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Old 11th Jan 2015, 16:37
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Presumably your floaters are severe? I've had floaters all my life and no AME has expressed any concern. They were a pig for rifle shooting and one would always settle in the middle of the sight!

Few years ago floaters became extremely bad in one eye and I went to the eye clinic. Doc said it was common at my age when the vitreous fluid in the eye becomes less vitreous and pulls away from the inside of the eyeball, including from the retina. It's called Posterior Viscous Detachment and the floaters are largely due to small drops of blood. The consultant said they would clear, and they did. I developed similar symptoms in the other eye and didn't bother to see the quack. They too cleared although I still have some floaters; presumably those which I'll have for ever.
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