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Eye Floaters Treatments- What ACTUALLY Works
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- čas přidán 1. 03. 2024
- Are you feeling frustrated with your eye floaters? Are you wanting answers on why they are there and won't go away and what you can do about them? In this video, I'll explain how floaters are managed, including the most common approach, surgical treatment options, and more naturally based options. I'll share my opinion and what works and help guide you based on recent research and new findings.
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-Doctor Elisabeth Hottel
The most Honest Doctor I've ever seen and heard of.
Thank you for acknowledging the chance that a major problem may be causing floaters. Twice I had a retinal detachment when I noticed floaters. Caught quickly, lased and heal properly. I will say this, not all doctors are as good as others when it comes to spotting the start of a detachment. If in doubt get a second opinion.
Very nice video talk.My opthalmologist treated me for floaters some years back but recently they appearing again and now i am on glaucoma treatment.
The video title is not click bait.
The doctor talks about all the solutions with the positives and the negatives.
It is not her fault that some viewers wanted the miracle cure for floatters with no adverse effect presented in a youtube video.
I wish there was a cure
The periodic zooming in and zooming out is really annoying when watching this video. You are clearly knowledgeable, well-spoken and articulate and so there's no need to resort to these "gimmicks" when making videos. That being said I appreciate the great info contained here. The more you know the better decisions you can make regarding your treatment. Thx and keep up the good work.
Yes, especially since those of us watching this already have problems with our vision.
My mom had a vitrectomy in her right eye April 2023 l, it worked, no problem. Went a few weeks later to do the left eye and the next morning she was totally blind in that eye, the vision will never come back. It's not worth the risk😢 just a fyi for those thinking about doing it.
I'm so sorry to hear that. The message I hope to get across with my videos is that there is no perfect solution. Though a vitrectomy is the most likely to eliminate floaters entirely, it is the most risky, as you have witnessed. I hope that people receive this information, along with all of the pros and cons to better understand what they are facing. Thank you for sharing this, because I think it is so important and I hope it will help others. :)
Oh gosh. 😮
What a wonderful, clear, detailed, balanced and impartial appraisal of this area.
More people should take your approach.
Many thanks indeed.
I've always had small transparent ones. I recently got some darker ones though at the beginning of this year and a small black dot that hovers around the center of my right vision more and more. What's also annoying is that they sometimes glow in bright light or when I watch TV at certain angles which they never did before. I saw 2 different doctors and both lied to me and said there is no treatment for them. Thanks for being honest in your video Doc. Gives me some hope if they end up getting worse or don't improve. Now I have to find an honest eye doctor.
Have you been to a retina specialist?
You're truly amazing Dr. Elizabeth.. I totally agree with what you've mentioned about further studies.. Thank you so much. Watching from Saudi Arabia.
YAG vitreolysis does not break up floaters into smaller floaters. It emits plasma that physically evaporates the floater. It is problem the one treatment I perform that patients are the most satisfied with. We take fundus photos before and after that shows the disappearance. YAG vitreolysis is really only effective with Weiss Rings. If it is not a weiss ring, then vitrectomy is the better choice
The floater I have in my left eye started when I suddenly started experiencing bright flashes in that eye with my eyes closed. I went to a retina specialist and apparently some of the vitreous fluid had detached, but without causing a retinal detachment. It's been at least a year since I was diagnosed, and my brain has adapted a little but not much in helping me see clearer through it. More importantly though, I was diagnosed with glaucoma at that same visit, and I was absolutely unaware I had it, as it had been years and years since my last appointment with an ophthalmologist. So, I would encourage everyone to see an ophthalmologist once a year.
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I started getting floaters at the age of
Of 14 yrs old . I am now 58 yrs old
I can still see them not as severe as
When I was 14.
