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I had floaters since I can remember. A decade of kickboxing seemed to increase them and a couple of years later I began to had vitriol detachment symptoms. followed by retinal detachment which required gas bubble retinopathy, cryo, and laser surgery. two years later the other eye did the same. three years after that I developed cataracts in both eyes which is hereditary. both eyes got IOLs over the following 4 years. After all that I can tell you. Floaters! not much of a problem. Dont risk any eyesight trying to get rid of them. I still see several leftovers from the many surgeries. Im sure diet etc can also have an effect and I definitely see better when I get rid of sugar from my diet but I dont think I would risk any more eyesight loss just over seeing a little fluff here and there.
" I developed cataracts in both eyes which is hereditary" I think you developed cataracts due to the surgery, according to what was said in the video, the study showing 31% of patients needing cataract surgery within 2 years of a vitrectomy is one, I believe another cause is the sun's UV light
What people have to understand there is a BIG RISK going thru any eye Lazer surgery but most eye doctors won't tell people that but if people do the homework research many reviews on videos here on utube & eye doctors in their area reading the reviews they will find out that people lost their sight going thru procedures it's NOT worth the risk at all, it's better to adapt to what you have now then to take a serious chance of loosing what you presently have now, I have more problems in one of my eyes compared to most people, waviness, yellow tint vision, white flashes, far sightedness, night shadows beside trees or any objects, & 3D magnification fish bowl effect, I decided to live with it NOT risking to loose complete sight in my eye just continuing to pray things go back to normal.
@@HerbertAtkinson hope you get improvement, manuka honey, great thing to try. It is expensive as you need a high rating on it, bilberry and lutin good too. The thing thats always got me, if laser surgery is to stop you needing glasses, why the f"*k, nearly every optometrist ive seen over 20 years, wears glasses,
I have some fairly "big" floaters, but I deal with them. They scared me when I got them - one of them just appeared so suddenly!! I live with them and don't want to take the risk of any procedures. They aren't bad enough for that. What an excellent and interesting discussion this was. Thank you.
Same here, the 31% needing cataract surgery within 2 years was the clincher, I sent the referral eye surgeon a FB message last night cancelling my appointment for the 28th, The 1-2% risk for the other complications is normal for any kind of surgery, but 31% is a massive problem, you sign up for one surgery and wind up actually needing TWO expensive surgeries and recovery time from work. Its different if there's another issue going on like detachment, but just a floaters only vitectomy carries a huge risk, 31% is unacceptable
I have been using Castor oil NOW FOR ONE WEEK ...all my eye FLOATERS HAVE DISAPPEARED - I REPEAT : All my EYE floaters have disappeared. I used to have like round black circular floaters ....those were the first to go and then the smaller transparent circular ones went! I wanted to see if it would help my eye sight and cataracts(early stage cataracts) .I apply castor oil drops directly into my eyes in the mornings and last thing at night.This is my own personal experience so far after one week, what works for me may not work for YOU as we all have difefrent DNAs......The CASTOR OILS did not react like some people say they got swollen eyes or red eyes, my eyes itched a tiny bit on and off but thats pretty much it.I havnt seen any eye improvements yet, maybe its early days.I will keep thsi going for 30 days and then check with my optician.
@@thevicsnipes Hi nothing much has changed since i started using CASTOR oil....applying direct into my eyes...just my EYES floaters went away..... still short-sighted,,still wearing same glasses....although i still need to go and check the status of my eyes with my optician that would tell what improvements if any??
Very interesting. I just started eating pineapples a month ago to address another health issue. I have a ton of floaters! I get back to you in 3 months.
I still have the floaters. It's hard to tell, but it might actually be slightly better. I'm limited as to how much I can eat per day, but I continue to eat pineapple. I'll be satisfied when the floaters are completely gone.
@@goodbye666aaalaser/chance of being blind, or dealing with it and just hoping and pray eventually they go away. I’ve had one right in the middle of my left eye for almost 6months now and I’ve already come to terms with it being there for the rest of my life. I’d rather accept it rather than chance it and potentially lose vision in my left eye.
Likewise with many others, I also appreciate theis video! I am a diabetic and had the laser treatment a couple of years ago for both of my eyes (separately); since then my right eye developed a more sever floater problem about a month ago and will be getting the Vitrectomy with Laser surgery in a few days... I look forward to the positive result that you have described. Thanks!
Me again, reporting back! This is my 2nd day after my Vitrectomy surgery, feeling much much more in to typing and looking at the monitor... Below is a quick rundown of and after the surgery: ~0-hours, received Anti-anxiety medication through an IV injection on my forearm; also received the anesthesia via an injection under my right eyeball (a sharp pain lasted about 3--seconds) ~0.5 hours, the actual surgery began with me wide awake feeling relaxed, although not feeling a thing on my right eye, I can see shadow-like movements inside the right eyeball when the needles (injecting saline solution, lighting probe, for suction) were being inserted. The actual surgery took about 25 minutes with eye-patch taped-on then I was wheeled to recovery then released after another 30-minutes. ~3-hours after the surgery, as the anesthesia was wearing off I began feeling much more pain to the right side of my head (with a couple of Aleves basically took care of the pumping-pain level down to about a 2 on a scale of 1-5).. ~24-hours after the surgery, during the post surgery exam, the pain level was at 1 without Aleve; temp eye-patch was removed and I was sent home with Tobramycin 4 times a day 1-drop each time to the right eye only. ~48-hours later absolutely no pain to my head, but, if I move my eyes too fast or too far up I get a sharp pain ( i think that may be from the plastic stretcher used during surgery to keep my eyelid open & eyeball stationary), also need to lay down & get up slowly as well... Vision wise, I see a bubble occupying about 1/3 of the space inside my eyeball which according to my doctor it will gradually go away in about a week or two... the saline solution looked semi-transparent so not yet able to clearly see specific objects but just lights & blur movements. My next follow-up is in 24-days...
@@rickt2419 wow Rick, thanks for the update! Happy to hear your pain level decreased and that you’re doing better. Can’t wait to hear about your next follow up, I’ll be praying for you.
Great video with discussion of all options and risks/benefits - will definitely help me make up my mind about what to do about my floaters. Thank you, Dr. Chua!👍🏻😃
Had Virectomy surgery to remove floaters. Total success and I now see like I did when I was a teenager. I could not see anymore without blinding glare at night due to floaters before the surgery
I have had floaters for about 5 years. At first they were very irritating. I thought about them all the time and consequently noticed them all day long. In my case it was one dot in right eye that I especially noticed throughout a day. Yet, after some time of trying to ignore it, it stopped being a nuisance. The brain ceased to see these floaters, in my case that irritating dot. I functioned normally. However, in Jan this year a bigger dot showed up in my eye. It stayed in my vision range for about a few weeks. Thank God, after that time it must have dropped to the bottom of the eye, or got displaced beyond my vision area. As for now, I do have a few floaters but I hardly notice them, only when I think of them or look at the white wall. The point is that floaters luckily move in the vitreous body and often tend to go down or somewhere out of our vision. If not now, it is much probable that it will happen to those with this problem. Don't worry, try to ignore them and give it some time. It should get better 🙂
I have tons of floaters since i was younger. I taught they were normal and everyone had them. I didn't even know they were an issue. They never bothered me at all and I have 20/20 vision
if you dont think its an issue, that means your floaters are pretty small and not in the centre of your vision. if you have those big ones...its totally different
Nice video, especially your observations, I hate the way medical industry uses statistics for outlooks. I had Lasik many years ago (early 90s), at that time I was told that 95% of patients have no complications, I realized that I might have viewed the statistics differently if I had heard it as 1 out of 20 experience complications, especially while looking around at the number of people in the office while waiting for my third surgery fixing a complication. This was at a large but reputable practice; I realized that every day the practice had multiple complications. Recently I had a Vitrectomy to correct a traction that was impacting my vision. They also as a bonus removed the floaters in my eyes. That operation for the traction worked I gained a few lines in the vision chart and all the floaters were gone. We are all taught that 95% is an A, but 5% is a large number for an optional surgery.
