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If average age of eye floaters is 65 then is 37 considered unusually young?
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No.: Floaters are common. At least 2 freshman in my med school class had them and they were 22. I noticed one when i was 32, although more common with age, they aren't exceptionally rare in young people.
Answered 6/19/2015
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