My Optician sent to a Vitreal Eye Specialist thinking that I had a torn retina. It looked like a river of "logs" floating through my eyes! Turns out I didn't but whatever they did which was a total of about 30+ drops in my eyes and several stages of testing, made them go away. I have an annual check up once a year now (for a total of 4 years) and the drops and test are less but more than a normal eye checkup. I have recently noticed that a have one tiny floater but am soon due for a regular eye exam so I'll let you know what I find out! I don't think a warm compression is going to work..but you could I can't see how it would hurt?? Good Luck!!