Same here. The information I received from a specialist did not make it clear how relatively new these procedures are and how limited the follow up studies are.
Very very helpful, thank you. I developed cloudy floaters a month after cataract surgery, and am So disappointed. 5 months in, and I am praying that this stuff disperses at the 1 yr mark, or I will have to get it taken care of. :(
I’m the same. I have in left eye and blurriness as well. 2 months after surgery. The right eye had a floater but it seemed to disappear after 2 months. Doctors still see it but it’s transparent now.
Dr. Chua, your video is informative and so comprehensive. Thank you! I recently had cataract surgery. Oct. 4, 2023 for my left eye and Oct. 18, 2023 for my right eye. On Oct. 15, almost two weeks post surgery O.S, I noticed a black floater. I'd had floaters in both eyes for years, but, thankfully, my brain had suppressed them. This black dot was new. In a few days, the one black dot became a swarm of "gnats" floating around my vitreous. My ophthalmologist did a thorough exam to rule out retinal tears. He said my retina was intact. So far, I've had no new floaters in the right eye. But, the left has developed a new floater that looks like an amoeba. So, in addition to the black dots, I also have an "amoeba." Couple that with the exacerbation of my dry eye disease from the drops I needed to use post-cataract surgery and you can say I am NOT happy. My ophthalmologist said that he is not in favor of Yag laser vitreolysis at this time. He said I should give my eye at least six months to see if the floaters become less bothersome. I am also going to start Miebo for my dry eyes. I've been on Restasis since April. It helped prior to the cataract surgery, but hasn't lasted as long during the day as before. I'm cautiously optimistic about the Miebo. My take away...put off cataract surgery if you can. If you have dry eyes, be sure you've gotten this disease under control before the cataract surgery.
Awful to fix one problem and end up with another. Based on experience, though, I agree with your ophthalmologist to give it more time. I think 6 months is optimistic, but I have heard of floaters literally "floating down" and becoming undetectable. Good luck
I had floaters since I was a young boy, it's probably in our genes. A few years back, I had a really large floater right at the center field of my left eye, it was caused by PVD. This type of floaters can be treated "safely" than the regular floaters, because when PVD happens, the floaters come farther from the Retina. There are only 3 doctors in the USA that has vast experience on Laser treatment, and my doctor outright refused to do my right eye inspite of my repeated pleas. After 3 sessions, my floaters in the left eyes that were caused by PVD almost gone 85%. The doctor said regular floaters are too close to the retina to shoot, I think he had some bad experience on this. Eating Pineapple doesn't work, it's expensive, and all I got from it was diabetes. Floaters is dead end, there is no cure.
@@DanSurprise there’s an eye doctor in Texas named Dr. Johnson who makes atropine eye drops. It doesn’t remove the floaters but it dilates the eyes to mask them so you don’t see them.
I've heard numerous times that fasting and intermediate fasting can remove floaters (body eats all rubbish when starving). I've tried several times for short periods of time, like 2-11 days, but that didn't help. Need to get more info on that, I guess.
@@airatru floaters are clumps in the jelly of your eye. The only way to 100% get rid of them is risky eye surgery. However they would only operate on you if your floaters make it hard for you to function. You could try atropine eye drops. Doesn’t get rid of them but it dilates your eyes so you don’t see them as much. Usually people adapt to their floaters and don’t see them as much.
I also wondered if optically some people are less tolerant of floaters. For instance when myopia is corrected, the focal length of the eye in conjunction with corrective lenses somehow amplifies the effect of floaters on image projection.
I would try natural remedies, but no way would i do the laser treatment. Even if there was less than a 1% chance of vision loss, floaters don't bother me enough to justify the risk of damage to my eyes. I really enjoy my vision!
@@kaduvakunnelkuriachan1245 The floaters in my eyes are black, so they have never interfered with my sleep. I generally don't notice them unless im looking at the sky for long enough or a white screen. I didn't even think of those kind of floaters that could disrupt sleep, though. When did you get that problem?
See a doctor immediately if suddenly you have floaters (I did!) and make sure that he or she is a retinal specialist and has the letters MD after their name (don't run to an ophthalmologist, run to a retinal specialist/MD). Turns out that I had a retinal hole that could have caused a detached retina and loss of vision in that eye. I was immediately referred to an eye surgeon and Cryotherapy (this happened in 1998) was preformed within a couple of hours. Took about 30 minutes. The scar is really cool on pictures of my retina and fortunately it is out of my field of vision. My sight remains better in that eye than my other eye until this day. Floaters? I have a lots of them in both eyes. Annoying sometimes, yes! However I urge you, do not risk your vision to have them removed!!!
Nice video. Thank you. Unfortunately, as an eye floater sufferer there is nothing you can do. The last part of the video is the most significant...ignore them the best you can, like an annoying noise whilst trying to sleep
I had laser surgery to improve my eyesight PRK twice in one eye and LASIK in the other. The eyesight didn’t improve. I got a bunch of floaters in both eyes but mostly in the right eye there’s a few bad ones that make using a computer or reading a book etc actually painful due to eye strain. It makes me mad that every eye doctor tells me floaters just go away. I’ve had these things for 25 years and they didn’t go away. Oh I have severe dry eye also from the laser surgery. I’d probably not jump on the surgery table again but I’d appreciate if they actually reviewed the options with me seriously and the risks. Recently they added dark mode as an option for the main piece of software we use at my job. Not all the apps have dark mode but man… dark mode is a god send. I wish all the apps had it of course but I’m grateful. It made work so much more tolerable.
I had cataract surgery on both eyes last April. Subsequently had two separate tears of the retina in my left eye. Recently had the YAG laser treatment to correct cloudiness that developed in the old sacks left from the original cataract surgery. While the laser treatment has cleared-up the cloudy vision that I was experiencing in both eyes, the procedure has now left opaque floaters in both eyes. The surgeon said my brain may learn to adapt to this vision experience, but short of a vitrectomy there is not much he can do to eliminate them. The vision is much improved, but these floaters are annoying especially when reading or working on the computer.
While there have been significant improvements from the mid to the late 1970’s risk still persists when performing a vitrectomy. In my opinion improving vitrectomies is the answer and the moment researchers are able to significantly reduce the cataract risks you’ll see patients getting in line for this procedure. I have floaters and they have been beyond annoying my entire life.
@@adamvz6078 I noticed them at the beach when I was 23. There were only a few and not much of an issue. However, by the age of 34 they were significant and annoying. Today at the age of 61 my floaters are about the same with the exception of this huge grey glob that moves from left to right.
