| When your grandmother or grandfather reads | | | | 1), without treatment, 50% is most likely to |
| every morning, do you notice them that holding | | | | progress to the second stage; Partial-thickness |
| their newspaper in an evident distance from their | | | | holes (stage 2), without treatment, 70% will |
| body? They also squint their eyes as they read | | | | progress and grows severe to the last stage; and |
| the periodical. This condition is normal as certain | | | | Full-thickness holes (stage 3). |
| eye irregularities are rampant especially when a | | | | To avoid the vitreous gel to eventually pull away |
| person ages and reaches the age of 50 and | | | | the retina and produce macular hole, vitrectomy is |
| above. The macula, which is the portion of our | | | | done in order to allow further improvement and |
| eyes which provides sharpness as we need it for | | | | treatment of the condition. This procedure |
| reading, driving and seeing fine details, is affected | | | | removes the vitreous gel and a bubble containing |
| most of the time as the person ages. | | | | mixture of air and gas will be replace to act as an |
| If a person is affected with those said condition, | | | | internal and temporary bandage that holds the |
| he or she has similar symptoms with macular | | | | edge of the macular hole in place as it heals. The |
| degeneration which usually occurs before the | | | | surgery is done through local anesthesia and the |
| condition progresses. However macular | | | | outcome might be uncertain. Most surgeons |
| degeneration and macular hole have two distinct | | | | consider it as "damage limitation". If complication |
| damages in the eye, as hole in the macula affects | | | | might take place, a cataract can progress rapidly |
| the retina and if this condition grows severe, | | | | in most patients and most certain than not, the |
| retinal detachment can be anticipated. The | | | | patient might be able to develop a macular hole in |
| vitreous gel which comprises 80 percent of the | | | | the other eye too. The probability is one in ten |
| eye is in some form, a contributory factor or a | | | | chances in most patients. |
| conduit of formation of macular hole because, the | | | | Recovery from the surgery varies from patient |
| proportion of vitreous gel diminishes along with | | | | to patient. Those who had macular hole for less |
| the advancement of age. If this happens, as its | | | | than 6 months may recover much more certainly |
| fluid grows minimal due to ageing, its fibers that | | | | than those who had longer experience of having |
| are attached to the retina will be pulled away and | | | | macular hole. The important thing to consider post |
| it can tear the retina which creates a hole in the | | | | operatively is to let the patient have a head-down |
| macula. | | | | position maintained and monitor, so as to keep |
| This condition is a sight-threatening condition what | | | | the posture in the correct place while the retina |
| should receive immediate medical attention. It has | | | | heals. |
| three stages namely Foveal detachment (stage | | | | |