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I have floaters in my eye which comes and goes away depending on what i look at. what should i do?

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Dilated eye exam: Although most floaters are benign, the minority may something more serious.The only way to rule these out is a dilated, thorough eye exam.

Dr Jackson agreed

Answered 1/15/2016

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