Posterior Vitreous Detachment "prevention"?

i just got diagnosed with Posterior Vitreous Detachment. it started
EXACTLY last night as i was vacuuming. i started seeing rather large
ans crisp strands in my right eye. anyway the opthal.. said it s
Posterior Vitreous Detachment.

reading up on it, it says there's a change in the gel as one gets
older.

my question is, is there any preventitive measure i can take,,,,maybe
something that will keep the vitrious from making this "change".
something to keep it in it's "youthful" state?

thanks

 

No

 

i've read all the info about pvd. i went to a doctor and his exam
revealed that is what i have. so my question are more for edification
than anything else.

i have had these floaters for three days and they change each day. the
first day was horrific as there appeared something akin to a drop of
black ink in still water. since then they have settled to something
more like black lint hair, something like what you see on the film an
old dusty movie. is this what people are refering to as "cobwebs"?

i notice that if i focus on a fixed point, the floaters disappear in
about one second. they tend to appear when i shift my eyes in any
normal way. so during the course of a day they will constantly appear
and disappear as my eyes function normally. also, IF I TURN MY HEAD
while focusing on a point, the floaters will disappear that way as
well. what is the reason for this?

and why, over the course of time, do they "settle" out of view?

and what is "showering" of floaters? apparantly, this is a bad sign.

 

i've read all the info about pvd. i went to a doctor and his exam
revealed that is what i have. so my question are more for edification
than anything else.

i have had these floaters for three days and they change each day. the
first day was horrific as there appeared something akin to a drop of
black ink in still water. since then they have settled to something
more like black lint hair, something like what you see on the film an
old dusty movie. is this what people are refering to as "cobwebs"?

i notice that if i focus on a fixed point, the floaters disappear in
about one second. they tend to appear when i shift my eyes in any
normal way. so during the course of a day they will constantly appear
and disappear as my eyes function normally. also, IF I TURN MY HEAD
while focusing on a point, the floaters will disappear that way as
well. what is the reason for this?

and why, over the course of time, do they "settle" out of view?

and what is "showering" of floaters? apparantly, this is a bad sign

 

What, Otis has not yet offered the plus lens for prevention? And
Quasimodo-Bates-Eulengerg has not come up yet with anti-strain
relaxation + water (contribution of the long forgotten Norwigian
Kaze)? And what about carrots?

 

if you have an abrupt change in the number or density of floaters it
could indicate release of blood and/or pigment into the vitreous.
this could happen if you have an acute retinal detachment. the
possibility of retinal detachment (RD) is the reason why "showering"
is a bad sign.

if you have gone to your eye doctor when you first noticed your
floaters (as it appears you have), and he/she has dilated you and
examined your retina and told you that you have posterior vitreal
detachment (PVD) and not RD, then all is well. you did exactly what
you need to do by eliminating the possibility of RD.

sometimes floaters can position themselves in a very annoying region
of the vitreous where they are quite noticeable. a bad place to have
a floater is near the macula and in the outermost portion of the
vitreous very close to the retina. such floaters cast a very distinct
shadow on the retina which is the reason why you even see them at all.

Not to worry. they will very likely move away plus you will adjust to
them.

 

does any activity aggravate a situation? intense exercise?,,,heavy
lifting?,,,etc etc.

 

Sometimes it seems that way--I think it's just coincidental. Both of
my VDs occurred after I was running on a treadmill and working out at
the gym. But the ophthalmologist didn't think that's what "caused" it,
and said not to worry. Said it was a normal event due to aging. If
there's bleeding involved, though, that's another story--your doctor
would tell you what activities to avoid and for how long.

C66

 

relax! think of something else.

 

Yes, this is the best advice possible.

 

There is a treatment for PVD. It is permanent and effective. It is
called the Colt 45 method. No more PVD, no more problems full stop.

Short of this, there is nothing you can do. Stop whining, get used to
it, it ain't going away.

 

I'd love to. Come around any time and I'll show you in person.

 

You need a little context here. Fewer and fewer eye doctors (you
know: the ones who actually CAN help people with issues) post here.

They STOP posting here because of Otis Brown, and his occasional
retinue (absolutely , in all of his
identities, is the current version).

Any doctor who comes here--for no money--and helps people as they do
deserves a break. If you'd dealt with Otis, et al, for YEARS ... as
so many of us have ... you'd understand a whole lot better than I'm
guessing you do.

