Eye floaters are a common problem in the retina clinic.  Below is an eye floaters video that will help you understand what is occurring inside of your eye.

With aging, the vitreous gel inside the eye begins to shrink and break down. In every human, the vitreous will separate from the retina.  This process is called a PVD or posterior vitreous detachment. The retina is the delicate brain tissue that you use to see.

When the vitreous detaches, it can pull so hard coming off the retina that it causes a retinal tear. Sometimes there is bleeding within the retina (retinal hemorrhage) or bleeding into the vitreous (vitreous hemorrhage). Untreated, retinal tears will progress to retinal detachments which are what cause blindness or severe vision loss.

A good retina specialist should be consulted to determine the extent of injury with any new eye floater.