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sugarsweet

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I am a type 2 diabetic on metformin and pioglitazone for 5 yrs. My vision has been gradually worsening. I do not have retinopathy but there are a lot of floaters which are annoying me. Can anyone tell me if this is due to medications or diabetes itself? Is there any effective treatment?
Will this get worse?
 
I cannot speak for your condition, but ....

I few years ago I suddenly had a massive floater in one eye, & went to Dr who referred me to eye hospital casualty. They said the eye fluid was becoming less viscous with age & what I was seeing was a lump of some breakaway more viscous fluid. They expected it be be absorbed without problem. It became less visible, I think over a few months. I'd forgotten it until you asked.

Hope yours goes away also.
 
Anecdote alert.

I've had floaters since I was a child. I have loads of them, all shapes and sizes. My optician has told me to watch out for new ones, but I have so many I probably wouldn't notice! I can make pretty patterns with them by moving my eyes around very quickly in lots of directions.

These have not got any worse or improved since diagnosis or BS control.

wiflib
 
sugarsweet said:
I am a type 2 diabetic on metformin and pioglitazone for 5 yrs. My vision has been gradually worsening. I do not have retinopathy but there are a lot of floaters which are annoying me. Can anyone tell me if this is due to medications or diabetes itself? Is there any effective treatment?
Will this get worse?
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Apart from tightening your BG control, I'd see if you can get to an opthalmologist for a second opinion.
 
In general floaters are a symnptom of short-sightedness.

A sudden onset of floaters can be a detaching retina, and sometimes accompanied by "flashing lights"

Floaters on their own are fairly normal, lots fo them very suddenyl are a concern.

How is it now? Have you seen anyone?
 
Exactly same as governer says,
if you get them all of a sudden they do need checking out,i have many of them and many illnesses can cause them :D
 
Best way to get rid of visible floaters...
Put more paper down the loo :!: :!: :!:
Oh, sorry, must get my eyes tested VISUAL floaters. No idea, sorry :wink:
 
I've had floaters too since I've been a child, on and off, but when I had my first migraine in my 20's and I've only ever had about 3 in my life I found I had like a rollercoaster effect of floaters like lots of whizzing ones in a snakey efffect, but they've never really bothered me. Touch wood :D
 
Visual floater get worse on moving the eyes. At most moments one can see through them but sometimes it can be annoying. I have stopped alcohol, stopped diabetic tablets, reduced the hours on computers and doing exercises and diet to control my sugar. Let us see if this has any affect on the floaters. Does anyone know of any natural remedies for floaters? Everyone I meet says that it will go away ultimately. Will it really?
 
I've had floaters for as long as I can remember and I'm 48. No worse, no better. It's just one-of-those-things, thing

wiflib
 
Background Retinopaphy & Floaters

After my first eye screening, I've been told after only 7 months with type 1, that I've got background retinopaphy.

The letter said that I only need another check up in a years time. From what I've read it's not something to be majorly worried about at this stage and with tight control, things should improve and from what I've read, may even disappear.

What worries me is how much tighter can I get my control.... Everything I've read says this is a symptom of long term bad control. I've been type 1 for 7 months and my highest hba1c was 7.5 and at last count down to 6.

Now I've got floaters in my eyes. I've also done some reading into this and they're normal, even for people without diabetes. I've always had one floater in my right eye and it hasn't given me any grief for as long as I can remember. I'd only notice it when reading a book, or looking at something bright. Since walking out of my eye exam and being told about my background retinopaphy, I've been very aware of this particular floater. I'm convinced it has gotten worst. Maybe it has, maybe it hasn't, maybe I'm paranoid.. But I have very faint floaters in my other eye as well now. I'm pretty sure I haven't had them in this eye before.

Has anyone else had problems with eye floaters?? Will my eyes settle down with continued good control?? What's everyone else's experiences??

Thanks for reading
 
Try not to worry, lots of people get floaters and they do come and go. They always seem worse when you are in a room with white walls or looking at the sky. If you are tired they also are sometimes more of an irritation.
Its always worth mentioning them when you have your eyes checked but the optitian or person doing a scan usually says they are completely normal.
I have had floaters for 30 years, sometimes they change a bit or I get new ones but this is balanced by old ones dissapearing.
If you get a sudden shower of them it's always worth having a check up immediately, as it could be more serious, but on the whole if you learn to live the odd one or two you soon don't notice them at all

Andrew
 
sugarsweet said:
I am a type 2 diabetic on metformin and pioglitazone for 5 yrs. My vision has been gradually worsening. I do not have retinopathy but there are a lot of floaters which are annoying me. Can anyone tell me if this is due to medications or diabetes itself? Is there any effective treatment?
Will this get worse?
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I get floaters in my vision occasionally, I was told it is due to my diabetes and retinopathy, it is the vitreous jelly of the eye sticking. In time they do disappear, but annoyingly they can return. My consultant said that visual floaters can happen to anyone, regardless of diabetes, but people with diabetic retinopathy have a increased chance of such problems.

Nigel
 
I've had floaters for years, 76 this year. Only problem I have with them is I think I see a spider running across the carpet!! or sometimes I "see" someone looking round the door! Living on my own that's quite a fright. On the other hand the second one could be wishful thinking - (tall, dark and handsome)?
No. I've never been told they are anything to worry about although the amount you have is always better have it checked out.
 
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