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Re:The World Is Going Blind. Taiwan Offers a Warning, and a ... by spinlock_ on Thursday December 28, 2023 @02:20PM (#38797371)
I started to see floaters this year. First, it scared the shit out of me, because I only have one healthy eye and starting to see this flying dots and strings was a really scary experience. It also was just really annoying.

After the ophthalmologist checked my eye, she said what I'm seeing is called "mouches volantes" and it's something that happens when people get older. I'm "only" 37 and don't have any problems with my eyesight, which makes me wonder what caused these floaters in my case.

Anyway, it's something I have to get used to. It only really is annoying on sunny days because then I can see them clearly floating around.

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Re:The World Is Going Blind. Taiwan Offers a Warning, and a ... by arrowleaf on Friday December 29, 2023 @11:28AM (#38806742)
Yeah, I'm definitely not looking forward to that. For some reason around 30-60 years old your vitreous turns from a gel to a liquid and can tug on your retina while doing so. I've had quite a few new floaters from lattice degeneration (at age 28) but after a few months I have gotten used to them. For a while I could hardly read without 'swirling' them out of the way, but now I only notice them in the sunlight.
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