I've had a few small floaters over the years and they haven't proven too troublesome. Recently, however, I had a retinal tear in my left eye (treated with laser surgery) which has resulted in a 'blob' of vitreous material about the size (as it appears in my field of vision) of a dime. As well as having a defined black border, so that it looks like a bubble, it is also dense enough for my eye to need to strain to see through it. It's probably no thicker than a sliver of a hair, but if I'm reading it distorts my vision, and if I hold something close up I can see the cluster of thousands of tiny micro-dots that make it up. For reading or screen work, it causes eye strain ache. I've been told that it should settle down over the weeks, and that my brain will 'get used' to it. But at the moment it's a serious irritation. I'll give it time. Thanks for this advice.
I developed glaucoma from vitreolysis. I am pretty sure of this, this not being incidental. No dx of glaucoma before repeat vitreolysis. My right eye has now progressed to severe stage despite medications and pressure control. I still have floaters, initially due to two PVDs which all started it, bad enough in my right eye to obstruct my central vision while reading. This after 5 treatments with Yag laser three years ago. The vitreolysis on my left eye was more successful after 7 treatments, "only" resulting in mild/moderate glaucoma. I also got a CNV two years ago with one injection in my eye to stop it. I am highly myopic. I had 3 glaucoma surgeries, one cataract surgery, and now have a capsulotomy in a few weeks. If I had known what I know now, I would NEVER had gone back for more vitreolysis on my right eye.
Thanks Dr. Chua. This discussion was relevant for me. My current eye care specialist are really good but you answered a lot of questions more clearly and in greater depth than they have time to do. I'm 80 yo and have had two successful cataract surgeries. Guess I'll live with the floaters for now.
Thank you for your Infos! I have about 50 up to 70 Floaters as a Softwaredeveloper who "lives" in white offices and watching the whole day on screens. I did 3 x laser vitreolysis. It helps a lot but there are 25% remaining which is much by my intense Floaters. I follwed a trick TCM Method, which I use each day. (Austin Goh Floater). Thats helps a lot. But the gamechange is AUTOPHAGIE from FASTING. Floater are collagen, yes, but they get enrcihed by sugar-molecules. IN fasting you can get rid of Floater by 10 days fasting like a laser vitreolysis!
Thank to DM Chua for ur time, and for explaining about the eye floaters, and the risk in taking laser for the eyes. Ur video was very helpful and informative thanks. 👍
I eat pineapple slices daily, and take supplements too. The combo truly helps with my floaters, they have gotten better over time. When I slack off taking these things, the floaters become much more noticeable. I'd like to try a more aggressive treatment BUT I do not want to go blind!!! Blindness is worse than death to me...............
@@paulcramer5671 - they don't 'get better' unless I stay on the diet of supplements and pineapple. If I stop that regimen, the floaters get worse, then they improve again once I re-start the regimen. I've gone through this cycle numerous times to confirm. It's interesting.....
@@rocketr2 my advice is don’t waste your time and money …. It’s like being convinced you can make socks disappear from a washing machine during a spin cycle without opening the door
Thank you for the informative education. I found the eye specialist treet it as if its nothing to wory about and I've never heard any explination to explain the floater's. Thank you again 😊
Hi Dr. Chua, in your first part about laser treatment, you stressed how important it is to look at complications after 6 mo 1 year, 3 years, yet when talking about the complication rate of vitrectomy you didn't mention how long it took for the complications to occur. Can you tell us how long they waited to see complications so we can get a better comparison?
Had floaters since my teens, now in my 50's. Yes they can be annoying, some days right in the central vision, other days less noticeable. I would love for them to be removed but I would not take the risk. Getting problematic cataracts removed was a big decision. I guess I'll just carry on flicking my eyeballs to make them swirl away from my line of sight until a relatively safe procedure is developed.
The dose of the bromelain and/or metabolic pathways may impact any effect. You could set up N=1 case studies with a consistent protocol, following the patients over time. Then, aggregating the data might let you analyze effectiveness and statistical significance.
I was diagnosed with PVD after an eye contusion and taking bromelain (500mg) +papain (500mg) supplements one week after my eye accident made a HUGE improvement. Two very big , curtain like floaters transformed from opaque, greyish and narrow, to traslucent, transparent and wider. And traslucent floaters are much much less annoying than opaque ones. If they disappear in the future, I dont know, but lets hope so. Could be that those proteolytic enzymes work better if given right after the lesion, in some sort of scarring renewal.
How did your injury happen? I was punched and got PVD My floaters improved after 1 yr w/o supplements but I have dry eye now Some days my floaters bother me & I wish I still had my clear vision I wear glasses every day now & really miss my contacts
@@brieskystar An electric extension plug hit my eye, perhaps one of the metal pins hitting it slightly. Its 60 days now and the floaters are in the same position , but bigger (more scattered and more translucent). Its less annoying (perhaps because i got used to them). So if changes occur, these changes are so slow that they arent worth it. No miracle solution except vitrectomy (and vitrectomy has some risks). I assume that PVD derived floaters are much more annoying than non-PVD. PVD derived floaters tend to move a lot, while the others are static.
@@hector_m1973 That's the problem, the surgery itself can cause new floaters, and then there's the study the doctor mention in the video that showed 31% of the full vitrectomy surgeries had developed cataracts within 2 years needing another surgery for THAT!
I have had eye floaters for 10 years and I'm 32 years old. I have gotten so used to them that In many areas they are not bad to deal with. It's only pure white it can be a pain. But I have dealt with it and at least I'm not blind and can still see. It's not worth the surgery because it can make the vision worse and no longer have any.
I heard someone say that using a very mild solution of Tropicmide just enough to dilate the pupil a little makes the floaters temporarily disappear. It probably baloney. Great video Doctor.
I had left eye vitrectomy in 2020 and it resulted in a retinal pucker. That eye is pretty much useless now. I’m not going to have the edema removal surgery and risk tearing my retina. My right eye is nearly 100% blocked by one giant floater and I’m too afraid to try any intervention. This has effectively ruined my life and left me an antisocial shut-in.
I already have cataracts and will need surgery for them anyway, but risk to the retina is something that gives me pause. I'd rather have my awful vision with floaters than no vision.
Most of my eye floaters I can live with. That said, there is one big mother F** that annoys me the hell of it because it's on the center of my vision and many times it gets in the way while reading, specially on my phone. I'm also a photographer so I'm extra picky about them. I wish I could cure them I really hate them
I ate a lot of Pineapples for my large PVD floaters, and ended up with diabetes, needed to get the yag laser treatment to improve vision. Don't think pineapple will cure your floaters.
I would love to hear a video and your input on epiretinal membranes and whether an operation should be done even if vision is good with both eyes open! Would leaving it make it harder to remove when necessary; IF ever really necessary. Monitoring is a better approach?
This is what a person hires a physician for: The physician is to present to the patient his/her findings after extensive research so that the patient can make an informed decision about their healthcare.
I came here expecting to leave a comment telling you to stop giving people false hope with ridiculous "fixes" for floaters since there are so many such videos on youtube, but this was very educational and well worth the time spent watching it. Thanks!
I have severe floaters, and I cannot see floaters when I dilate my pupils. Will long-term use of atropine cause eye problems? Like glaucoma or macular degeneration?
