If you have eye floaters a suggestion

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Originally Posted by silverraven

And just a side note, everyone knows if you have a sudden increase of floaters, or a large floater appear, (or a flash of light) you should probably get in touch with your eye Dr. There is a chance it could be a detached retina. Especially as we all get older. My husband had the flashes and a huge floater appear suddenly. Eye Dr. wanted to see him that day. Luckily it was not a tear or detachment, just getting older.
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Or it could be a sign of problems due to diabetes as well. I had a bit of smouldering (slight leakage in the left eye) from weak blood vessels in the eye as a result of my diabetes. The eye Dr. had me get laser treatment to stop it from getting worse.