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Does casual weighlifting during exercise cause floater increase? no history of retinal tear or increase in floaters.
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Floaters : Floaters come and go but I do not think that casual wt. lifting would make any difference as long as you are not attempting huge amounts of wt. beyond your capabilities
Answered 9/11/2019
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