• ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Fun fact, this is because your vitreous humour is shrinking and as it shrinks bits of it congeal into little protein strings. They’re called floaters, but some people laugh whenever I say that for some reason.

    If you get a bunch of new ones all of a sudden it may mean you’re at increased risk for retinal detachment.

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      To help the the confusion, “floaters” can refer to when small chunks of poop dont flush and instead stay floating during the flush.

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      The way its been described to me is that if you suddenly see a snow storm in your eye then you need to get to the doctor immediately