in Irvine, California. Really helped clear up my vision. Now Dallas / Forth Worth area residents are the lucky recipients to have Dr. Johnson services nearby.
I would definitely travel to Texas from California if I developed future floaters for treatment by Dr. Johnson.
Thank you for that.
Your video has helped to put me at ease. I had this exact experience happen to me out of the blue last week as I was driving in the evening. I got home and googled it and was scared that I had a retinal detachment. I was able to see my eye doctor within a few days of this happening and they confirmed it was a PVD. Thanks for your calming and reassuring video. I was afraid that I was starting to go blind at age 59.
Glad it helped
This is greatly relieving, I developed this lightning flashes in the peripheral area of one eye this evening, I'm just turning 59 years old, I think it's probably PVD, thank you so much for the relief I will get a checked out!
No floaters, no darkened areas, no loss of vision
Good luck. The odds are in your favor it is not retina, but always better to get it checked out.
I am 23 and have this (I think). I have been dealing with this since I was 13 and it has come and gone over the years
Over 1yr ago this happened to me. The flashes cleared but it started again. I see semi-circle flashes when looking up, down and side to side in the dark. It has been very worrisome. This information is so valuable and helpful. I can rest easier until I get back in to see my eye dr. Thanks
I am glad it was helpful.
I had this happen today at work. It's like looking at the world through a shifting curtain of tiny specks with a large floater that comes in and out of view. My focus s still just fine, very rare flashes. Of course it happened on a Sunday afternoon, because Murphy's Law, but I'll call to get seen first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks for your explanation!
Good luck. Hope all is well and no retina involved.
@@Thefloaterdoctor1 Thanks. No retina, the flashing stopped in a day or two and the big floater has already dissipated to the point where it is only slightly opaque. It also seems to have settled to where it's mostly not in the center of my field of vision anymore.
Thank you for this. Super clear and helpful. I've been on a high dose of prednisone for the good part of 2.5 years (eosinophilic asthma) and am starting to get a lot of weirdo eyeball symptoms. Today my permanent fixed dot suddenly became a long fixed fuzzy string and I was quite concerned.
Thanks for a great explanation. I have a Weiss ring in one eye and have had it since early last year, and that same eye had a partially detached retina a few decades ago. I see several dozen horizontal lines surrounding the ring and now know, thanks to your video, that it's what I thought it was. I see probably a few hundred flashes of light in each eye every single day, especially the one with the Weiss ring. It's maddening, but I try to keep it in perspective. Things could always be worse.
The flashes usually subside over the course of a few days to few weeks, but I have had patients with peripheral flashes still for 2 years.
@ 2002drumsonly I am as well was scared to death still concerned a bit but feel much better after this video subscribed!!
Thank you sir for the very clear explanation of PVD, it is helpful and reassuring. Can you do a video on how you treat and get rid of floaters?
If you look at my other videos, I have many, many videos on this topic. My practice for the last 15 years has been using a young laser to treat eye floaters. I have now added telemedicine video consultations with the intent of providing some relief for the younger floater sufferers who are typically not good candidates for the yag laser. You can look into my practices offering of low dose atropine eye drops which very mildly dilates the pupil and who usually decrease or diminish the person's awareness of their eye floaters
I had a very abrupt hemorrhagic PVD 8 days ago. Age and increased nearsightedness, plus family history of spontaneous retinal detachment (brother), are my only risk factors. The right eye is now starting the same shenanigans. Nobody’s diagnosed the type of floater that abruptly appeared 3 days after onset of flashes. It’s big, roundish, dark and right in the effing middle of my central line of vision. There’s a lot of shadowy patches, warping everything I see. One Dr said, “you’ll get used to it.” Haha. Apparently he’s hasn’t had this condition. Thank you for your compassion and for taking this seriously. Yes, I can see, but my sanity is important. I can only imagine what people in the dark ages went through because it’s driving me crazy. Ive been scared and depressed, so thank you for helping alleviate some of my worry, Question: How often do both eyes do this within a week or so?
I don't how often it happens, but I have heard of it before. There is no reason they should happen in such close proximity, but given enough peopleb I guess it is statistically going to happen to 'somebody'.
Did you experience any tears?
Great video, thanks alot. i went 3 time to dr but its as you told, they say ok but as if there is things going on.
Many thanks, a few days ago I got left eye extreme left flash like a vertically oriented white bar. I also got the big semi-attached floater that moves with the water in my eye as if there is a mechanical dampening of the floater's movement. It basically stays to the left of my left eye centre of vision but moves less than the water by a few degrees when there is horizontal movement of eye, then settles into position in a second or two when the eye is again stationary. There are other minor floaters apparent near the main one. The main floater, which is attached as you have drawn it, looks like a little spider hanging about an inch in front of my eye, and many times I have jumped and tried to brush it away. In relatively bright light the spidery look is more apparent, with a shadowy body and legs hanging down below it. The damped motion adds to the impresion that it is a small spider hanging by a thread just in front of my eye. I am in London, England, and so won't bother you with questions; you have answered them all with this absolutely spot-on video. Many thanks again, you are my hero of the day. I am 64, and both myself and my son were worried about retinal detatchment in my left eye. I will get this checked anyway, but, yes, again, thank you so much for this fine video.
Super informative and clear session - thanks - saw the eye doctor today and your video was really useful.
