Nov022026
How to Tell If Flashes and Floaters Are a Medical Emergency
A new floater drifting across someone’s vision is common enough that many people shrug it off. A brief flash of light, especially in the dark, can feel harmless, like a camera flash or a momentary glare. Most of the time, flashes and floaters are not dangerous. They often come from ordinary age-related changes inside the eye, where the jelly-like vitreous begins to shrink and tug away from the retina. But there is a narrow, important line between a routine eye symptom an