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<blockquote data-quote="DianaMC" data-source="post: 2077845" data-attributes="member: 488381"><p>On the advice of an optician whose clinic had just closed for the weekend, I had my eyes checked at A&E when I got a floater - because I hadn’t had one before and had no idea what I was seeing or dealing with. Turned out to be fine and the optometrist thought it was probably due to having had a cataract operation earlier in the year. I was advised to be watchful about possible retinal detachment in future, though, which I was told can eventually happen, in some cases. As has been said, it’s usually if you get light flashes with floaters that there’s more immediate concern, but getting lots more might be something to check too? I knew nothing about any of it, at the time, and it put my mind at rest to get the eye checked. They checked for glaucoma too. All was fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DianaMC, post: 2077845, member: 488381"] On the advice of an optician whose clinic had just closed for the weekend, I had my eyes checked at A&E when I got a floater - because I hadn’t had one before and had no idea what I was seeing or dealing with. Turned out to be fine and the optometrist thought it was probably due to having had a cataract operation earlier in the year. I was advised to be watchful about possible retinal detachment in future, though, which I was told can eventually happen, in some cases. As has been said, it’s usually if you get light flashes with floaters that there’s more immediate concern, but getting lots more might be something to check too? I knew nothing about any of it, at the time, and it put my mind at rest to get the eye checked. They checked for glaucoma too. All was fine. [/QUOTE]
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