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Fluorescein angiography can cause floaters?

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Hi,

I would like to know if the eye exam fluorescein angiography can cause eye floaters because the effects of the strong light from the flashes on the retina?


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No, but it's a brutal exam for the eye, and can cause damage in certain cases.  There's many cases of people walking away from those test, with permanently weakened eyesight (including myself).

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No.

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