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What Causes “Eye Floaters? (2015x26)

: 10, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifoundoutsubscribe →Why Do Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside?: http://bit.ly/1Ow7J0K Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from Today I Found Out: How the Milky Way Got Its Name http://bit.ly/1CWKmMy How to Get the Right Answer on the Internet http://bit.ly/1OoapwJ Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear On The Outside http://bit.ly/1HLvFLb In this video: For those who’ve never experienced the phenomenon of “eye floaters”, they are little oddly shaped objects that appear in your vision, often when one looks at bright light such as a blue sky. Their shapes vary greatly, but will often appear as spots, cobwebs, or randomly shaped stringy objects. These are not optical illusions, but rather something your eyes are actually perceiving. There are a few different things that can cause this, but in most cases these eye floaters are caused by pieces of the gel-like vitreous breaking off from the back portion of your eye and then floating about in your eye ball. Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/06/what-causes-eye-floaters/ Resources/Further Reading: http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/spotsfloats.htm http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/eye-floaters/DS01036/DSECTION=causes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Floaters.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoptic_phenomenon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitreous_humour Image Credit (Thank you) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Floaters2.png http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_Iris_JD052007.jpg http://embarrassingproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/Is_There_an_Eye_Floaters_Solution.jpeg