Really nice
Just had left cataract removed and PVD appears to have started again, I thought it had finished a couple of years ago! Anxiety pretty high
I sneezed and the next day I got side flashes and way more floaters. I'm seeing my local eye doc tomorrow. Thanks for the great informative video. I can sleep tonight.
Hi! How did it go? Have your symptoms gotten any better?
I have had floaters and flashes since like a year I went to doc couple of days back and i got specs but he said my eyes healthy. I felt a bit relaxed after hearing that.
@TDM TOMAHAWK same problems what you're age im just planning to suicide
Great video. Worth the time to get such a simple explanation of what a PVD is. Does glaucoma increase the risk for PVD?
Glaucome/PVD are unrelated.
Bravo Excellent description. I’m going through this now and yes I have the big WHITE floater, no retina detachment though. Hopefully the can fix the floater
Glad it was helpful!
I wish my ophthalmologist had the same bedside manner. Very informative and reassuring. I’m also experiencing cloudy vision in my eye with PFD. I guess this is common too? Thanks.
PVD is seen in about 25% of 60 year olds, and go up with age.
It is possible to have very bothersome floaters without a PVD though.
I wish you were my eye doctor! You explained so nicely. I can't seem to get much of any info from my eye doctor when I ask what's going on with my floaters. :(
Thank you for the compliment.
Brilliant. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Hello doc, I’m 23 y/o and I’m seeing flashes around 7/8 times per day . Flash in the corner of my eye , it’s been 3 days I’ve been seeing it .
thank you for the video .
Thank you very much for making me feel more secure! I was experiencing some light on Monday night, it went away and then the following day I was seeing a lot of floaters in my eye.. called the Doctor and went in and saw him the following morning.. He let me know that I had one too.. He told me it was small but I’m going back to see him in a month.. I was and still very scared. Hope the big floater in front will go away. He did tell me that it should go away which I’m hoping is true.. Do you know how long it takes for them to diminish? Thanks so much!
Great video! Very informative and easy to understand..... I started seeing flashes tonight, no floaters but was wondering ........ I started jumping on a rebounder three months ago .... I very active at 62 yrs, is the rebounder enough to cause PVS? If so should I stop? Thanks again and looking forward to future videos...
A 'rebounder'? Is that a small trampoline-like exercise device? Generally, bouncing and jumping activity could possibly accelerate a process (like a PVD) that was going to eventually happen. At the laser biomicroscope, I see that even relatively mild movements of the eye (like looking back and forth) cause the vitreous fluid to swirl about. That simple activity probably causes more movement of the vitreous. Generally, Unless I see a new retinal hole or tear, I do not routinely recommend limiting activity
wow most in the right eye
thank you for this explanation, I just started with this last night, flashes from the outer right eye with a floater blob filled with dark spots, I checked my eye just now and it is bloodshot top and bottom, I did just have quite a binge of internet time during the covid lockdown so thought this may have contributed to this experience, it is reassuring to land here after thinking that I could have been experiencing a stroke or brain haemorage, should I need to live with the floater forever? I'm sure that eventually 'God willing' i'd adjust and surrender to yet another stage of the aging process, i am so thankful that my eyes have served me so blessedly good over these years in which many strange symptoms from time to time have surfaced and experienced and oft times 'thank God' cured, its the positive way that we need to look at it, I do believe that for every illness there is a cure, as we set out to find it, which brought us all here, what a great starting point!, thank you, all the best to you
Thank you. Good luck.
Not a particularly pleasant thought but I was wondering if passing a very hard large stool, which requires a major amount of push to accomplish develops sufficient internal eye pressure or strain on the vitreous or retina to initiate either PVD or other retinal issues? Fyi I am 66, thanks for a very informative vid and website.
The valsalva maneuver (strained pushing) can increase intrathoracic and intravenous pressure, but fluids themselves are incompressible. Vitreous - 99% water should not be affected by the valsalva.
Thanks for such a great explanation. I have a PVD, diagnosed only a couple of weeks ago, and will be going back to the eye doctor in a few weeks. In addition to a side flashing and one large floater, I am also seeing what I can only term an "after image" that looks like broken glass to the side when I close my eyes after a bright light. Is this part of the PVD or something else. Thanks again.
Can you tell me what kind of flashes do you see? I'm quite confused because I see flickering black lights in my eyes generally after waking up and before going back to sleep. They last around 2 hours! (I have lattice in both of my eyes) and my vitreous is liquified.
I get the arc flash to the very far side of my eye for a fraction of a second, but only when I do a rapid eye movement. And I do notice a few more floaters. Started last night. Bit better today. Already saw optometrist. and scheduled appointment with retinal specialist. but still worried and can't stop thinking about the issue. But optometrist today noted signs of inflammation and want me to see the retinal specialist to rule out Retinal Branch Artery Occlusion.
I'm just now trying to catch up to some of these TH-cam comments and it is an overwhelming prospect. Sometimes. This response is not very timely, but I'm sure by now you've had an eye examination and probably have been quite reassured that you don't have something as severe as a retinal vein or artery occlusion. More likely what you were experiencing is a posterior vitreous detachment. These are very common and as that membrane is peeling away from the retina, that internal traction causes that brief ark or flash of light. By now, a month later, most or all of the flashes have probably subsided. I hope all in all it was nothing serious.
How are you now? 🙏
Hello doc, i see kind of lights shadow when i see a any lights in my vision such as lamp, or reflaction of sun lights when day or night time and its so bothering when im night driving, doctor said its PVD but i have to met retina doctor to make sure it. what do you think doc? Thanks