Floaters after Vitrectomy & Eye Strain

[Sammred]

1) I had a floaters only Vitrectomy last July and there was no floaters since then. But I am seeing few floaters and my surgeon looked at it and he said retina looks good and no issues. Any reason why I am seeing floaters after a year?

2) Another issue I see on the same left eye is too much strain because that's the detailed eye and used primarily for reading and everything. I have difficulties during the sleep to close the eyes sometime. Is this a symptom of anything or just a strain and need more rest?

Any pointers would be great.

[Sammred]

Thank you. I had cataract before vitrectomy. Any feedback on eye muscle issue I have described in #2 above?

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

A vitrectomy can not remove all the vitreous in the eye.  Therefore you may have some floaters but it should be much less.  Your eye may be developing a cataract after the vitrectomy and have less vision or accommodation.

Dr. O.

[Sammred]

It was not done in California and I am 37.

Any other pointers from the community would be great.

[CherylLee76]

How old were you when you had the vitrectomy? Was your FOV done in California? Closing the eye could be caused by the muscles, I had a FOV in December and my eyelid is a bit droopy and sometimes it is hard to open. I have had cataract surgery in the eye due to the vitrectomy...I may have to go back and get a piggyback lens as I am not seeing clearly out of that eye.

Hope all gets well.