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Floaters and seeing stars
I'm a 33 year old W/M who has had floaters for ten years in both eyes. Along with seeing my floaters when looking at the sky or something with a bright background I see stars (little tiny arcs of light. I went to an eye doctor when my floaters appeared and he checked my retinas and found no problems. My question is the stars/arcs of light what causes them. Is it light reflecting off the floaters?
Thank you for your help. I Googled entoptic phenomenon and now understand thank you.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
There are a large number of postings about these types of observations. They almost all fall under the rubric of "entoptic phenomenon" ( or entopic). Please consider reading the posting on same at www.wikipedia.com
JCH III MD Eye MD
JCH III MD Eye MD
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