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Seeing eye floaters after several months of high stress, emotionality, anger. just a coincidence? opth says part of normal aging process & not related
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Coincidence: Floaters are caused by tissue debris in the fluid spaces in the eye in front of the retina. They are not caused by stress or emotions. Trust you ophthalmologist, he/she is correctly advising you.
Answered 3/3/2014
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