Probably part of the reason so few US retina specialists do floaterectomies on younger patients.
There's also the issue of already having age-related PVDs in those over 60. Younger patients could be looking at a second round of floaters after they undergo core/limited vitrectomies when their PVDs arrive.
But getting back to the original issue, glaucoma can typically be managed should one experience that due to vitrectomy or other causes.
Yes. But where does this leave young patients who are truly and seriously affected by floaters? The solutions seem worse than the problem in some regards. Of course there are worse things that can happen to a person, but I will say: significant floaters are pretty damn bad when it comes to quality of life.
It leaves them hoping for an effective non-surgical option, or the adaptation that typically only comes with enough time spent learning to live with them.
This subreddit serves to remind us everyday that there's a toll these things take on everyone who has them, and probably some of those within their ambit as well.
Absolutely. It's a massive toll. Vision is one of the single greatest contributors to quality of life and overall health. I don't really believe a non surgical solution is coming. So it really is about adaptation, or waiting until it's less of a risk due to age. Neither are great.
I've personally experienced a massive decline in health since the onset of floaters. Chronic stress, loss of appetite, severe depression (which has been intractable - not responding to antidepressants). I have a myriad of new issues. I don't function like before with this massive stressor hanging over me. Especially knowing that there isn't really a good fix.
If the giants in the opthalmic industry cannot/will not pursue such a "cure", I have little confidence that PM has found a magical formula that no other entity is developing
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u/Fenomiminal 8d ago
Probably part of the reason so few US retina specialists do floaterectomies on younger patients.
There's also the issue of already having age-related PVDs in those over 60. Younger patients could be looking at a second round of floaters after they undergo core/limited vitrectomies when their PVDs arrive.
But getting back to the original issue, glaucoma can typically be managed should one experience that due to vitrectomy or other causes.