I have just had a vitrectomy six weeks ago and my vision is great , dont even think about laser treatment , I had the complete removal of the vitreous jelly and as a matter of course I'm having the cataract operation next mouth , normally you would have the cataract done at the same time but my surgeon said he would like my eye to settle down before any more treatment . the operation takes about ten days to clear and settle down , the first twenty four hours its a little bit sore , remember all of this kind of operation require cataract operation , by the way I had a local anaesthesia not general and it was fine
So do u recommend surgery? I am not worried about cataract but your floaters are they gone after surgery? I have tons of floaters in one eye and it is affecting my life style.
the real obvious question here is this: Who would conduct a study that would NOT make anyone money ? Not drug companies, not surgeons etc ? Who would fund that study and research and further - what legitimate medical journal would even publish it even if it was double blind with controls and huge diverse populations ? That is the problem with profit motivated "health" care. Everyone wants to make a buck or go home. We need to ditch this model.. it is still the Rockefeller model with the same Bs as the AMA back in 1955. Some of us in your audience actually know what we are talking about and have health degrees too :-)
I used to have floaters but they have not gone away almost completely, maybe wearing glasses has helped I´m not sure. I spoke to doctor about getting surgery but because I have a slight nystagmus and astigmatism they thought it would be too risky. Is it true that astigmatism and nystagmus can get better from wearing contacts?
My right eye is a nightmare from botched cataract surgery 14 years ago. I ended up with 18 tears in my retina and detachment. It was fixed by a super surgeon. I now have a band around my eye. My left eye has a bunch of floaters and it need cataract removal. I was thinking about having them removed when I get my cataract surgery. This video convinces me to not put any unneeded laser energy in my eye. I believe all the laser work done on my right eye caused the detachment Thank you for creating this very informative video. Are you practicing anywhere near St Louis?
The simple and quick answer to all of this is simply to change your diet!!Low carbs, low sugar, low sodium. In my situation, no carbs and no sodium. I originally had a big black spot floater in my one of my eyes and web-like floaters in both eyes. I went on a water fast with my Christian community and about 1- 1/2 weeks into the water fast the big black spot was gone completely and the other web-like floaters were significantly reduced. I believe it’s the food that we eat and the high level of carbs, sugar and sodium that can cause floaters. When you reduce that or even better eliminate it, you will see change every time.
@@janhavipatake8359 Less visible. Before they were distracting enough that I spoke to my dr about them. Now, even though they are still there, they are not as distracting.
I was told to ignore them and I would notice them less. Wrong! I'm reminded every day. My right eye is riddled with black spots and squiggly lines that are impossible to ignore because I'm right eye dominant.
Dr i have a choroidal lesion in the eye which are part of my exudative retinal detachment.. how can i treat or how can i close the lesion in the choroid of the eye?????
What are the options when the floaters are caused by leaking veins? My floaters are caused by bleeding in the eyes. What are the thoughts about injections (Eyelea)
I never had one until my retina specialist gave me injections for macula degeneration. I hate them but get new floaters everytime i get more injections.
Why is it that if the risks people are willing to take to rid themselves of floaters are greater than the risks of the surgery, it isn't offered more often?
Lot of information, but still no idea how do eyefloaters are generated, because I see them since I'm 15, and my eyes are healthy (thanks God), but I have not been able to ignore them...
Funny I get floaters after being diagnosed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever, after years of dealing with Floaters , I used Ivermectin Eyedrops . After a week they were gone. Simply and easy. My opinion my floaters were Parasitic in nature.
I have been taking pineapple everyday for at least a year. It did not clear my eye floaters. It may be helpful for those who have light floaters. It is very disappointing for me.
The key to this is the light. Or laser. Probably in the next 5 to 10 years floaters will be the past. Light to neutralize the dark floaters to opaque or clear. It will happen.
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Any opinion on the floater doctor? Based out of Texas… 17 years of yag experience and seems to have helped a lot of patients safely
Stupid doctor, where is that 2 minutes get rid of floaters? Clickbite, report your channel, shame on you.
I have floaters in both eyes and it drives me crazy. Driving is difficult at times. I'm so grateful for the vision I do have. It could be worse!
@@rogerpatterson3827 exactly how I feel. Floaters are extremely dangerous sometimes.
eat fresh pinnapple, they will go away.
@@idaho38 Why?
@@idaho38I eat fresh pineapple most days & have for years. Wish I could say my floaters improved.
I had floaters since I can remember. A decade of kickboxing seemed to increase them and a couple of years later I began to had vitriol detachment symptoms. followed by retinal detachment which required gas bubble retinopathy, cryo, and laser surgery. two years later the other eye did the same. three years after that I developed cataracts in both eyes which is hereditary. both eyes got IOLs over the following 4 years. After all that I can tell you. Floaters! not much of a problem. Dont risk any eyesight trying to get rid of them. I still see several leftovers from the many surgeries. Im sure diet etc can also have an effect and I definitely see better when I get rid of sugar from my diet but I dont think I would risk any more eyesight loss just over seeing a little fluff here and there.
" I developed cataracts in both eyes which is hereditary"
I think you developed cataracts due to the surgery, according to what was said in the video, the study showing 31% of patients needing cataract surgery within 2 years of a vitrectomy is one, I believe another cause is the sun's UV light
I came to accept the floaters. Also I have a friend that became blind during a gas surgery. That scared me enough to accept the floaters.
Eat pineapple n a healthy diet should help alittle
thank youfor sharing your experience very helpful
Would you recommend a person to have surgery?
My tinnitus take away the focus from the floaters until it reverses and floaters take my focus from the tinnitus.
Haha same here man!
Me as well.
Same here 😏
I feel your pain!! Astroid hyalosis causes thousands of floaters! I have been told just to ignore it! (What a joke!)! Same with the tinnitus!
Lmfao 😂
What people have to understand there is a BIG RISK going thru any eye Lazer surgery but most eye doctors won't tell people that but if people do the homework research many reviews on videos here on utube & eye doctors in their area reading the reviews they will find out that people lost their sight going thru procedures it's NOT worth the risk at all, it's better to adapt to what you have now then to take a serious chance of loosing what you presently have now, I have more problems in one of my eyes compared to most people, waviness, yellow tint vision, white flashes, far sightedness, night shadows beside trees or any objects, & 3D magnification fish bowl effect, I decided to live with it NOT risking to loose complete sight in my eye just continuing to pray things go back to normal.
@@HerbertAtkinson hope you get improvement, manuka honey, great thing to try. It is expensive as you need a high rating on it, bilberry and lutin good too. The thing thats always got me, if laser surgery is to stop you needing glasses, why the f"*k, nearly every optometrist ive seen over 20 years, wears glasses,
I have some fairly "big" floaters, but I deal with them. They scared me when I got them - one of them just appeared so suddenly!! I live with them and don't want to take the risk of any procedures. They aren't bad enough for that. What an excellent and interesting discussion this was. Thank you.
Same here, the 31% needing cataract surgery within 2 years was the clincher, I sent the referral eye surgeon a FB message last night cancelling my appointment for the 28th, The 1-2% risk for the other complications is normal for any kind of surgery, but 31% is a massive problem, you sign up for one surgery and wind up actually needing TWO expensive surgeries and recovery time from work.
