| The retina of eyes is attached to the tissues | | | | immediately see the eye doctor without further |
| which lie under the eye and the separation of the | | | | delay. The retina could be saved in many cases if |
| two is known as retinal detachment. The common | | | | shown on time. The effect of flashing light is |
| causes of this situation is the breakage of the | | | | caused by the loosening of the vitreous which |
| retina or the tearing of it. The breakage of the | | | | allows the gel to get in contact with the retina. |
| retina may be caused by the detachment of the | | | | There is also the symptom where the person can |
| vitreous gel from the retina. The two their part of | | | | visualize floaters. This is caused when the vitreous |
| the eye is filled with the vitreous gel and it is this | | | | gel gets solid to even an insignificant extent. If |
| gel that covers the entire retina and if the | | | | treated earlier itself, the treatment is much more |
| strength of the retina is fragile, it leads to its | | | | effective. |
| breakage. If the blood vessels in the retina are | | | | The treatment for retinal detachment is done |
| present in the breakage, it causes bleeding of the | | | | with the help of laser therapy where the holing |
| eye. However, most of the retinal detachments | | | | and tearing of the retina is treated. Another way |
| that happen are not a cause of injury. | | | | of treatment is by freezing the retina. While the |
| If the retina tears, it gives way to the vitreous | | | | retina is frozen, even the gel freezes and it is |
| gel to get into the back of the retina. It is this | | | | thus prevented from layering at the back of the |
| layer of accumulated gel that causes the | | | | retina. This eventually prevents the retinal |
| detachment of the retina from the eye. As more | | | | detachment in the initial stages. In other worse |
| and more of the gel gets accumulated and | | | | cases, where the retina is almost detached, a |
| layered behind the retina, the detachment | | | | surgery is immediately performed. These eye |
| increases and in some cases the entire retina is | | | | surgeries are of three types: |
| detached. This happens when the tear is very big. | | | | Scleral buckling |
| The retinal detachment is mostly prominent in a | | | | Pneumatic retinopexy |
| single eye. It does not affect both the eyes. | | | | Vitrectomy |
| When such an incident happens, even the other | | | | The holes and tearing that are caused in the |
| eye is thoroughly checked for any signs of tears | | | | retina have to be treated as the vision of the |
| or breaks in the retina. This is done to safeguard | | | | person is blurred or in some cases partially blinded. |
| the second eye so that preventive measures can | | | | The impairment in the vision can aggravate and |
| be taken. | | | | cause permanent blindness if not treated |
| The patient who is experiencing the symptoms of | | | | immediately. Thus it is advised to always take |
| retinal detachment sees flashing lights in the initial | | | | good care of the eyes. |
| stages. A person who has this symptom has to | | | | |