Hey!does anyone here have eye floaters?

[Top_Gun_101]

I'm just wondering if some pilots here have these floaters???

This is embeded with your vision,it looks like this:

 

[kmac]

It depends on how much tequilla I've had.

 

[Kickflip89]

I think pretty much everyone gets them as they get older. They are really just mobile dirt in your eye. If you want to know if you have them, try lying on your back and looking up at the blue sky.

 

[Cordespc]

Not a pilot, but I definitely have experienced "floaters." From what I understand it is very common....are they disqualifying for anything? I don't remember ever being asked, and if I was the answer would be no.

 

[RockyMtnNFO]

I have a lot of floaters. They are worst when I have eaten a lot of oatmeal or other high-fiber food. Sometimes it takes an extra flush to get them down.

 

[insanebikerboy]

I have a lot of floaters. They are worst when I have eaten a lot of oatmeal or other high-fiber food. Sometimes it takes an extra flush to get them down.

Niiiiice.

 

[Rossi]

Use to have them alot when i was a kid, but they have kinda gone away. I only notice them every once and a while.

 

[joboy_2.0]

They only happen to normal people as illusions when looking at a brightly lit surface or object such as a bright sky or something. If they happen often and for no apparent reason, it could be actual bits of tissue floating in your vitreous humor..

 

[KSUFLY]

If they happen often and for no apparent reason, it could be actual bits of tissue floating in your vitreous humor..

Is that bad or just annoying?

 

[raptor10]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_floaters

 

[raptor10]

Is that bad or just annoying?

Depending on your severity the brain can either tune them out, or they could drive you crazy...

 

[joboy_2.0]

I believe it is usually just annoying, but if it is severe enough, and noticeable enough to the docs, might be DQ for naval aviation. I believe there was a thread about this recently. Might want to search for it.

 

[sarnav]

Links

Here are some links that were helpful to others. I am nowhere near qualified to tell you if it is a big deal or not but there is a lot of info out there if you look. Good luck.

http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11013&highlight=floaters

 

[KSUFLY]

Here are some links that were helpful to others. I am nowhere near qualified to tell you if it is a big deal or not but there is a lot of info out there if you look. Good luck.

http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11013&highlight=floaters

Thank you sarnav...that was very helpful. And here I've been worrying for the last couple months.

 

[Brett327]

Thank you sarnav...that was very helpful. And here I've been worrying for the last couple months.

Don't sweat it. I remember seeing floaters when I was 6 years old and wondering what they were. I didn't figure it out until they were discussed in a college psychology class, of all things.

Brett