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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1551127" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>Have you had diabetic eye screening yet? In the UK, everyone should have their first eye screening within 3 months of diabetes diagnosis. </p><p></p><p>There are different types of 'floaters'. </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The ones that are very small, move without the eyes moving and generally only show up against a light background such as the sky are completely normal - it's due to seeing the white blood cells moving within the capillaries of the retina. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Other floaters occur in the jelly of the eye due to ageing. Again, this type of floater is harmless.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If there is an increase in floaters accompanied by a sudden appearance of flashes, this could be a symptom of retinal detachment which would need to be seen in eye casualty the same day.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If someone has had diabetic retinopathy for years, it can develop to a stage called proliferative retinopathy where new vessels grow in the retina. These are very fragile and bleed easily. The bleeding may be seen as floaters. This needs to be seen in ophthalmology as soon as possible - within a couple of weeks.</li> </ul><p>If you've had your first eye examination for retinopathy already and there was either no retinopathy found or only background retinopathy, it is very, very unlikely that diabetic retinopathy is the cause of a floater.</p><p></p><p>If you haven't had an eye examination since diabetes diagnosis, I would get that organised straight away. Obviously, it would be helpful if you could tell the examiner a) which eye the floater is occurring in and b) where in the visual field it is located (upper or lower, nasal or temporal side).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1551127, member: 52527"] Have you had diabetic eye screening yet? In the UK, everyone should have their first eye screening within 3 months of diabetes diagnosis. There are different types of 'floaters'. [LIST] [*]The ones that are very small, move without the eyes moving and generally only show up against a light background such as the sky are completely normal - it's due to seeing the white blood cells moving within the capillaries of the retina. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon[/URL] [*]Other floaters occur in the jelly of the eye due to ageing. Again, this type of floater is harmless. [*]If there is an increase in floaters accompanied by a sudden appearance of flashes, this could be a symptom of retinal detachment which would need to be seen in eye casualty the same day. [*]If someone has had diabetic retinopathy for years, it can develop to a stage called proliferative retinopathy where new vessels grow in the retina. These are very fragile and bleed easily. The bleeding may be seen as floaters. This needs to be seen in ophthalmology as soon as possible - within a couple of weeks. [/LIST] If you've had your first eye examination for retinopathy already and there was either no retinopathy found or only background retinopathy, it is very, very unlikely that diabetic retinopathy is the cause of a floater. If you haven't had an eye examination since diabetes diagnosis, I would get that organised straight away. Obviously, it would be helpful if you could tell the examiner a) which eye the floater is occurring in and b) where in the visual field it is located (upper or lower, nasal or temporal side). [/QUOTE]
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