Its different if there's another issue going on like detachment, but just a floaters only vitectomy carries a huge risk, 31% is unacceptable
I have been using Castor oil NOW FOR ONE WEEK ...all my eye FLOATERS HAVE DISAPPEARED - I REPEAT : All my EYE floaters have disappeared. I used to have like round black circular floaters ....those were the first to go and then the smaller transparent circular ones went! I wanted to see if it would help my eye sight and cataracts(early stage cataracts) .I apply castor oil drops directly into my eyes in the mornings and last thing at night.This is my own personal experience so far after one week, what works for me may not work for YOU as we all have difefrent DNAs......The CASTOR OILS did not react like some people say they got swollen eyes or red eyes, my eyes itched a tiny bit on and off but thats pretty much it.I havnt seen any eye improvements yet, maybe its early days.I will keep thsi going for 30 days and then check with my optician.
@@OTEKA1how has it been going?
@@thevicsnipes Hi nothing much has changed since i started using CASTOR oil....applying direct into my eyes...just my EYES floaters went away..... still short-sighted,,still wearing same glasses....although i still need to go and check the status of my eyes with my optician that would tell what improvements if any??
@@OTEKA1did your eye floaters really go away completely? How many did you have? Did the oil in your eyes not irritate them or blur your vision?
Very interesting. I just started eating pineapples a month ago to address another health issue. I have a ton of floaters! I get back to you in 3 months.
how its now after eating pineapples?
it's been 3 months
I still have the floaters. It's hard to tell, but it might actually be slightly better. I'm limited as to how much I can eat per day, but I continue to eat pineapple. I'll be satisfied when the floaters are completely gone.
an update? I'm curious
Update please
I will NEVER get any procedure/surgery for "floaters". Excellent Video Brother
@@goodbye666aaalaser/chance of being blind, or dealing with it and just hoping and pray eventually they go away. I’ve had one right in the middle of my left eye for almost 6months now and I’ve already come to terms with it being there for the rest of my life. I’d rather accept it rather than chance it and potentially lose vision in my left eye.
Likewise with many others, I also appreciate theis video! I am a diabetic and had the laser treatment a couple of years ago for both of my eyes (separately); since then my right eye developed a more sever floater problem about a month ago and will be getting the Vitrectomy with Laser surgery in a few days... I look forward to the positive result that you have described. Thanks!
Plz report back when u done.
Me again, reporting back! This is my 2nd day after my Vitrectomy surgery, feeling much much more in to typing and looking at the monitor... Below is a quick rundown of and after the surgery:
~0-hours, received Anti-anxiety medication through an IV injection on my forearm; also received the anesthesia via an injection under my right eyeball (a sharp pain lasted about 3--seconds)
~0.5 hours, the actual surgery began with me wide awake feeling relaxed, although not feeling a thing on my right eye, I can see shadow-like movements inside the right eyeball when the needles (injecting saline solution, lighting probe, for suction) were being inserted. The actual surgery took about 25 minutes with eye-patch taped-on then I was wheeled to recovery then released after another 30-minutes.
~3-hours after the surgery, as the anesthesia was wearing off I began feeling much more pain to the right side of my head (with a couple of Aleves basically took care of the pumping-pain level down to about a 2 on a scale of 1-5)..
~24-hours after the surgery, during the post surgery exam, the pain level was at 1 without Aleve; temp eye-patch was removed and I was sent home with Tobramycin 4 times a day 1-drop each time to the right eye only.
~48-hours later absolutely no pain to my head, but, if I move my eyes too fast or too far up I get a sharp pain ( i think that may be from the plastic stretcher used during surgery to keep my eyelid open & eyeball stationary), also need to lay down & get up slowly as well... Vision wise, I see a bubble occupying about 1/3 of the space inside my eyeball which according to my doctor it will gradually go away in about a week or two... the saline solution looked semi-transparent so not yet able to clearly see specific objects but just lights & blur movements.
My next follow-up is in 24-days...
@@rickt2419 thanks
@@rickt2419 wow Rick, thanks for the update! Happy to hear your pain level decreased and that you’re doing better. Can’t wait to hear about your next follow up, I’ll be praying for you.
@@rickt2419 Can you tell us a bit about the situation now ?
Great video with discussion of all options and risks/benefits - will definitely help me make up my mind about what to do about my floaters. Thank you, Dr. Chua!👍🏻😃
how's your floaters?
Had Virectomy surgery to remove floaters. Total success and I now see like I did when I was a teenager. I could not see anymore without blinding glare at night due to floaters before the surgery
How much time passed?
Nice Victor! How old were you at surgery time and how are you doing now? Any frill or anything like that? Thank you Sir.
@@naughtydog9843 everything is good.
I have had floaters for about 5 years. At first they were very irritating. I thought about them all the time and consequently noticed them all day long. In my case it was one dot in right eye that I especially noticed throughout a day. Yet, after some time of trying to ignore it, it stopped being a nuisance. The brain ceased to see these floaters, in my case that irritating dot. I functioned normally. However, in Jan this year a bigger dot showed up in my eye. It stayed in my vision range for about a few weeks. Thank God, after that time it must have dropped to the bottom of the eye, or got displaced beyond my vision area. As for now, I do have a few floaters but I hardly notice them, only when I think of them or look at the white wall. The point is that floaters luckily move in the vitreous body and often tend to go down or somewhere out of our vision. If not now, it is much probable that it will happen to those with this problem. Don't worry, try to ignore them and give it some time. It should get better 🙂
My floaters on my eye had gotten worse with all this knowledge I still don’t know wich way to go 😢
A lifestyle change is needed. Daily meditation and prayer helps
I have tons of floaters since i was younger. I taught they were normal and everyone had them. I didn't even know they were an issue. They never bothered me at all and I have 20/20 vision
Hi. Do you have any suggestions to live better and do not see them?
if you dont think its an issue, that means your floaters are pretty small and not in the centre of your vision. if you have those big ones...its totally different
Thank you! This was the most clear and comprehensive presentation that I have seen on this subject.
Nice video, especially your observations, I hate the way medical industry uses statistics for outlooks. I had Lasik many years ago (early 90s), at that time I was told that 95% of patients have no complications, I realized that I might have viewed the statistics differently if I had heard it as 1 out of 20 experience complications, especially while looking around at the number of people in the office while waiting for my third surgery fixing a complication. This was at a large but reputable practice; I realized that every day the practice had multiple complications. Recently I had a Vitrectomy to correct a traction that was impacting my vision. They also as a bonus removed the floaters in my eyes. That operation for the traction worked I gained a few lines in the vision chart and all the floaters were gone. We are all taught that 95% is an A, but 5% is a large number for an optional surgery.
Thank you! Very informative. Actually more informative than my retina specialist.
Same here. The information I received from a specialist did not make it clear how relatively new these procedures are and how limited the follow up studies are.
Very very helpful, thank you. I developed cloudy floaters a month after cataract surgery, and am So disappointed. 5 months in, and I am praying that this stuff disperses at the 1 yr mark, or I will have to get it taken care of. :(
I’m the same. I have in left eye and blurriness as well. 2 months after surgery. The right eye had a floater but it seemed to disappear after 2 months. Doctors still see it but it’s transparent now.
