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I have black dots in my vision, what is happening?

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Floaters: A few dots are called floaters and are minor semi-opaque membranes and debris in the vitreous cavity. If your vision is good, and there are no light flashes and you have not received something like a conk to the head, you are probably all right. If you see hundreds of floaters all at once, then you need an evaluation fairly quickly.

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Answered 2/26/2019

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