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  1. Eye floaters - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Jul 2, 2024 · Many people over age 50 experience eye floaters. Learn more about this common problem, including causes, other risk factors and treatment options.

  2. Eye Floaters: Causes, Symptoms & How to Get Rid of Them

    Oct 23, 2024 · Eye floaters are spots you might see in your field of vision. They appear as gray or black specks, cobwebs, or strings that float around when your eyes move. If you try to look at …

  3. 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.

  4. Floaters - National Eye Institute

    Dec 4, 2024 · Floaters are small dark shapes that float across your vision. They can look like spots, threads, squiggly lines, or even little cobwebs. Most people have floaters that come and …

  5. Eye Floaters: What They Are, Causes & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic

    Eye Floaters (Myodesopsias) 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 …

  6. Flashes and Floaters: When to Rush to the ER vs. When to Wait

    Nov 1, 2025 · Eye floaters are small, shadowy specks or cobwebs drifting in your vision caused by age-related changes in the vitreous gel. Sudden new floaters may signal retinal tear or …

  7. 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 …

  8. Eye Floaters: Causes, Symptoms, Prevention

    Aug 7, 2025 · Doctors explain if eye floaters are normal, causes, symptoms, and prevention, plus when to see a doctor about eye floaters.

  9. Eye Floaters Causes, Symptoms, Flashes, Treatment, Cure

    Learn about the causes and treatments of eye floaters, which may be bothersome, but are not dangerous. Read about laser surgery for eye floaters, as well as other treatments.

  10. Eye Floaters: What They Are and How To Treat Them

    Jan 5, 2026 · Symptoms of eye floaters can include specks, cobwebs, and other strands that drift across your vision. Learn what causes these and how to treat them.