If the British NHS introduced surgery
To remove the gel and replace with
Solution I would go for it !!!!!!🎉
one of the best explanations I've seen on the subject. thank you
Floaters do NOT fade at all, at least in my case. Had them since 17, now 56 and I have significant amount to the point that reading is a task.
i am with you ... ive had them my whole life. now at 64 they are worse and driving me crazy. there is nothing that can be safely done! :(
I'd like to add two points here. There are what I can "friendly" and "unfriendly" vitreous detachments. The former are associated with aging, whereas the latter are hastened by trauma, such as a blow to the head. The latter present more of a risk for injury to the retina and usually present more dramatically. The other condition that could initially present as floaters ans curtains is an ischemic optic neuropathy - in essence a stroke in the eye. This is more common than most people think. Bottom like is contact an ophthalmologist or go to the ER asap if you have symptoms.
Thank you for sharing this! I like the concept of friendly vs. unfriendly vitreous detachments. And yes, it’s very important to seek care for anything unusual in the vision, and don’t wait! Thanks again for sharing this important addition :D
@@dr.elisabeth7778 I had a very unfriendly PVD when I got punched by my kid's father, domestic violence, which put me in a mental health crisis. I'm sure it's because I'm a higher myope, -8.00 in that eye. Two years later it's still immensely bothering me, the posterior hyaloid and numerous floaters swirling around -- alongside dry eye MGD and blepharitis. I implore you optometrists & opthalmologists to heavily push for better solutions such as vitreous reformation vs. vitrectomy and eye drops for cataracts vs. replacing the natural lens.
@@dr.elisabeth7778I have a very unfriendly PVD after being punched by my kid's father which put me in a mental health crisis. I'm a higher myope, -8.00 in that eye with contact lenses. 2 years later this still greatly affects my life with numerous floaters, the posterior hyaloid, and dry eye. One punch turned my life upside down. I implore all eye doctors to heavily push for a better solution such as vitreous reformation vs. vitrectomy & eye drops for cataracts vs. removing the natural lens.
The vitreous is important for eye health, right, in creating a hypoxic environment and protecting the lens.
We can do better by stopping vitreous liquefaction on a molecular level to restore it to its normal gelation, create better tamponades for retinal surgery, i.e. hydrogels, etc. I've read medical literature, contacted professors of ophthalmology and biomedical engineers around the world... And for some reason the AAO is not interested. Therefore, I don't understand why this hasn't affected a wealthy person on some sort of personal level (floaters, PVD, eye surgery, injuries, something that compromised their vision), that would prompt them to heavily fund research and get products on the market.
pineapple enzyme=bromelain, is a proteolytic enzyme, meaning it helps digest protein, your gut lining is protein so never eat pineapple on an empty stomach. that is what was causing my tummy troubles, you can put it in plain yogurt tho (no sugar)
Accurate title,clear information,balanced view. We need to listern properly/throughly and not jump to be so negative. Great free content that is very supportive of a sometimes worrying situation. Stay well !
Only 37 .. and I have a few already.. they are so annoying.. imma give my brain time to adapt.. like maybe a few months .. if not gotta see about getting something done ..
Exellent! very clear and informative.
At age 61, floaters are annoying… started in my early 50’s. One annoying one is, as the eye doctor said, “cellophane in water”… a clear fuzzy area… most annoying when over my fovea (main focus area of eye). Lots of little ones like black rain drops. 96% of time not noticed but when I notice it, feels like something on my eye. Recently, new ones like flying insects… sharp small black ones.
You can try atropine 0,01-0,02 for myopia,cant cure but its very efective for wanishing floaters temporary
Pls visit a retina specialist. Mine told be to call him asap if I see a shower of a pepper like thing.
Thank you 👁️👍🏻🤍🩵
I thought I was just able to see energy.
Can you do a video Dr Elizabeth on satellite halosis which is small specks of calcium glistening in eyes.
Try red light therapy first doesn't eliminate them, but it seems to make them less noticeable.
What's that?
I wonder if eye floaters have a lot in common with the inner ear issues responsible for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
Was diagnosed of vertigo and right from that day, my eye floaters started. I guess they have lots in common
There should be something that stops appearing more of them, i had one on my right eye, for about two months now i got 4-5 in the left one and some lines in the right one! I eat pineapples, three servings every day, i use castor oil around eyes, i hope something works. I’m inly 27, and had them for two years now.
Did it work?
