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Hi. I'm a male, recently 20 years of age. About a year ago I started noticing something weird with my left peripheral vision, although I could not put my finger on it. It was more like a weird sensation. I had just moved to another country at the time, so I can imagine I was quite stressed. As time passed the stress seemed to fade but I had some periods where I felt really distant, and as though my vision was causing it, but I could still not point out anything specifically. I once then went for a relatively intensive jog, and the following day I noticed the first black dot in my vision along with some more not clearly noticeable ones. I called in with the local clinic for blood tests and to check different values with nothing proved to be wrong. A couple of days later, I went out to the park, seeing how doing some activity I usually liked doing, felt. I felt a tremendous "low" where I felt completely exhausted and everything felt kind of dreamy. The next day I decided I would go visit the clinic again and managed to book with the local university hospital, where I underwent more elaborate testing and even a talk with a psychologist. (i must mention at this point, my main concern was exhaustion, and this distant feeling I was having, not the floaters that started to take shape.) I felt no need to continue with the psychologist, and the results turned out with nothing wrong. A couple of more days later I went mountain-hiking with some friends over a weekend, and did not see any more floaters for the duration. But afterwards, getting some proper sleep at home, I noticed a substantial increase of floaters in my vision, as well as the flashes appearing when the floaters pass by light-sources. It's safe to say that was the last time I remember not being bothered by them. From what I can recall, they kept increasing slowly, for about a week before I decided to check with an optician regarding my concern for a torn retina, but no such signs were found. Since this time 4-5 months ago, I can not really put a finger on if they've continued to increase, but it's not going anywhere either. It's had an huge impact on my daily life and bothers me with lingering thoughts and concerns. I prefer dark surroundings, but when I go out during regular daylight or worse, I can more floaters than I see fit to count. I've heard they increase with age, but this sudden increase had and still got me worried. They still are not so apparent as to obstruct my vision, but passes by my point of focus from time to time. What could the initial cause be? Is there anything I could do to hinder or prevent further development or even reduce them? Or is these one of those things you just have to live with? Sincerely. A confused and slightly regretful human being.

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Sexologist•Sri Ganganagar
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FLOATERS CAN BE WITH NORMAL AGEING OR RUBBING THE EYES.
THEY ARE COMMON AND HARMLESS.
MOST OF TIME FLOATERS ARE NOT SIGN OF ANYTHING DANGEROUS.
THEY CAN GO ITSELF WITH TIME
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General Physician•Delhi
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Eye floaters are spots in your vision. Most eye floaters are caused by age-related changes that occur as the jelly-like substance (vitreous) inside your eyes becomes more liquid. Microscopic fibers within the vitreous tend to clump and can cast tiny shadows on your retina. The shadows you see are called floaters. Let's have a detailed discussion to ensure proper treatment.
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Black spots in the field of vision of the eye are also known as blind spots or eye floaters. These spots can appear clearly in your vision when you look at a bright surface such as white paper or clear blue sky. Black dots or lines in the field of your eye vision may not completely block your sight but it can make your eyes lose a clear vision.
Black dots or lines in the field of vision may appear due to various factors or causal agents. These causal agents determine the size, shape and the ...more
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Small greyish black spot known as pigmented tumors, these spots or freckles are almost harmless. The most common of the eye tumors is congenital nevi besides others like conjunctiva l melanoma and melanosis. Nevi is caused due pigmentation cells or over-growth of melanocytes. Let's discuss your problem in detail for better medication plan.
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Eye floaters" are deposits or condensation in the vitreous (often referred to as vitreous humor, vitreous fluid, or vitreous gel), the material that fills the posterior part of the eye. People use the term eye floaters to describe seeing spots within their vision that move or "float" when they look around. Eye floaters may be present in only one eye or both eyes
lets discuss your concern in detail so that we can provide you with the best medication plan.
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Cardiologist•Alappuzha
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The floaters go away on its own and will not trouble you I understand your concern for gaining height and worries about short height. It is pointless to worry about your height and even if parents have height the children may not get the same height as the genetics can undergo changes called mutation and parental traits need not be fully transferred to children. Your height is what you have you have got by your chromosomes and genes and is unchangeable or it can be said that your height is your ...more
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General Physician•Alappuzha
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Most eye floaters are caused by age-related changes that occur as the jelly-like substance (vitreous) inside your eyes becomes more liquid. Microscopic fibres within the vitreous tend to clump and can cast tiny shadows on your retina. The shadows you see are called floaters. Move your eyes -- this shifts the fluid around. Look up and down, that usually works better than side to side. If you have so many that they block your vision, your eye doctor may suggest surgery called a vitrectomy. He'll r...more
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Homeopath•Vadodara
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Hello Yusuf.
It depends on the content of your food.
Fatty food mostly makes it to float.
There is no relationship to freshness with it.
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Cardiologist•Alappuzha
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It is normal to have floaters at the age of 26
causes other than age include eye trauma, cataract surgery, nearsightedness and diabetic retinopathy. There is no magic eye drop or therapy to get rid of floaters, but over time, they usually become less bothersome.
The retina can be examined for detachment by ophthalmoscope.
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