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Please let me know if there is a way to eliminate the floaters in the eyes?
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Floaters: Floaters are a natural age-related phenomenon and due to changes in the vitreous humour, the jelly-like substance in the back of the eye. Light passing into the eye strikes microscopic 'debris' in the vitreous and this casts shadows on the retina which are perceived as floaters. They can be eliminated only by removing the vitreous, which is not something to undertake unless extremely bothersome.
Answered 3/16/2014
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