When to Be Concerned about Eye Floaters

Eye surgeon Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler joins The Doctors to explain eye floaters and when you should be concerned about them.

About The Doctors:

The Doctors is an Emmy award-winning daytime talk show hosted by ER physician Dr. Travis Stork, plastic surgeon Dr. Andrew Ordon and OB-GYN Dr. Nita Landry.

The Doctors helps you understand the latest health headlines, such as the ice bucket challenge for ALS and the Ebola outbreak; delivers exclusive interviews with celebrities dealing with health issues, such as Lamar Odom, Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham, reality stars Honey Boo Boo and Mama June, and activist Chaz Bono; brings you debates about health and safety claims from agricultural company Monsanto and celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy; and shows you the latest gross viral videos and explains how you can avoid an emergency situation. The Doctors also features the News in 2:00 digest of the latest celebrity health news and The Doctors’ Prescription for simple steps to get active, combat stress, eat better and live healthier.

Now in its eighth season, The Doctors celebrity guests have included Academy Award Winners Sally Field, Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Marcia Gay Harden, Kathy Bates and Marisa Tomei; reality stars from Teen Mom and The Real Housewives, as well as Kris Jenner, Caitlyn Jenner, Melissa Rivers, Sharon Osbourne, Tim Gunn and Amber Rose; actors Jessica Alba, Christina Applegate, Julie Bowen, Patricia Heaton, Chevy Chase, Kristin Davis, Lou Ferrigno, Harrison Ford, Grace Gealey, Cedric the Entertainer, Valerie Harper, Debra Messing, Chris O’Donnell, Betty White, Linda Gray, Fran Drescher, Emmy Rossum, Roseanne Barr, Valerie Bertinelli, Suzanne Somers; athletes Magic Johnson, Apolo Ohno and Danica Patrick; musicians Tim McGraw, Justin Bieber, Clint Black, LL Cool J, Nick Carter, Kristin Chenoweth, Paula Abdul, Gloria Gaynor, La Toya Jackson, Barry Manilow, Bret Michaels, Gene Simmons and Jordin Sparks; and celebrity chefs Wolfgang Puck, Guy Fieri and Curtis Stone.

[Lisa-zton]

When there will be a safe treatment for eye floaters? We are in 2019 and still no safe cure!! A lot of people suffer from that! Please find a cure doctor .

[dhrachth]

I had floaters and went to two different doctors who both told me it was nothing and then later that week I went blind in that eye from a major retinal tear and detachment. If they're bad enough to bother you don't take "don't worry about it" for an answer.

[flipbug]

"You need to be seen..IMMERGENTLY"

[mizzypayge]

I have eye floaters that are really bothering me. Not s ton, just a few, but I didn't notice them until recently and I started worrying. I'm glad to know they're common and when to worry

[psivampire]

For me, it is whenever I first see floaters(if I ever do). My eyesight is very bad and I even started getting bad double vision a few years ago. Doctors are not sure why. So I have a pretty high risk of a detachment....

[noahjohnson]

I cured my floaters 100 percentage using following way in 4 months ---

Most important - 3 big slices of pineapple 2times a day for 2 month then 1 slice for 1 time to avoid any side effects of pineapple overeating --

1. Drink lots of water
2. Drink 1 glass of water before sleep & in between sleep if you awake drink water
3. Sleep for 9+ hours 1/2 + hour afternoon & sleep without pillow
4. Keep eyes always hydrated (not dry) use water to wash eye (6/7 times a day) to hydrate
5. Fasting (no food) one day per week.. fruit+water allowed
6. Don't squeeze or use fingers or any eye related exercise.. just keep natural eye movement. Should not give any stress on eye.. also don't cough heavily to avoid eye pressure
7. Avoid tv/mobile/laptop as much possible
8. Add fruit in dailt - I eat 5 fruit everyday
9. Run for 15 minutes everyday
10. Take 1 spoon of ghee everyday
11. Start Ayurvedic Treatment (mostly specialist in eye)
12. Sleep on face down posture for 1/2 hours every day

[tabihawley]

We call those "no-see-ems", cuz nobody can see em but you. Lol.

[iloilee]

My eyesight is perfect but I’ve had floaters since I was maybe a preteen. Some are clear, some are gray, and some are black. I have maybe 20+ in each eye. I mainly only notice them when looking at a blank wall or a clear blue sky. But there’s this one black one in my right eye that is so thick and dark that I see it constantly. Even when I close my eyes.
Sometimes when I’m bored I’ll “play” with it. Like trying to make it purposely move in a certain direction or certain patterns. I’m sure I look like an idiot to everyone when I randomly move my eyes around.

[billlevins]

I am nearsighted and I see floaters all the time and I have gone through periods where sometimes I see white flashes of light in my vision and sometimes it's blue.

[eleganz]

wow this video didnt answer anything you couldn't just google in two seconds, wtf

[Coffy-]

I see one black tiny dot floating in my vision. It start 6 days ago and i still can see that. It happened after i come from cycling. What should i do? When it will gone?😕 i start to overthinking about it(

[yessisbutterflyfamily]

This is something I’ve been having for the past two years I know my right eye I got cataract surgery and so we just been watching the other iPhone in lately my floaters been getting kind of annoying on my left die he says everything looks fine but I am a diabetic and my blood sugars are so hard to manage so I always worry that I am doing more harm to my eyes

[sis-]

I have floaters and flashing lights, I researched it and I thought I had retinal detachment but I went to get it checked out and they said my eyes were perfect. I do not know what to do anymore

[borkodrobnjak]

So many young people have this 🙂 don't worry you not alone 👋 that's normal with age 🙆‍♂️

[MarlaLove]

I have floaters myself. Recently I just turned 18 and I see new spots in my eye that I haven't seen before. I went to the optometrist and he confirmed that my eyes are okay but then two weeks later I'm seeing flashes in my peripheral vision! This is really frustrating me

[victorjr]

I Can't see far and have seen Floater since age 16 I'm 28 and have gotten 10x worst Drs say they will go away but I think it might be time for a 4th Opinion🤔

[SurrealKangaroo]

I had floaters since I was nine or ten. When I was a kid I thought they were dust on my eye.

[rafsunahmad]

I'm 21 years old.I have eye floaters problem since 13. Sometimes (very rarely)I saw flashes like migraine flashes. Is it harmful?

[bodombeastmode]

This is really minimizing the stress and anxiety that people who suffer with floaters endure.
I was diagnosed with OCD at 14 yrs old and I'm now 37, and I've had floaters since I was 22. How do you think this affects me? Every time I look at a blue sky or even a white PC monitor or a well lit room with white walls I see spider like, semi-transparent shapes, move across my field of vision.

[TonganFBI]

i only see one big black floater in my eye, i thought it was gonna go away like those white floaters but its been in here for like 4 years