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"floaters: so what are those moving floaty things in your eyes?" (Original Post) orleans Mar 2015 OP
It's the one that doesn't move that scares me marym625 Mar 2015 #1
Learn something new every day. Shadowflash Mar 2015 #2
.... DeSwiss Mar 2015 #3
could be a detached retina. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #4
I have one of those. KMOD Mar 2015 #5
It's bleeding of the veins from your Cornia ArnoldLayne Mar 2015 #6
Fascinating ailsagirl Mar 2015 #7
I had floaters and over a year ago, RebelOne Mar 2015 #8
I get floaters when I have a lot of fiber in my diet Major Nikon Mar 2015 #9
That deserves a hifiguy Mar 2015 #10

ArnoldLayne

(2,068 posts)
6. It's bleeding of the veins from your Cornia
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 12:28 PM
Mar 2015

On the back of the eye. Those floaters are blood. You need to see an Opthamologist soon or you could lose site in that eye. I've been seeking treatment for it for 3 years now. They give you a shot right in your eye of a drug called Avastin every other month. It works wonders it stopped mine.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
8. I had floaters and over a year ago,
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 03:24 PM
Mar 2015

I had cataract surgery in both eyes. I still have them occasionally, but it is due to macular degeneration in one eye that is not curable. My eye surgeon gave me a list of vitamin supplements to slow down the process.

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