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  1. Eye floaters - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Jul 2, 2024 · Most eye floaters are caused by age-related changes that occur as the jelly-like substance (vitreous) inside your eyes liquifies and contracts. Scattered clumps of collagen …

  2. Floaters - National Eye Institute

    Dec 4, 2024 · Floaters are small dark shapes or squiggly lines that float across your vision. Learn about what causes floaters, and their symptoms and treatment.

  3. Floater - Wikipedia

    Floaters are able to catch and refract light in ways that somewhat blur vision temporarily until the floater moves to a different area. Often they trick persons who are troubled by floaters into …

  4. Eye Floaters: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - WebMD

    May 9, 2024 · Most floaters are tiny flecks of a protein called collagen. They’re part of a gel-like substance in the back of your eye called the vitreous. As you age, the protein fibers that make …

  5. What Are Floaters and Flashes? - American Academy of Ophthalmology

    Dec 10, 2025 · Floaters look like small specks, dots, circles, lines or cobwebs in your field of vision. While they seem to be in front of your eye, they are floating inside.

  6. Eye Floaters: What They Are, Causes & Treatment

    Eye floaters happen when your vitreous humor (fluid) changes its thickness. This causes you to see squiggly lines or threads. Floaters usually happen as we get older and may not need …

  7. How to Get Rid of Eye Floaters and When to See a Doctor

    Aug 7, 2024 · Eye floaters may disappear on their own. Taking steps to protect your eye health, including following safety practices and eating a nutritious diet, may help prevent eye floaters. …

  8. Eye Floaters - Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Eye floaters generally look like moving spots that can take many shapes (some people describe them as looking like bugs or jellyfish or cobwebs) and disrupt your field of vision. They are …

  9. Floaters - Eye Disorders - MSD Manual Professional Edition

    Intraocular foreign bodies can cause floaters but usually manifest with other symptoms, such as loss of vision, eye pain, or redness. The most important goal is to identify serious vitreous and …

  10. When Should I Worry About Eye Floaters? - Verywell Health

    Sep 7, 2025 · Sudden flashes of light and an increase in floaters are the top signs of retinal detachment, which needs emergency treatment to prevent vision loss. Most floaters are …