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Retinal detachment is a common condition of eyes in which the vision gets affected and if not treated on time this could also lead to blindness. If you are having hazy vision or are worried due to the sudden appearance of floaters then first go to your eye doctor and check your eyes. Retina is the very important part of the eyes and it is a thin membrane that is attached to the back of the eyes. The special sense receptors present in the retina are responsible for the vision. The retinal cells have rods that register black and white colors and have cones that react to colors. In every person there are about 100 million rods and 10 million cones on the retina of each eye.
The blood vessels lying below the retina provide the oxygen and nutrients to the retina, which helps the retina to work properly. But when the retina gets detached from the blood vessel then this condition is called as retinal detachment. In a year about 20, 000 people get affected with retinal detachment in United state alone. Eye injury, cataract surgery or sever nearsightedness can be among the few cause of this condition of the eyes. Men are more prone to getting this condition and those who are suffering from eye tumor or hypertension are under major risk. There are hereditary reasons also for the occurrence of retinal detachment.
Only with the help of surgery the detached retina can be attached to the blood vessel and the vision can be restored. There is no pain associated with this condition. The symptoms of this condition start appearing before the retina actually detaches from the blood vessel. Hazy visions and sudden appearance of floaters are the two main symptoms of this condition. Depending upon the level of damage to the retina the doctor will decide whether the patient needs to undergo surgery or not. If the retina is just torn and not yet separated form the blood vessel then with the help of laser treatment the doctor can repair the condition. Cyropexy is also one of the popular ways of treating the above condition. Both these treatments can be done without the need of any hospitalization.
But in case the retina is completely detached from the blood vessels then surgery is the only option to restore the vision. If the rods and cones will not get oxygen and nutrients then they will start dying one after the other. This will surely lead to blindness if the patient will not consider treatment with the help of surgery. There are three surgical procedures that the doctor will do in order to repair the retinal detachment. Depending upon the size, type and the location of the retinal detachment the doctor will decide the way of surgery. With the help of three surgeries about 90% cases of retinal detachment has been successfully restored the retina with the blood vessel. In some cases though the second treatment will have to be performed. Hence there is no need to get scared but make sure that you don’t delay the treatment and follow your doctor's advice.
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