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Floaters have many causes. An early sign of retinal detachment will be floaters until it progresses closer to the macular hole, at which point the symptoms will be more of a curtain being drawn across your vision.

I was able to catch a retinal tear that had a very high chance of proceeding to a retinal detachment (horsehoe tear with sub-retinal fluid) by getting some new floaters checked out.

Floaters are commonly caused by a (mostly) benign aging phenomenon called posterior vitreous detachment, where the vitriol gel liquefies as a person ages.

parent arrowleaf 2 years ago

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