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Eyesight question

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jalapino

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Afternoon world 🙂...Ok it's hard to explain this one....baiscally pretty much in the last 3 years on and off i get these funny looking spots in my vission...so for example if i look around the room these spot looking things follow where i look but then when i stop still and stare at something they drop of downwards slowly then go...but when i start moving my eyes again they follow.....i no i sound like im going bonkers lol and probably am there inbetween spots and tiny scarr looking things...really hard to explain....it does not bother me as i am used to it but it is anoying...my left eye is fine just the right one which has these funny glitches!!! really sorry for daft question but when i told my misses and asked if she ever has this she looked at me if i was mad and asked if i had taken something!!!! cheeky cow lol
am i just being daft? :D
 
Yor question is perfectly normal and not at all daft. Ask as many questions as you like as they help everyone.

What you have sounds like floaters and lots people get them. If you are worried it is always a good idea to speak to your opticians or doctors.
 
Caroline said:
Yor question is perfectly normal and not at all daft. Ask as many questions as you like as they help everyone.

What you have sounds like floaters and lots people get them. If you are worried it is always a good idea to speak to your opticians or doctors.
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Floaters??? the only one's i no of them are ermmm....well you no lol i.e toilet?...sorry for my daftyness!!! 😛....but on a serious note is it harmfull or would get worse? and is it due to diabetes? many thanks. 🙂
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floaters

It's just bits of the goo in your eye becoming a bit more liquid. They've probably aways been there - they're perfectly normal and you'll particularly notice them if you're looking at something like open blue sky.

In some respects they're a bit like breathing - it's just something your body has or does but you only really notice it when you start thinking about it!
 
Yeah I get them and I hate them, have had them for a few years and got my eyes looked at by the eye doc. Seems many of us get them as part of growing older. (groan). Mine are at their worst when it is bright and/or I am looking at something white. So I have the specs that change colour and they help a lot.
 
DeusXM said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floaters

It's just bits of the goo in your eye becoming a bit more liquid. They've probably aways been there - they're perfectly normal and you'll particularly notice them if you're looking at something like open blue sky.

In some respects they're a bit like breathing - it's just something your body has or does but you only really notice it when you start thinking about it!
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good point!!!....but!.....the reason i asked is because i see it all the time.....it's not a case of seeing when i think about it.....but it is there all the time!!.....so thinking it makes no diff!!!....the fact is it's always there...see? lol i wish you could....ok seems like im being daft :confused:
 
yes mine are there all the time too but they are more noticeable in bright lights or when things are white. The glasses which change colour help me to ignore them a bit. If it is really worrying you go and talk to an optician about it. They are a nuisance I know.
 
jalapino said:
Floaters??? the only one's i no of them are ermmm....well you no lol i.e toilet?...sorry for my daftyness!!! 😛....but on a serious note is it harmfull or would get worse? and is it due to diabetes? many thanks. 🙂
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SOrry I had assumed everyone knew what floaters are. They can be very annoying, but as others have said they are quite normal. Are you due an eye test? (that is a sight test and not a retinal scan) You get one free every year for being diabetic. The optician will reassure you. It's worth getting done as it is one less thing you need to worry about.
 
Just to reassure you, I have these too and am non-D. I have got so used to them I don't really notice them any more.
 
My floaters in my right eye haven't got any worse since I was hit by an icey snowball, when aged 13 years, long before I got diabetes. Still a bit annoying, particularly in bright sunlight, so I tend to wear sunglasses more than most people, and it was a particular issue when sitting exams during summer, with sunlight streaming in through a window.
 
When I had only been diagnosed a few months I used to notice floaters a lot when I was out for a run - it was almost like I had a cloud of midges around my field of vision, which is what I thought they actually were for some time! Haven't really noticed anything for a long time now though. I did used to be aware of them from time to time pre-diagnosis as well.
 
Because i work outside i wear sun glasses, sometimes when it is not even that bright, but i find i get these "floaters" really bad when i am trying to colour match a boat in the sun or concentrating on a job a lot.
 
Have you spoken to your optician? - have you even got an optician?

get one !
 
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