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  2. 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.

  3. Vitreous hemorrhage - Wikipedia

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    The most common cause found in adults is diabetic retinopathy. Abnormal blood vessels can form in the back of the eye of a person with diabetes. These new blood vessels are weaker and prone to breaking and causing hemorrhage. [2] Diabetic retinopathy accounts for 31.5–54% of all cases of vitreous hemorrhage in adults in the United States. [1]

  4. Blurred vision - Wikipedia

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    Floaters: Tiny particles drifting across the eye. Although often brief and harmless, they may be a sign of retinal detachment. Retinal detachment: Symptoms include floaters, flashes of light across your visual field, or a sensation of a shade or curtain hanging on one side of your visual field.

  5. If You’re Seeing Eye Floaters or Flashes, Here’s What to Do ...

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    Floaters drift around your field of vision and dart away when you try to look at them directly, eventually settling at the bottom of your eye and out of your sightline. Floaters appear when the ...

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

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  7. Floater - Wikipedia

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    Floaters are from objects in pockets of liquid within the vitreous humour, the thick fluid or gel that fills the eye, [7] or between the vitreous and the retina. The vitreous humour, or vitreous body, is a jelly-like, transparent substance that fills the majority of the eye.

  8. Retinal detachment - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] It may start in a small area, but without quick treatment, it can spread across the entire retina, leading to serious vision loss and possibly blindness. [4] Retinal detachment is a medical emergency that requires surgery. [2] [3] The retina is a thin layer at the back of the eye that processes visual information and sends it to the ...

  9. 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. [citation needed]