• Question: What are those floaty things in your eye?

    Asked by You to Stu, Rob on 21 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Rob Stanley

      Rob Stanley answered on 21 Jun 2016:


      I’ve just looked this up for a good explanation, and found a NHS page explaining them! http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/floaters/Pages/Introduction.aspx

      They explain floaters as “small pieces of debris that float in the eye’s vitreous humour. Vitreous humour is a clear, jelly-like substance that fills the space in the middle of the eyeball.”

      They’re not normally something to worry about. I see them all the time.

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