Pretty sure that’s incorrect.
The common type of floater, present in most people’s eyes, is due to these degenerative changes of the vitreous.
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Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
It’s light refracting through otherwise invisible bacteria on your eyeball.
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Well, it’s what I always heard. But I’ll retract my previous comment.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
There are no bacteria in your eye. These perceptual disturbances are retinal in origin.