He's the unwanted house guest that hurts your friends and family, but
will never leave.

 

No, walking sane. You need to get a life cactus head, instead of
getting upset by my words, do something worthwhile yourself. AsPBL
would be a good start..

 

These people are evermore complaining about Otis and what a liar/
psycho/evil old man he is, but the truth is it is not serving anything
more than their personal self ego. Perhaps it makes them feel 'big'
when they are able to ridicule Otis without fear of a successful
contradiction. Time and time again I have been trying to show them
that if they were to simply stop arguing, take a look around and see
that their bickering is really very childish and unnecessary, that
perhaps if they were to only ignore those trolls who so highly bother
them, that and only in that case can productive discussion ever
emerge. Yet they continue to squabble amongst themselves like the
little nursery children, and they fail to see that it is not Otis, but
themselves who are causing the intelligent and learned men among us to
leave in annoyance and impatience. It is true that Otis irritates a
number of participants in this newsgroup, but this is no excuse for
the sodden state in which this community has been left. One day,
maybe, I hope that they will see that all they have done was in vain,
and by allowing one man, one man alone, to destroy their community
with such ease, they have proven themselves among the weak minded. I
have shown them the path to escape this dangerous road that will lead
to the certain doom of sci.med.vision. In spite of this, they continue
to reply to Otis' posts, thus in a self defeating attempt they lend
him a certain merit of credibility which they had originally sought to
destroy. It is pitiable; what kind of a ridiculous game they do play
at?

 

These people are evermore complaining about Otis and what a liar/
psycho/evil old man he is, but the truth is it is not serving anything
more than their personal self ego. Perhaps it makes them feel 'big'
when they are able to ridicule Otis without fear of a successful
contradiction. Time and time again I have been trying to show them
that if they were to simply stop arguing, take a look around and see
that their bickering is really very childish and unnecessary, that
perhaps if they were to only ignore those trolls who so highly bother
them, that and only in that case can productive discussion ever
emerge. Yet they continue to squabble amongst themselves like the
little nursery children, and they fail in their self denial to see
that it is not Otis, but themselves who are causing the intelligent
and learned men among us to leave in annoyance and impatience. It is
true that Otis irritates a number of participants in this newsgroup,
but this is no excuse for the sodden state in which this community has
been left. One day, maybe, I hope that they will see that all they
have done was in vain, and by allowing one man, one man alone, to
destroy their community with such ease, they have proven themselves
among the weak and feeble minded. I have shown them the path to escape
this dangerous road that will lead to the certain doom of
sci.med.vision. In spite of this, they continue to reply to Otis'
posts, thus in a self defeating attempt they lend him a certain merit
of credibility which they had originally sought to destroy. It is
pitiable; what kind of a ridiculous game they do play at?


Edwardo

 

Doctors are certainly welcome and provide an insight

You came to the wrong place sweety. Researchers wouldn't waste their
time with your crap. You want some answers, but you ain't got the guts
to listen or read them.

There is no prevention. How stupid are you? Shall I repeat, THERE IS
NO SOLUTION< NO PREVENTION.

The offer is still there. Come over any time and i can put you out of
our misery.

 

Or, you could start paying a little respect to the intelligence of
those who come into this newsgroup and allow them to make that
decision themselves.

 

You, under all of your various personalities here, are still an idiot
and an obnoxious asshole.

Elderly people--to cite just one example--are constantly defrauded in
the States--not because of any lack of intelligence, but because of a
certain trusting naivete, as often as not.

Somebody desperately seeking the answer to what they think is an
overwhelming health problem (even simple, low myopia) can skip right
by all of their critical thinking skills and inherent intelligence to
hear what they want to hear.

It WOULD make a nice argument if you could convince people that YOU
think they're smart while WE think they're not.

Unfortunately, like EVERYTHING that you type, and virtually EVERYTHING
that Otis types, it's simply untrue.

But that doesn't seem to matter to either of you, now does it?

 

And, oh, by the way ... if you weren't so busy creating new identities
and being an obnoxious asshole, you might notice things like Otis's
little "Myopia Free" forum--something just short of a THOUSAND
messages, and--I'd wager-->90% of them written BY Otis AND TO Otis.

In other words: NOT responding to Otis does NOTHING to stem his
incessant lying and hurtful advice.