When a retinal detachment happens, there can be a large number of new floaters and flashes of light. Commonly, ophthalmologists (physicians specializing in eye conditions) will take a wait-and-see ...

As many as 76 percent of us experience eye floaters ... that may or may not be accompanied by flashes of light, Dr. Abel ...

It’s a good thing you came in now,” a nurse told me before preparing my right eye for numbing drops, an injection and the ...

Eye floaters ... Some people notice flashes of light (photopsias) at the same time as floaters, or separately. They may appear as lights flashing or lightning streaks. Seeing flashes occasionally ...

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