Afaik, unless you have eye surgery, floaters are stuck in your eye forever, it’s just that many eventually sink out of your field of vision. If you have large new floaters, especially if there are multiple new ones that appear suddenly, I’d recommend seeing an eye doctor - it’s how I found out I’d torn my retina, which was at risk of detaching and possibly making me partially blind.
I’d say get it checked out if you can reasonably afford it. Eye exams by a competent professional can detect serious health issues before they are noticed by you or your PCP.
Genuine question; is there anything we can do against eye floaters or is it necessary to go to opticians/ doc?
There is no treatment because they are considered a natural and harmless consequence of aging. Only in severe cases is surgery necessary.
My optometrist said not to worry unless I see a “shower of them” suddenly.
Aging?! I saw them more as a child than as a middle-aged man. Are we talking about the wormy things?
Afaik, unless you have eye surgery, floaters are stuck in your eye forever, it’s just that many eventually sink out of your field of vision. If you have large new floaters, especially if there are multiple new ones that appear suddenly, I’d recommend seeing an eye doctor - it’s how I found out I’d torn my retina, which was at risk of detaching and possibly making me partially blind.
I swapped my desktop computer to night mode so my floater is less annoying.
My optician said I’d stop noticing it in 6 weeks. That was 6 months ago.
I’d say get it checked out if you can reasonably afford it. Eye exams by a competent professional can detect serious health issues before they are noticed by you or your PCP.