What is a detached retina?!


Question: What is a detached retina!?
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Please can you tell me what a detached retina is!?

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Retinal detachment can occur for several reasons!. Sometimes trauma (a heavy blow to the head -- boxers are prone to this), sometimes genetic susceptibility (if there is a history of retinal detachment in your family, tell your ophthalmologist); aging, and associated eye problems (astigmatic and myopic people tend to suffer retinal detachments more than the general population)!. Diabetics may be prone to retinal detachment,
If a retinal detachment is not taken care of in time, blindness can ensue in that eye, and since the eyes are symmetrical (what happens in one eye often happens in the other), the chances of retinal detachment in the second eye are increased significiantly!.
Symptoms of retinal detachment: flashing lights, an increase in "floaters" (little motes that float in your eye), or a "curtain" -- a darkening or loss of vision coming from one side or the other!. It is imperative that you see an eye doctor at once (not an optometrist, oculist or optician -- these are not eye doctors; they only measure the eye and can prescribe, make and fit eye glasses!. They are not MDs with an eye speciality!. They are on the front line, however, and are alert to the symptoms of retinal detachment, in the same way that a dental hygienist is alert to the symptoms of certain oral cancers!. (You MUST See an opthalmologist (an MD with a specialty in optical medicine) or a retinologist (the doctor whose specialty is retinal detachments among other things including the vitreous humor of the eye)!. If you can't get to these specialists, go to the emergency ward of an eye hospital at once!. If you have concerns about detached retina, you should ask your internist or primary care physician to refer you to an ophalmologist, who in turn will refer you to a retinologist!. At the same time you get the eye doctor's name, also ask your primary care physician for the name and address and phone number of the local eye hospital!. Confirm this with the opthalmologist and retinologist (they may be affiliated with other eye hospitals!.) Carry all these numbers and addresses with you!.
Laser surgery is so far advanced today that retinal detachments can be repaired with an ease and thoroughness not known even 10 years ago!. However, once you suffer a retinal detachment, it is imperative that you give up certain things, such as trampolines, bungee jumping, parachuting for sport, martial arts and boxing, amusement park rides like "Loop The Loop," and heavy drinking (you may fall and bang your head!.) You may also need eye exams periodically for the rest of your life!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

In the back of your eye, behind the pupil and cornea and lens, behind the fluid(or vitreous fluid) is your retina!.
The retina is important for seeing out of all your eye!. If it detaches, it needs to be put back where it was before!. The "hole" in your vision ocmes from the folding or tearing of the retina!. Retinas can tear a little or a lot!. It doesn't matter how much, it needs to be basically spot welded back into place!. The procedure is called a retinal buckling!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

A detached retina is simply that your retina is pulling
away from the rest of your eye!. This is not a good thing to happen!. My g/f has had two of these!. In both cases they were able to stop the detachment by being very careful not to move
her head suddenly or by bending over or back fast!. My other friends b/f had one and had to have surgery to reattach it!.
If it comes away you can lose all or part of your sight!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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