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Symptoms of eye floaters

  If you are unsure of whether you are experiencing eye floaters or not, there are some signs and symptoms which can help identify the floaters. Floaters can take different shapes such as small lines, rings, cobweb shapes or other irregular shapes. They can appear like threadlike strands, which can be knobby and almost see-through. They can also be in the form of dark specks or spots that move when you move your eyes. When you try to follow these floaters, they move quickly out of the visual field. Eye floaters often prop up on bright backgrounds such as screens, blue sky or a white wall. The intensity, size and shape of these floaters vary from person to person. Retinal artery occlusion, also known as a stroke, is when the artery becomes blocked. This can lead to the death of nerve cells in the eye which can cause or worsen vision loss. People may regain vision within a year after retinal vein occlusion, but the quality of the vision may not be the same. To prevent another blockage, y