Floaters in eye?

about 1 month ago i started seeing "cobwebs" and what looks sometimes like puffs of smoke in front of my eyes and they move wherever my eye moves. i went to a vision center and had an eye exam and test done and was diagnosed with "vitreous floaters" and told they would start to go away within a week or so however 3 and a half weeks later there still is no improvement. does anyone know why there still has been no improvement? i am a 25 year old male. the eye doctor did rule out any type of detachment.

Floaters are a pretty common occurance, though they can drive you a bit crazy sometimes (or at least they drove me crazy for about the first month or so). In general, floaters don't usually just 'go away,' more often we just get used to them and don't notice them as much anymore. I still have my floaters, but after about a month I stopped seeing them all the time and just got used to them. Now I only notice them in very bright monochromatic views (i.e. looking at the sky).

What kind of doctor did you go to? An optometrist, or an ophthalmologist? Optometrists are usually the ones in the vision centers, they're OD's instead of MD's. I always recommend going to an ophthalmologist unless you're just getting glasses. I'm going to assume you went to an OD, in which case you should probably schedule an appointment with an ophthalmologist. Floaters alone are usually not a problem, even though they're uncommon at our age. But cobwebs can be a little more serious sometimes. And optometrists aren't always able to see the whole retina to find retinal tears or detachments.

So here's my recommendation: Make an appointment with an ophthalmologist (or more specifically, a retinal specialist, if you can) and get checked out more thouroughly. It's not something to mess around with. And if you start seeing an increase in floaters, or if you're seeing flashes or sparks of light as well, you need to do it IMMEDIATELY.

If you want any more info on flashes/floaters, tears, detachments, or anything else with the eye, let me know :-)

Try a regular doctor. It may be your blood pressure or anther heart-related issue.

Hey, I have those too, and I always have. Surprisingly enough, lots of people do. It is nothing to worry about. It won't go away, or mine never have, but it's not a big deal, except for the aggravation.LOL Anyway, take care, and I hope this helps.

Mine started about 6 months before I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Although I am now diabetic, and it has been 10 years since I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia, the floaters have not gone away.

However, at the first of this year I was alerted to a condition that can occur with more ease in blood sugar imbalanced persons - the overgrowth of the candida albicans (yeast) fungus, in the intestines.

The website www.hufa.org has basic info on both low blood sugar and this yeast syndrome. Some of the reading I have done indicated that "floaters" are just one symptom of the yeast infestation. Mine have improved with the herbal regimen I am undergoing, but have not totally disappeared.

The library link at the website has the name of the book I was first reading - the Yeast Syndrome.

Hope it helps.