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Article: Dear Doctor; DR MARK PORTER ANSWERS YOUR HEALTH QUESTIONS ON EVERYTHING FROM SLEEPING TABLETS TO EYE BAGS.(Features)
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- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 30, 2000
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This is the age of
clouded vision
I've got a very annoying blob that appears in front of my right eye. It looks rather like a gnat flying around in the centre of my field of vision. My optician says it's a "floater" and that it's best left alone as it should disappear with time. Do you agree?
"Floaters" are small dark spots in your field of vision caused by bits of debris floating around in the fluid inside your eye. They tend to be most common in older, short-sighted people and should eventually disappear with time as the debris drops to the ...