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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"floaters: so what are those moving floaty things in your eyes?"
find out in this fascinating video
http://higherperspective.com/2015/01/floaters.html?utm_source=cleo&ts_pid=2
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"floaters: so what are those moving floaty things in your eyes?" (Original Post)
orleans
Mar 2015
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marym625
(17,997 posts)1. It's the one that doesn't move that scares me
Cool stuff. Thanks!
Shadowflash
(1,536 posts)2. Learn something new every day.
That was cool. Thanks.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)4. could be a detached retina.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)5. I have one of those.
I only notice it when I'm doing leg lifts.
ArnoldLayne
(2,068 posts)6. It's bleeding of the veins from your Cornia
On the back of the eye. Those floaters are blood. You need to see an Opthamologist soon or you could lose site in that eye. I've been seeking treatment for it for 3 years now. They give you a shot right in your eye of a drug called Avastin every other month. It works wonders it stopped mine.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)7. Fascinating
I'm relieved to hear they are not alive!!
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)8. I had floaters and over a year ago,
I had cataract surgery in both eyes. I still have them occasionally, but it is due to macular degeneration in one eye that is not curable. My eye surgeon gave me a list of vitamin supplements to slow down the process.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)9. I get floaters when I have a lot of fiber in my diet
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)10. That deserves a