The science of visual disturbances: What causes eyeball floaters? Can they be a sign of eye problems?
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Filed under Medicine, Open thread, Science at February 17th, 2014 - 8:13 am
Published on Jan 20, 2014 by SciShow
Sometimes our eyes do weird things. One of the things that it sometimes does is get floaters. What are they? Where do they come from? Join us today on SciShow as Hank explores the science behind these little specks.
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Sources:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/06/what-causes-eye-floaters/
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Eye_floaters
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-you-can-do-about-floaters-and-flashes-in-the-eye-201306106336
http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/floaters/floaters.asp
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