Pars Planitis or Uveitis?

[J-er]

Has anyone had this? A few questions if you have. I think I have it as I have had a set of floaters appear in both eyes recently and am sensitive to light. What do they do for this? Can it go away on its own? What were your symptoms if you had it?

[SNOOPY]

I'm not sure why you believe you havePars Planitis or Uveitis when in another post you said you had been to the eye Dr. and your eyes are fine

I found this out today as I went to the eye doctor and he explained it to me. By the way, my eyes were fine, as I went for some floaters I have been seeing.

[Alicious]

I've had it. It's the "go to the eye doctor right now" sort of thing. If you suspect it, go in.

[J-er]

How did you know?

I've had it. It's the "go to the eye doctor right now" sort of thing. If you suspect it, go in.

Hi Alicious,
How did you know you had it? How were you diagnosed? I am thinking I might have it. Feel like I have a lot of floaters, and they are in both eyes. I have been to two opthmalogists, and they both say I do not have it. I have had the floaters for about 3-4 months. They say they cannot see any inflammation at all. Just trying to figure out why I have the floaters. Some of them seem to blur light. It's weird. I plan on going to a Retina Specialist soon.

[Alicious]

I've always had a ton of floaters; those are just my eyes, and have nothing to do with the uveitis/pars planitis. Basically, I had blurry vision in a particular part of my eye the first time, years later it was the whole eye; it wasn't floaters or blurry floaters for me. I went to an ophthalmologist each time, and it was diagnosed with dilation/slit lamp examination. To them, it was obvious; I don't have more detailed info as to how they discover it. Well, one misdiagnosed me, but it was pretty clear that there was something wrong, and I wasn't sent away with no diagnosis at all. Long story there.

I've always had floaters, but as you age, your vitreous sacs start detaching from the retina. This is very normal. The more nearsighted you are, the earlier this can happen. When it happens, it can loosen a bunch of new floaters that can take months or more to settle, so sayeth my ophthalmologist. So, an increase in them can be completely normal. There may be other reasons as well. While there is nothing wrong with seeing a retinal specialist, if you've had two ophthalmologists tell you you don't have uveitis, I'd say the chances you actually have it are very, very slim. And that's a good thing.

Good luck!