Thank you for your honesty and thoroughness.
Dr. Chua, your video is informative and so comprehensive. Thank you! I recently had cataract surgery. Oct. 4, 2023 for my left eye and Oct. 18, 2023 for my right eye. On Oct. 15, almost two weeks post surgery O.S, I noticed a black floater. I'd had floaters in both eyes for years, but, thankfully, my brain had suppressed them. This black dot was new. In a few days, the one black dot became a swarm of "gnats" floating around my vitreous. My ophthalmologist did a thorough exam to rule out retinal tears. He said my retina was intact. So far, I've had no new floaters in the right eye. But, the left has developed a new floater that looks like an amoeba. So, in addition to the black dots, I also have an "amoeba." Couple that with the exacerbation of my dry eye disease from the drops I needed to use post-cataract surgery and you can say I am NOT happy. My ophthalmologist said that he is not in favor of Yag laser vitreolysis at this time.
He said I should give my eye at least six months to see if the floaters become less bothersome. I am also going to start Miebo for my dry eyes. I've been on Restasis since April. It helped prior to the cataract surgery, but hasn't lasted as long during the day as before. I'm cautiously optimistic about the Miebo. My take away...put off cataract surgery if you can. If you have dry eyes, be sure you've gotten this disease under control before the cataract surgery.
Awful to fix one problem and end up with another. Based on experience, though, I agree with your ophthalmologist to give it more time. I think 6 months is optimistic, but I have heard of floaters literally "floating down" and becoming undetectable. Good luck
I had floaters since I was a young boy, it's probably in our genes. A few years back, I had a really large floater right at the center field of my left eye, it was caused by PVD. This type of floaters can be treated "safely" than the regular floaters, because when PVD happens, the floaters come farther from the Retina. There are only 3 doctors in the USA that has vast experience on Laser treatment, and my doctor outright refused to do my right eye inspite of my repeated pleas. After 3 sessions, my floaters in the left eyes that were caused by PVD almost gone 85%. The doctor said regular floaters are too close to the retina to shoot, I think he had some bad experience on this. Eating Pineapple doesn't work, it's expensive, and all I got from it was diabetes. Floaters is dead end, there is no cure.
Hi can I know what happened to your big floater? I just developed a huge one due to PVD and i'm searching for options to remove it.
@@DanSurprise there’s an eye doctor in Texas named Dr. Johnson who makes atropine eye drops. It doesn’t remove the floaters but it dilates the eyes to mask them so you don’t see them.
I've heard numerous times that fasting and intermediate fasting can remove floaters (body eats all rubbish when starving). I've tried several times for short periods of time, like 2-11 days, but that didn't help. Need to get more info on that, I guess.
@@airatru floaters are clumps in the jelly of your eye. The only way to 100% get rid of them is risky eye surgery. However they would only operate on you if your floaters make it hard for you to function. You could try atropine eye drops. Doesn’t get rid of them but it dilates your eyes so you don’t see them as much. Usually people adapt to their floaters and don’t see them as much.
I also wondered if optically some people are less tolerant of floaters. For instance when myopia is corrected, the focal length of the eye in conjunction with corrective lenses somehow amplifies the effect of floaters on image projection.
I would try natural remedies, but no way would i do the laser treatment. Even if there was less than a 1% chance of vision loss, floaters don't bother me enough to justify the risk of damage to my eyes. I really enjoy my vision!
Ok. How do you sleep with the floaters. What do you imagine while sleeping to avoid floaters from intruding
@@kaduvakunnelkuriachan1245 The floaters in my eyes are black, so they have never interfered with my sleep. I generally don't notice them unless im looking at the sky for long enough or a white screen. I didn't even think of those kind of floaters that could disrupt sleep, though. When did you get that problem?
Floaters are really giving me a hard time right now. My left eye is loaded with them. It's getting hard to see, and it's wrecking my mental health.
See a doctor immediately if suddenly you have floaters (I did!) and make sure that he or she is a retinal specialist and has the letters MD after their name (don't run to an ophthalmologist, run to a retinal specialist/MD). Turns out that I had a retinal hole that could have caused a detached retina and loss of vision in that eye. I was immediately referred to an eye surgeon and Cryotherapy (this happened in 1998) was preformed within a couple of hours. Took about 30 minutes. The scar is really cool on pictures of my retina and fortunately it is out of my field of vision. My sight remains better in that eye than my other eye until this day. Floaters? I have a lots of them in both eyes. Annoying sometimes, yes! However I urge you, do not risk your vision to have them removed!!!
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Supplements first always. I don’t need to see studies, I tested it on myself and the results were amazing but, it was after a month of using it.
Nice video. Thank you. Unfortunately, as an eye floater sufferer there is nothing you can do. The last part of the video is the most significant...ignore them the best you can, like an annoying noise whilst trying to sleep
I had laser surgery to improve my eyesight PRK twice in one eye and LASIK in the other. The eyesight didn’t improve. I got a bunch of floaters in both eyes but mostly in the right eye there’s a few bad ones that make using a computer or reading a book etc actually painful due to eye strain. It makes me mad that every eye doctor tells me floaters just go away. I’ve had these things for 25 years and they didn’t go away. Oh I have severe dry eye also from the laser surgery. I’d probably not jump on the surgery table again but I’d appreciate if they actually reviewed the options with me seriously and the risks.
Recently they added dark mode as an option for the main piece of software we use at my job. Not all the apps have dark mode but man… dark mode is a god send. I wish all the apps had it of course but I’m grateful. It made work so much more tolerable.
Same thing happened to me - go to your eye specialist and ask for IKERVIS - helps me a lot with my dry eye after laser
I had cataract surgery on both eyes last April. Subsequently had two separate tears of the retina in my left eye. Recently had the YAG laser treatment to correct cloudiness that developed in the old sacks left from the original cataract surgery. While the laser treatment has cleared-up the cloudy vision that I was experiencing in both eyes, the procedure has now left opaque floaters in both eyes. The surgeon said my brain may learn to adapt to this vision experience, but short of a vitrectomy there is not much he can do to eliminate them. The vision is much improved, but these floaters are annoying especially when reading or working on the computer.
While there have been significant improvements from the mid to the late 1970’s risk still persists when performing a vitrectomy. In my opinion improving vitrectomies is the answer and the moment researchers are able to significantly reduce the cataract risks you’ll see patients getting in line for this procedure. I have floaters and they have been beyond annoying my entire life.
Have you tried low dose atropine?
How old are you? When did you first notice your floaters?
@@adamvz6078 I noticed them at the beach when I was 23. There were only a few and not much of an issue. However, by the age of 34 they were significant and annoying. Today at the age of 61 my floaters are about the same with the exception of this huge grey glob that moves from left to right.
I've had a few small floaters over the years and they haven't proven too troublesome. Recently, however, I had a retinal tear in my left eye (treated with laser surgery) which has resulted in a 'blob' of vitreous material about the size (as it appears in my field of vision) of a dime. As well as having a defined black border, so that it looks like a bubble, it is also dense enough for my eye to need to strain to see through it. It's probably no thicker than a sliver of a hair, but if I'm reading it distorts my vision, and if I hold something close up I can see the cluster of thousands of tiny micro-dots that make it up. For reading or screen work, it causes eye strain ache. I've been told that it should settle down over the weeks, and that my brain will 'get used' to it. But at the moment it's a serious irritation. I'll give it time. Thanks for this advice.