@@vijhey3850 looks like nothing is working, i at least want to stop getting more of them
I started getting floaters in my right eye. It seems to be worse in the sun or bright light. My floaters are mild they come & go I never had them until recently. At the end of last year I had them. I increased vitamin A in my diet I get scared about getting any treatments. Because this can be just as bad as the disease so I'm trying to decide on what options I have.
Thank you so much for sharing 🙏🏿
YAG vitreolysis does not break up floaters into smaller floaters. It emits plasma that physically evaporates the floater. It is problem the one treatment I perform that patients are the most satisfied with
I can attest eating pineapple daily works for me. If I am away on a trip and discontinue eating, floaters return in about 4 days. Have been eating pineapple on routine basis for over a year now. I would class my floaters a moderate. The floaters are still present, but definitely less bothersome if maintain in my diet.
I eat about 1 pineapple every 10 days. 1 large slice once a day. Typically breakfast.
I’d do that. I love pineapples. I’m a diabetic though… but one every ten days is doable I think.
As someone has done alternative health hacks for 30 years I can say docs are big pharna indoctrinated. Always poo pooing any & all natural cures, waiting for BP (who funds all testing) to approve their superior competition. Anyone remember BP sidelining medical Marijuana for generations with help from BP owned politicians? Yeah that's how they roll. Fact is you can affect almost any medical condition with it. Fun fact: 70% of all meds are synthed from herbs.
If only you can get the dried pineapple slices without tons of sugar on em ugh. Maybe I'll try to hunt em down...got a link maybe?
@@welcometoreality3450 it may be difficult. Pineapples are naturally high in sugar, and I don’t want to ingest anything that helps remove that natural sweetness as that’d be a chemical process which brings its own demons. I’d rather just eat smaller amounts. Walk for about 10-20mins after you eat it though. That will help bring the sugar levels in your blood down and activate insulin activity.
@@indranidasgupta8982 havnt checked yet but there may be organic freeze dried products. Might be able to add ceylon cinnamon to it to help with insulin spike
Nice vid doc, but I’d recommend changing the “what” in the video title to “nothing”.
Thanks for the heads up.
There are pros and cons to all options, but certainly the most successful at eliminating the floaters is the vitrectomy to get rid of the gel altogether. The downside, of course, is the invasiveness of the procedure and risks.
@@dr.elisabeth7778yeau vitrectomy terrifies me. Will hold off as im still young (32) and atropine drops give relatively OK quality of life. Right eye still has way more floaters than id love and its EXTREMELY annoying at work school skateboarding snowboarding etc. But my retina doc says really nothing to do at this point. Got the floaters after concussions and visual snow syndrome which kind of makes the entoptic phenomena impossible to ignore when the "filter" in the brain is somewhat broken. Been over a year and no improvement but who knows. Since the visual snow doesnt seem to dissipate and the enhanved entoptics are apart of it, my neuro theroizes i most likely wont "get used to them." Annoying!!
Eye floaters started in my left eye 2 weeks ago, with my usual eyelid eczema that starts up around the start of the spring and fall. My eyelids and entire eye area itching like crazy and swelling from rubbing. I discovered some foods to stop eating bcuz it stirs up histamine, which are pork and eggs. But especially pork. At first, I followed some popular advice about castor oil on the eyelids. And my eyes swelled up, so they didn't respond well to the castor oil and I can't do that anymore, and the floater started not long after that.
Thank you so much Doctor for providing patient friendly explanation
I am too a victim of eye floaters with glasses. Eye Floaters came up in 2014...still those exists.
And I was blinded in one eye when bombarded with the beam to break up the floater, it fried my lense and had to be replaced
Hi doc I've been eating pineapple but no improvement to the eye floaters in eye caroline
Some studies in Netherland proved vitreous health suplement are able to erase floaters in eye, but im not sure is that 100 precent certian
Try not eating products contain sugar for at least 3 months,that may work
Mine started after this quack zapped my eyes too long while treating glaucoma with laser surgery
Some people say they had included pineapples in their diet for some consecutive weeks, and it cured.
I had done surgery of my right eye last year in feb.2023. It was retina detachment surgery. All eye drops were tried by the doctors but all in vain . i only see10%from this operated eye. I request you to kindly suggests
Mine were a symptom of intermediate uveitis. The steroid eye drops and immunosupresents may not get rid of the existing floaters but they help stop the inflammation that can create more occurring and scaring in the eye.
