Eye floaters and the microscope
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I have floaters and they are a total pain in the a** when looking at computer's screens (which sucks, because I'm looking at computer screens constantly), but fortunately they don't bother me much at all while I'm looking through the microscope. I'm not sure why. I think it may have something to do with the depth of focus being different in a microscope versus a computer screen, but I'm not really sure.
thats interesting. anyone else have this issue with floaters but not when under the scope?
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No floaters, but I've developed corneal warping from wearing RGP contacts (hard ones) for 10 years. I'm off to get multiple opinions on how to fix this and I'm hoping the 1% chance of kernicterus doesn't come to pass.
We should have more taking care of your eyes threads.
We should have more taking care of your eyes threads.
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I've had a floater in my left eye for about 8 months. It tends to bother me when I look at things with a white or light-colored background, esp. the computer screen and very seldomly when I'm at 4x on the scope I can see it moving around. It doesn't really bother me much at other times. I definitely wish it wasn't there though.
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I unfortunately have them in both eyes, and at times they are right in the middle of my field of vision. But like you said, they are only a problem when looking at something that's bright and light-colored like white paper or computer screens, and not much of a problem at the scope (even though that's bright and light-colored).
It seems to me like I've had them in different spots previously, and then they go away and come back again but in different areas. My opthalmologist told me they won't go away, so just get used to them. But I had thought that vitreous fluid (which is where floaters exist) has a certain turnover (albeit slow), which would imply that they might go away after a while. Does anyone out there know if floaters can resolve?