You could also eat pineapple chunks. They help resolve floaters over time.
great information. But, your video introduction is a bit misleading: "how to get rid of floaters in 2 minutes". 😏
Clickbait 😅
I developed glaucoma from vitreolysis. I am pretty sure of this, this not being incidental. No dx of glaucoma before repeat vitreolysis. My right eye has now progressed to severe stage despite medications and pressure control. I still have floaters, initially due to two PVDs which all started it, bad enough in my right eye to obstruct my central vision while reading. This after 5 treatments with Yag laser three years ago. The vitreolysis on my left eye was more successful after 7 treatments, "only" resulting in mild/moderate glaucoma. I also got a CNV two years ago with one injection in my eye to stop it. I am highly myopic. I had 3 glaucoma surgeries, one cataract surgery, and now have a capsulotomy in a few weeks. If I had known what I know now, I would NEVER had gone back for more vitreolysis on my right eye.
Is there anything at all anyone can do to fix this. Or is it literally impossible. Spent thousands and nothing has worked. Drs are absolutely useless.
Hello doctor do you have any idea about advancement of gold nano bubbles bursting to treat floaters?
When it could be available for patients?
Don't put anything NANO into your body.
Thanks Dr. Chua. This discussion was relevant for me. My current eye care specialist are really good but you answered a lot of questions more clearly and in greater depth than they have time to do. I'm 80 yo and have had two successful cataract surgeries. Guess I'll live with the floaters for now.
Thank you for your Infos!
I have about 50 up to 70 Floaters as a Softwaredeveloper who "lives" in white offices and watching the whole day on screens.
I did 3 x laser vitreolysis. It helps a lot but there are 25% remaining which is much by my intense Floaters.
I follwed a trick TCM Method, which I use each day. (Austin Goh Floater). Thats helps a lot. But the gamechange is AUTOPHAGIE from FASTING. Floater are collagen, yes, but they get enrcihed by sugar-molecules. IN fasting you can get rid of Floater by 10 days fasting like a laser vitreolysis!
Thank to DM Chua for ur time, and for explaining about the eye floaters, and the risk in taking laser for the eyes. Ur video was very helpful and informative thanks. 👍
Brilliant info. I once ate carrots for a month l could see so clear without glasses.
I eat pineapple slices daily, and take supplements too. The combo truly helps with my floaters, they have gotten better over time. When I slack off taking these things, the floaters become much more noticeable. I'd like to try a more aggressive treatment BUT I do not want to go blind!!! Blindness is worse than death to me...............
It’s highly likely that your floaters got better over time and it had zero to do with eating pineapples or not
@@paulcramer5671 - they don't 'get better' unless I stay on the diet of supplements and pineapple. If I stop that regimen, the floaters get worse, then they improve again once I re-start the regimen. I've gone through this cycle numerous times to confirm. It's interesting.....
@@ChevySS1968 if you feel it works for you that’s all that matters
Pineapples and what supplements do you take. I want to try
@@rocketr2 my advice is don’t waste your time and money …. It’s like being convinced you can make socks disappear from a washing machine during a spin cycle without opening the door
87% chance of cataract formation within two years of a vitrectomy I find completely ridiculously unacceptable
Pero las cataratas se puede quitar también en la operación
@@Amintor Dónde está la biblioteca?
@@ShadowSingularity88 bajando a la esquina de tu calle.
Thank you for the informative education. I found the eye specialist treet it as if its nothing to wory about and I've never heard any explination to explain the floater's. Thank you again 😊
Hi Dr. Chua, in your first part about laser treatment, you stressed how important it is to look at complications after 6 mo 1 year, 3 years, yet when talking about the complication rate of vitrectomy you didn't mention how long it took for the complications to occur. Can you tell us how long they waited to see complications so we can get a better comparison?
Had floaters since my teens, now in my 50's. Yes they can be annoying, some days right in the central vision, other days less noticeable. I would love for them to be removed but I would not take the risk. Getting problematic cataracts removed was a big decision. I guess I'll just carry on flicking my eyeballs to make them swirl away from my line of sight until a relatively safe procedure is developed.
Thank you Dr. Chua for this wonderful information. You are helping so many people! God bless you!
He is not helping he is just giving you No Hopes 😡
I am waiting for reincarnation at this point in my life. Or how about injecting pineapple juice into the vitrous?
Based on the pineapple and mixed supplement seems to indicate it is antioxidants helping.
The dose of the bromelain and/or metabolic pathways may impact any effect.
You could set up N=1 case studies with a consistent protocol, following the patients over time.
Then, aggregating the data might let you analyze effectiveness and statistical significance.
I was diagnosed with PVD after an eye contusion and taking bromelain (500mg) +papain (500mg) supplements one week after my eye accident made a HUGE improvement. Two very big , curtain like floaters transformed from opaque, greyish and narrow, to traslucent, transparent and wider. And traslucent floaters are much much less annoying than opaque ones. If they disappear in the future, I dont know, but lets hope so.
Could be that those proteolytic enzymes work better if given right after the lesion, in some sort of scarring renewal.
over time my floaters are going more translucent. thats quite normal and happens without supplements too
How did your injury happen?
I was punched and got PVD
My floaters improved after 1 yr w/o supplements but I have dry eye now
Some days my floaters bother me & I wish I still had my clear vision
I wear glasses every day now & really miss my contacts
@@brieskystar An electric extension plug hit my eye, perhaps one of the metal pins hitting it slightly. Its 60 days now and the floaters are in the same position , but bigger (more scattered and more translucent). Its less annoying (perhaps because i got used to them). So if changes occur, these changes are so slow that they arent worth it. No miracle solution except vitrectomy (and vitrectomy has some risks). I assume that PVD derived floaters are much more annoying than non-PVD. PVD derived floaters tend to move a lot, while the others are static.
@@hector_m1973 That's the problem, the surgery itself can cause new floaters, and then there's the study the doctor mention in the video that showed 31% of the full vitrectomy surgeries had developed cataracts within 2 years needing another surgery for THAT!
how are they looking now?
I have had eye floaters for 10 years and I'm 32 years old. I have gotten so used to them that In many areas they are not bad to deal with. It's only pure white it can be a pain. But I have dealt with it and at least I'm not blind and can still see. It's not worth the surgery because it can make the vision worse and no longer have any.
Excellent presentation. Thank you Michael.
I heard someone say that using a very mild solution of Tropicmide just enough to dilate the pupil a little makes the floaters temporarily disappear. It probably baloney.
Great video Doctor.
yes，its ture.but they just comeback next day.
I had left eye vitrectomy in 2020 and it resulted in a retinal pucker. That eye is pretty much useless now. I’m not going to have the edema removal surgery and risk tearing my retina. My right eye is nearly 100% blocked by one giant floater and I’m too afraid to try any intervention. This has effectively ruined my life and left me an antisocial shut-in.
I did this procedure, and now can read every book in braille
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Thank you SOOOOO much for explaining this information!
I already have cataracts and will need surgery for them anyway, but risk to the retina is something that gives me pause. I'd rather have my awful vision with floaters than no vision.
No one told patients that Flonase allergy spray causes early onset cataracts.