It was worth seeing a good ophthalmologist to get the diagnosis.
I got uveitis in 2022 in my left eye and since then I feel my floaters got worse.
I have and enormous eye floater that kind of looks like a green tadpole. it covers half of my with a black center. One end of it seems to be attached to the back of my eye and the other end swirls around and has collected all the smaller floaters. I have had catarac surgery and get Eyelea shots. Could this be caused by those treatments?
If I had been told of the complications I never would have consented to the laser surgery
Very informtive
Bromelain has good results according to studies.
Well kids so far I've tried castor oil around the eye and on the lid at night and my floaters seem to be diminishing... only day 2 but I'm a lot more hopeful
Great
Hi Dr.
If Stokes law applies to floaters then larger floaters will settle easier than smaller particles after laser treatment.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
😢😢😢 l almost went crazy when l started seeing this annoying object flying up and down around my right eye l thought l was getting mad😢
Mine looked like flies flying around lol
Hard to see rocks and trash on the trails with the floaters randomly in my way/vision...
Dr. Have you heard about benefits for eye health with molecular hydrogen?
Smart young doc
Dr. I had my gray eye floater for 8 months, do they settle down due to gravity?
No
On Oct. 29 (Sunday) 2023, I woke up and had one floater going from left to middle and then back to left, rapidly. Yes, today, March 4 - it is still there, despite seeing specialist who recommended taking Systane Complete eye drops, and while self-medicating with Bromelaine, and something called "Sight Care which has Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Vit. A, C, E. Really nothing there to help? my diet is great, I exercise, and don't have weight problems. Yes, I am old-er person (69), but will live for another 30 years like my predecessors. So Dr. Elisabeth is saying-live with it, that's all? Total bummer.
I hope you watched the entire video, because I did mention some other options for those with persistent floaters who find them very bothersome.
Try not eating products which have sugar
When i swim my eye is ok..not sure why
I drink pineapple juice and it really helps. 1 cup twice a day.
Is drinking pineapple juice as effective as eating pineapple?
Don’t do the juice. Too much sugar. Have the fruit.
Is there any chance eye floaters go away after some time or years 😭
Fortunately, they do tend to fade/become less noticeable (though they are technically still there in the vitreous gel).
So, do you recommend regular-strength placebo, or the extra-strength stuff? :)
With all due respect, please change the clickbait title from "Eye Floater Treatments - what actually works" to something else. You did not present any treatments that work, and in fact spend almost half the video explaining there *aren't* any that work well.
I realize the goal is to get clicks, but you're better than this, and if you keep posting misleading titles I for one will stop clicking on your videos at all. I don't want to have to do that because I think you're a good doctor who cares. Thanks.
The most proven treatment to remove floaters is to remove the gel altogether, which is the vitrectomy that I discussed. It does however come with risks, which are important to highlight as well. There is no perfect solution, so I definitely want people to understand that what they may read online about drops and other things that claim to cure floaters are misleading and not proven. To discuss what actually works, we also need to understand what doesn’t. I hope to present people with the truth, while it may not be the miracle cure people are hoping for.
I get the aging part, I'm only 36 though and have floaters🤔🤔🤔
@@NikaVeronika88 I’ve had some since I was 10! They can be present in anyone, but tend to progress with age.
@@dr.elisabeth7778 Interesting! I’m taking eye supplements, hopefully it’ll help. Went to the eye doctor and he wasn’t concerned about it. They are very annoying though 😭
Thank you for nice explanation
Do foreign objects like chemicals as hair products & spray when touche the eyes cause eyes floaters ?
Even a little of these objects ?
May be Dr, like plasebo working psychologically, the eye drops too??
They are ruining my favorite hobby, bird photography. 😞
same... I love to travel and take photos . but now its just fkup .
I have taken all these. It's getting worse.
My floaters went away with turmeric black pepper and olive oil drink
they didnt
I recomend the pineapple treatment. I like pineapples!
I thought they were spirits?
Good video
Vitrectomy is the only way. Period.