Black object retinal detachment in front of your eyes, causing blindness when left unattended...Atopic patients are also careful
Feb 14, 2025
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Here, the retina, the innermost layer of the eyeball, is a nerve tissue that plays an important role in vision. We detect light through visual cells inside the retina, and the retina has the macula, which is most sensitive to light and is responsible for 90% of vision.
The retina, which plays such an important role, sometimes falls out of position. This is called 'retinal detachment', and the most common form is thermal retinal detachment, which is a case in which a hole in the retina causes liquid to flow in and the retina falls. Retinal detachment is an emergency disease that requires immediate surgery.
The retina is closely attached to a transparent glass body that fills the inside of the eye like jelly. When the vitreous body liquefies and begins to contract due to high myopia or aging, it separates from the retina, a physiological aging phenomenon called postglacial detachment.
At this time, if the glass body pulls the retina, the retina is torn or a hole is formed, and the liquid flows through the damaged part and the retina falls. This is called thermal retinal detachment, and there are also exudative retinal detachment due to inflammatory eye diseases such as traction retinal detachment and uveitis, or retinal diseases such as central serous chorionic retinopathy, which are caused by traction membranes due to diabetic retinopathy.
Thermal retinal detachment is evident in people with severe myopia, people with a family history of more than the retina, and people who have experienced eye surgery. The more severe the myopia, the longer the eyeball is and the thinner the retina, which makes it easier to form holes in the retina. Even in patients treated for atopic dermatitis, peripheral retinal perforation may occur frequently, and retinal detachment may occur. It can also occur if there is a severe impact on the eye or if there is an eye trauma.
Retinal detachment is generally painless. Patients experience increased floats that appear to be moving through the field of view and light lasting less than a second. Subsequently, when retinal detachment progresses, the surrounding field of view is obscured like a curtain, worsening the loss of vision. Retinal detachment is a disease that occurs mainly after middle age but can occur at all ages.
Director Kang Min-jae of Seran Hospital Ophthalmology Center said "In some cases, laser treatment is possible if it is localized and does not invade the macula, but if retinal detachment is extensive and the macula is invaded, active surgical treatment such as sclerodolectomy or vitreous resection is performed."If the retina adheres well, vision can be gradually restored after one to two months, and recovery is needed over several months."
Manager Kang Min-jae said, `If the macula is invaded, there may be aftereffects such as vision loss or metamorphopsia, and if the peeling is long or widespread, it may require surgery several times due to a disease that recurs a lot.' `For prevention, it is recommended to have regular retina examinations around the area even at a young age. If you have a family history of retinal detachment or atopic dermatitis that causes itching, you should have an early retinal examination and pay attention to trauma," he stressed.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