Most of my eye floaters I can live with. That said, there is one big mother F** that annoys me the hell of it because it's on the center of my vision and many times it gets in the way while reading, specially on my phone. I'm also a photographer so I'm extra picky about them. I wish I could cure them I really hate them
I ate a lot of Pineapples for my large PVD floaters, and ended up with diabetes, needed to get the yag laser treatment to improve vision. Don't think pineapple will cure your floaters.
Food is not so risky why wouldn't you recommend using the supplements in the meantime if they could possibly help some?
I live by your practice. I have Lots of floaters. Had them checked and my eyes are very healthy but the darn floaters 😢
Your age
@@eramshaikh_21397 59
I would love to hear a video and your input on epiretinal membranes and whether an operation should be done even if vision is good with both eyes open! Would leaving it make it harder to remove when necessary; IF ever really necessary. Monitoring is a better approach?
This is what a person hires a physician for: The physician is to present to the patient his/her findings after extensive research so that the patient can make an informed decision about their healthcare.
I came here expecting to leave a comment telling you to stop giving people false hope with ridiculous "fixes" for floaters since there are so many such videos on youtube, but this was very educational and well worth the time spent watching it. Thanks!
I have severe floaters, and I cannot see floaters when I dilate my pupils. Will long-term use of atropine cause eye problems? Like glaucoma or macular degeneration?
thanks for sharing the info Dr. Chua.
I have just had a vitrectomy six weeks ago and my vision is great , dont even think about laser treatment , I had the complete removal of the vitreous jelly and as a matter of course I'm having the cataract operation next mouth , normally you would have the cataract done at the same time but my surgeon said he would like my eye to settle down before any more treatment . the operation takes about ten days to clear and settle down , the first twenty four hours its a little bit sore , remember all of this kind of operation require cataract operation ,
by the way I had a local anaesthesia not general and it was fine
So do u recommend surgery?
I am not worried about cataract but your floaters are they gone after surgery? I have tons of floaters in one eye and it is affecting my life style.
Hope you can discuss 2 more aspects: costs; and your biases
Thank you Dr Chua! Awesome advice
the real obvious question here is this: Who would conduct a study that would NOT make anyone money ? Not drug companies, not surgeons etc ? Who would fund that study and research and further - what legitimate medical journal would even publish it even if it was double blind with controls and huge diverse populations ? That is the problem with profit motivated "health" care. Everyone wants to make a buck or go home. We need to ditch this model.. it is still the Rockefeller model with the same Bs as the AMA back in 1955. Some of us in your audience actually know what we are talking about and have health degrees too :-)
I used to have floaters but they have not gone away almost completely, maybe wearing glasses has helped I´m not sure. I spoke to doctor about getting surgery but because I have a slight nystagmus and astigmatism they thought it would be too risky. Is it true that astigmatism and nystagmus can get better from wearing contacts?
Great video. Subscribed.
I have had floaters for many many years from 30’s to my 50’s 😢 they have not gotten better over time
Thanks for this. IS YAG laser treatment feasible in a patient who has tri-focal fresnel lenses?
Floaters don't seem to drop to the bottom of eye for me. I dont see how that's true really for most.
The longer term data means nothing.
My right eye is a nightmare from botched cataract surgery 14 years ago. I ended up with 18 tears in my retina and detachment. It was fixed by a super surgeon. I now have a band around my eye. My left eye has a bunch of floaters and it need cataract removal. I was thinking about having them removed when I get my cataract surgery. This video convinces me to not put any unneeded laser energy in my eye. I believe all the laser work done on my right eye caused the detachment Thank you for creating this very informative video. Are you practicing anywhere near St Louis?
Thanks a lot Dr Chua !
The simple and quick answer to all of this is simply to change your diet!!Low carbs, low sugar, low sodium. In my situation, no carbs and no sodium. I originally had a big black spot floater in my one of my eyes and web-like floaters in both eyes. I went on a water fast with my Christian community and about 1- 1/2 weeks into the water fast the big black spot was gone completely and the other web-like floaters were significantly reduced. I believe it’s the food that we eat and the high level of carbs, sugar and sodium that can cause floaters. When you reduce that or even better eliminate it, you will see change every time.
Can you tell what kind of fasting you did and severity of your floaters plz it will help a lot
Low carb diet along with intermittent fasting has reduced my eye floaters
@@amyrose9649 you mean completely or less visible? How severe they before
My wife is as healthy as one can get. Works out every day, eats as healthy as one can eat. No sugars, minimal carbs. She has a very large floater.
@@janhavipatake8359 Less visible. Before they were distracting enough that I spoke to my dr about them. Now, even though they are still there, they are not as distracting.
I was told to ignore them and I would notice them less. Wrong! I'm reminded every day. My right eye is riddled with black spots and squiggly lines that are impossible to ignore because I'm right eye dominant.
Daily meditation and prayer
I have many floaters and for years i eat pineapple every day the result is "O" zero
Can’t they suck out the fluid through a filter and returning it all in one go.
that's too brilliant😮
I have been having floater since I’ve been in my 20s !
How old are you now?
I kind of wondered if more sunlight helps break these clumps down? I wouldnt expect anybody to have studied that... but thought sunlight might help?
Very helpful video thank you ❤!
Great video - very informative!
I’ve had cataract surgery in both eyes. Is that an issue for the laser surgery?
Dr i have a choroidal lesion in the eye which are part of my exudative retinal detachment.. how can i treat or how can i close the lesion in the choroid of the eye?????
There is no way to deal with them when it's causing dizziness and instability. The lazer doesn't do anything and they make them worse
My floaters are awful. I can’t really see very well at all. I would be inclined to take my chances!😊
Have more faith in yourself. Take regular Epsom salt baths 🧘♀️🙏
What are the options when the floaters are caused by leaking veins?
My floaters are caused by bleeding in the eyes.
What are the thoughts about injections (Eyelea)
I never had one until my retina specialist gave me injections for macula degeneration. I hate them but get new floaters everytime i get more injections.
Why is it that if the risks people are willing to take to rid themselves of floaters are greater than the risks of the surgery, it isn't offered more often?
Hi Dr I see light floating in the corners of my both eyes. I did a check. My retina is all fine. So what can it mean?
Lot of information, but still no idea how do eyefloaters are generated, because I see them since I'm 15, and my eyes are healthy (thanks God), but I have not been able to ignore them...
Stay balanced and grounded 🧘♂️🙏
Thank you great info
Funny I get floaters after being diagnosed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever, after years of dealing with Floaters , I used Ivermectin Eyedrops . After a week they were gone. Simply and easy. My opinion my floaters were Parasitic in nature.
ivermectin eyedrops? fascinating, never heard of it.
Yes I use 1% liquid Ivermectin and Saline solution. L-LYSINE 1000 Mg a day for vascular support and Eye Health.
Eat pineapple daily regular
I wouldn't risk anything for floaters. It's a minor inconvenience, not worth risking vision or health for.
I have been taking pineapple everyday for at least a year. It did not clear my eye floaters. It may be helpful for those who have light floaters. It is very disappointing for me.
Bromelain supplements and eating pineapple regularly worked for me
The key to this is the light. Or laser. Probably in the next 5 to 10 years floaters will be the past. Light to neutralize the dark floaters to opaque or clear. It will happen.