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Post by chinostroza1 on Jul 12, 2004 2:36:05 GMT -5
Hello, does anybody know or know somebody who has noticed their floaters fade at all over time?? I have noticed mine got more transparent and are less noticable, but are still there...
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Post by Frank on Jul 12, 2004 3:15:56 GMT -5
It's supposed to. Went to a clinic a week ago and the eye-doctor told me they won't dissappear completely, but they will fade over time. Also your brain will ignore them, so your floaters won't bother you anymore. Not sure if I believe all this stuff ... I got my own floaters about 4 weeks ago, perhaps it's too early to judge my own situation. If you read the Dutch medical sites they all tell you, that your floaters will fade in time AND most of them will just dissappear. Now the odd thing ... my house-doctor (don't know the exact english translation) had floaters a long time ago. They all dissappeared. He's being very positive about it, I shouldn't worry ... they will dissappear (just like his eye-doctor said). Then you start reading the internet
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Post by Larry on Jul 12, 2004 13:10:21 GMT -5
How is denatured protein supposed to fade? Without a catalyst to break them down, these floaters just swirl around in pockets of liquifing vitreous gell.
I think floaters will get repositioned in the vitreous and cast either a larger or smaller shadow on the retina.
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Post by Moderator on Jul 12, 2004 20:39:59 GMT -5
Yes many doctors say floaters do fade over time, but I highly, highly , highly doubt it. I think Larry is right
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Post by Frank on Jul 13, 2004 2:57:36 GMT -5
If all the doctors, medical sites say it will fade over time ... something has to be true? I don't get it actually, you hear so many contradictory facts. I personal know 2 people who had floaters and disappeared. Sometimes I'm so jealous at those people: they get floaters, they go to an eye-doctor. The doctor tells them not to worry because floaters are chunks of protein and on the same way those chunks got together, they will dissolve again. And then the "miracle" started and those people got rid of them Here and there you read things on the internet of people who had luck at dissolving floaters with taking vitamines and anti-oxidants. I've been taking them too for about 2 weeks. Don't know if it will help, but it won't do anything bad either. Also read a couple of success-stories of people washing their eyes with some herbal-potion (http://www.see-clear.org/). The main ingredient is cayenne-pepper. I'm willing to take it on my food, but washing my eyes with pepper is another story
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Post by Larry on Jul 15, 2004 14:34:19 GMT -5
Yes my parents get floaters from time to time and they say they fade away in a few months. I think it's more likely with their bad vision they just have trouble seeing them.
A friend gets floaters and he says they fade within a few hours. Those must be the blood type that occur due to some cause other then synersis (the seperation of liquid from gel caused by contraction).
As far as a cure taking vitamins and such, I highly doubt that will do anything to floaters. Those that are claiming a difference after taking some home remedy are merely reporting a change that would have happenned without that remedy. After reading many many threads on what others try it becomes obvious the "chinese medicine" approach is valueless.
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Post by Frank on Jul 16, 2004 2:10:37 GMT -5
A friend gets floaters and he says they fade within a few hours. Those must be the blood type that occur due to some cause other then synersis (the seperation of liquid from gel caused by contraction). One friend got a big floater in one eye, got rid of it in 2 weeks. The other friend had 3 times floaters ... everytime with a couple of years between them. The last time was very bad, he saw a "fishing net" in his vision. That disappeared in a month. You can't trust on floaters. As far as a cure taking vitamins and such, I highly doubt that will do anything to floaters. Those that are claiming a difference after taking some home remedy are merely reporting a change that would have happenned without that remedy. After reading many many threads on what others try it becomes obvious the "chinese medicine" approach is valueless. Chinese medicine treats the liver .... something there caused the floaters. Yes, sure, I want to believe that ... but when your liver is healthy again, the floaters will probably stay Nobody seems to know the causes. Heck I don't even know my cause. The last docter I went to, told me I "probably" had a PVD. Another docter told me, they can't know for sure if you have a PVD just by looking into your eyes (with the eyedrops that enlarge your pupils (don't know the exact word ... dilating or something)). I *thaught* the medical world almost knew everything. But when you're entering the floater world ... it's all darkness and guessing. "You got to live with them", NEXT!
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Post by Larry on Jul 16, 2004 13:08:33 GMT -5
After watching decades of Star Trek, it tends to make me think that doctors can simply scan your body and find the problem. Visiting a doctor brings my perception back to reality.
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Post by Moderator on Jul 25, 2004 3:46:07 GMT -5
Absolutely. Doctors aren't our Gods Our current medicine is still extrememly primitive and aggressive. The concept of modern medicine is basically still poision and aggression. We have not really advanced since anti-biotics were invented. We have only been perfecting our methods.
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