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Floaters in each eye. should i be worried about retinal detachment?

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Possibly: Get a dilated eye exam immediately by an eye doctor (a retina specialist if you can). Get a move on.

Dr Pappas agreed

Answered 10/3/2016

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Perhaps.: Difficult to give a definitive answer without examining you. Floaters are one of the symptoms of retinal detachment, along with flashes of light, and vision loss. Best to get evaluated by an ophthalmologist to determine the answer.

Answered 5/23/2013

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Lifting an heavy object increases eye floaters and it leads to Retinal detachment for high myopic is that true?

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Floaters are noticed after eye injury. It has been 8 months now. Are they likely to go away? No retinal detachment yet. Also if floaters are lasting this long were they likely to onset anyway?

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History of bad dry eye, floaters & sometimes flashes in 1 eye. Ophthalmologist dilated & put a device directly on eye to look for retinal tears. Found None. Flashes are gone for now. Will this ultimately lead to detachment?

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Sudden increase in eye floaters over last two weeks. I am seeing eye doctor tomorrow. No other symptoms. Is this retinal tear or detachment?

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I was lifting my bedding at that time my 55 kg brother stood on the bedding still I tried a second to lift it up will this incident increase the eye floaters or cause Retinal detachment as I'm high myopic?

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