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If you see blurry shadows, also called floaters, or flashes of light, you could have PVD. As you get older, a gel inside your eye — called vitreous gel — can liquefy over time. It can slowly ...

Use eye protection more regularly ... reading in the dark isn’t going to ruin your vision), why we get floaters (and when we should see a doctor about them), and lots more.

Sometimes, flashes of light in the eye could signal a severe problem. They may also appear alongside floaters, which are tiny dots or lines that may appear in a person’s vision. The combination ...