If you see a shower of floaters and spots, sometimes accompanied by light flashes, you should seek medical attention immediately. Clumps occur when the vitreous gel begins to liquefy or shrink, usually with aging, and detaches from the retina. For some people, floaters are clumpy; for others, they're stringy. They may be light or dark. What you see is actually the shadows cast by clumps of vitreous gel when light shines past them onto the retina. (If you can't see the image, you may need Flash Player.) The sudden appearance of these symptoms could mean that the vitreous is pulling away from your retina or that the retina itself is becoming dislodged from the inner back of the eye that contains blood, nutrients and oxygen vital to healthy function. When the retina is torn, vitreous can invade the opening and push out the retina — leading to a detachment.
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