Floaters often appear as pieces of lint, dust, or debris that float around and are seen best with an azure blue sky, gray fog bank, or a slightly off-white wall as the background. Flashes can appear as streaks of light, lightening bolts, shooting stars, sparks of light, or an arc of light to the side.
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Flashes and Floaters  Information for adults

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Floaters often appear as pieces of lint, dust, or debris that float around and are seen best with an azure blue sky, gray fog bank, or a slightly off-white wall as the background.
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Yanoff M, Duker JS, eds. Ophthalmology. 2nd ed, pp. 1033-1035. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 2004.

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