If you ever notice pesky dark strands that may resemble anything from a simple speck to a cobweb drifting across your vision, what you're probably seeing is what's known as an eye floater.

I had a checkup with my optometrist soon after, and she said there were no major issues with my eye. She said that my brain would adjust to the floater so I would not notice it as much.

As many as 76 percent of us experience eye floaters, according to findings in the journal Survey of Ophthalmology. And while ...

A long time ago, my kids taught me that the importance of pain depends upon whether you are the one giving it or the one ...

UK GP Dr Ahmed, (@dra_says) warns a sudden increase in eye floaters could be problematic. "If you have had pain for more than six weeks, please go and see your doctor to make sure there are no ...

"Floaters" in the Eye They are the spots that most people occasionally see before their eyes. The authors propose that floaters are usually diffraction patterns cast on the retina by red blood cells ...

I had a checkup with my optometrist soon after, and she said there were no major issues with my eye. She said that my brain would adjust to the floater so I would not notice it as much.