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2. Wait—Why Are There Floaters in My Eyes? - AOL

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   Eye infections, including pink eye, may also trigger floaters. "Eye infections can cause floaters if the infection is severe enough to cause white blood cells to be released into the eye to try to ...

3. Floater - Wikipedia

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   Thus, floaters follow the rapid motions of the eye, while drifting slowly within the pocket of liquid. [9] When they are first noticed, the natural reaction is to attempt to look directly at them. However, attempting to shift one's gaze toward them can be difficult because floaters follow the motion of the eye, remaining to the side of the ...

4. Bates method - Wikipedia

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   The Bates method is an ineffective and potentially dangerous alternative therapy aimed at improving eyesight.Eye-care physician William Horatio Bates (1860–1931) held the erroneous belief that the extraocular muscles caused changes in focus and that "mental strain" caused abnormal action of these muscles; hence he believed that relieving such "strain" would cure defective vision.

5. Entoptic phenomenon - Wikipedia

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   Some examples of entoptical effects include: Floaters depiction Purkinje tree depiction. Floaters or muscae volitantes are slowly drifting blobs of varying size, shape, and transparency, which are particularly noticeable when viewing a bright, featureless background (such as the sky) or a point source of diffuse light very close to the eye.

6. Photopsia - Wikipedia

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   Peripheral (posterior) vitreous detachment occurs when the gel around the eye separates from the retina. This can naturally occur with age. However, if it occurs too rapidly, it can cause photopsia which manifests in flashes and floaters in the vision. Typically, the flashes and floaters go away in a few months.

7. Posterior vitreous detachment - Wikipedia

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   A ring of floaters or hairs just to the temporal side of the central vision As a posterior vitreous detachment proceeds, adherent vitreous membrane may pull on the retina. While there are no pain fibers in the retina, vitreous traction may stimulate the retina, with resultant flashes that can look like a perfect circle.