I. Paul Singh, MD, of The Eye Centers of Racine & Kenosha, Wisconsin, also suggested a change in terminology from floaters to “clinically significant vitreous opacities,” or CSVO, for these ...

Eye floaters are formed when some of the vitreous (the jelly inside of your eye) clumps together. What you're actually seeing is the shadow this makes on the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at ...

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