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dry eyes and floaters
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dry eyes and floaters

by damejennifer, Dec 07, 2005 12:00AM
I have dry eyes. I also have had floaters for 5 years but they had settled and i had not seen them in about 3 years. Now that i have dry eye, i am seeing them all the time. Would dry eye cause me to see my floaters again or is this just a coincidence?

by Forum-OD-MP, Dec 07, 2005 12:00AM
its coincidence.



a floater is caused by something that is INSIDE of your eye.  a floater cannot cause your eye to feel dry, and your dry eyes cannot cause you to see floaters.
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by damejennifer, Dec 07, 2005 12:00AM
could it be that im thinking about my dry eye and ways to get rid of it, which i am, and by thinking of my eye, i am bringing my floaters into view? this is what my optomotrist said
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