Floater in eye

[mrsawhite]

I will obv book an appointment at the optician. But meanwhile it's driving me mad. I have this tiny little circular floater in my right eye. It darts away if I try and focus on it. But it never actually goes away like the squiggly lines I sometimes get. Is this relatively normal?

Very normal especially if you're short sighted.

I have had occasional floaters for years with no problem but you are right to have a thorough check at the opticians. The eye scan that costs an extra £10 is worth having too.

Oh interesting yes I am a bit short sighted. It's worse when I am working at my computer. Just so annoying!

Get it checked. I had this and went to A&E where they told me to get an urgent optician appointment. The possibilities were a migraine, high blood pressure or a detached retina - the latter is why the GP sent me to A&E. I was stressed at the time so suspect it was blood pressure. The optician said that as we get older it is normal to get floaters in the eye sometimes but it should generally be checked out. I am fine now, this was 2010

I am 62 and have had floaters in my eyes for as long as I can remember. I notice them more in bright sunlight and when I am tired. Numerous regular eye tests have never indicated they are anything other than an irritation. Unfortunately you just have to get used to them.

I think you just know when something isn't right and it's all too fresh for me! I went yesterday morning as I had quite big ones and it just felt...different. By 5pm last night, I was having laser surgery for a tear in my retina.

Get it checked - just in case

Oh really? Did you have any other symptoms! Sorry to hear it was something more serious!

I had a cluster of floaters on23rd dec and had them checked Xmas eve but all ok. Then I had a big one last weekend and just felt something wasn't right

I got a floater in my sight line during the first lock down. At first I thought a black fly had flown behind my glasses / caught in my fringe! ( I was walking outside at the time). I spoke to Specsavers that sort of diagnosed on the phone. Got appointment when lock down loosened a bit. Had a thorough check at Specsavers including horrible drops that make pupils huge. They had to rule out retina type problems.
It was very irritating in the beginning, especially in sunshine. Less irritating now. They say your brain can get used to them and also can float out of vision again.

Your brain should gradually adapt to it OP and you wont notice it any longer, in time. I have tonnes as I am so shortsighted and each new one bothers me for a few weeks then seems to just vanish. It hasn't....my brain has just adapted to see past it.

I spoke about it to my optician and she hears the same thing from people all the time.

I have these, I went to the optician and was sent to the eye A&E. They said it was normal but worth checking in case it was a detached retina as the first ones came on suddenly.

Ugh, I have a few and they are so annoying at times! I have quite a big one in my right eye and a couple of smallish dots in my left eye. Most of the time I don’t notice them but sometimes they become very noticeable and then they drive me mad! I’m shortsighted and have been since early teens and I also have astigmatism. I wish there was a way to get rid of them!