Retina Surgery Tips

1. Retina Surgery Tips Your Vision Is Taken Care Of By Retina Surgeons

2. Synopsis • High Success Retina Surgery • What Retina Surgeons Do and When to See One • Dry Macular Degeneration: What It Is and What You Should Know

3. High Success Retina Surgery • The retina is the inner lining of our eyeballs, which are filled with a clear gel. When this lining detaches or tears, it immediately causes blatant visual distortions. If any of the following symptoms occur, an individual should immediately seek medical attention, because rapid treatment increases the potential for a 100 percent recover from surgery. • Photopsia • flashes of light appearing around the exterior of the field of vision. • Floaters • a sudden increase is a trigger, but it is perfectly normal in consistent low appearances. • Blurred Vision • specifically in a ring shape consisting of hair like strokes around the center of the field of vision.

4. High Success Retina Surgery • Retina Surgery is always necessary in a full tear, where the inner gel of the eye is able to leak into the exterior walls of the eyeball and great an uneven gap. The three methods of surgery are scleral buckle, pneumatic retinopexy or a vitrectomy. • A scleral buckle uses silicon bands to apply pressure to the location of the tear, closing the gap between the retina and exterior to allow no further leakage. • Pneumatic retinopexyis least common, and utilizes the pressure of our inner eye to suck back the liquid that has leaked out by injecting a tiny bubble into the eye and positioning the patients head so that it sits directly where the tear is. Once all liquid runs back into the eyeball, it will remain unless the tear is increased further. • A vitrectomyactually drains all the natural fluid from the eye to be replaced with a fluid that is less likely to leak or gas. This method is also effective for quickly fixing retina detachments.

5. What Retina Surgeons Do and When to See One • How Retina Surgeons are trained • Retina surgeons are highly trained professionals who specialize in analyzing and treating retina conditions. According to the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRA), a retina specialist will have: • Four years of medical school • One year of an internship • Three years of ophthalmology residency • One to two years of a Retina-Vitreous fellowship

6. What Retina Surgeons Do and When to See One • Retinal surgery is not only a mastership of the retina, but also the vitreous body of the eye and this is considered a subspecialty of ophthalmology. A retinal surgeon must be an expert of not only the general branch of ophthalmology, but also in vitreoretinal medicine. • What Retinal Surgeons Do • Retinal specialists work in both clinics and hospitals and on adults and children. A retinal surgeon is highly trained in the equipment and technology used in their field in order to treat multiple types of retina conditions. Equipment used ranges from lasers to microscopes and other tools designed for usage in the small space of an eye cavity. • When to See a Retinal Surgeon • Patients who have issues with their retinas should be advised by their ophthalmologist to seek a retina specialist. A retinal surgeon and specialist can help treat conditions and diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, macular hole/pucker, retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, and many other retina related issues. A specialist can also recommend a clinic trial, if appropriate, for a patient. Clinical trials allow for major medical advances in the field of retina health. Clinical trials are available for the most common retinal diseases.

7. Dry Macular Degeneration: What It Is and What You Should Know • What is Dry Macular Degeneration? • According to the Mayo Clinic, dry macular degeneration is a common eye condition, typically experienced by people 65 and older. Although the condition can begin in one eye and eventually affect the other causing blurred vision, blindness is not always a side effect. • The American Macular Degeneration Foundation classifies macular degeneration into two types - dry and wet. Dry macular degeneration is more common than wet, consisting of about 85-90 percent of all macular degeneration cases. People with this type of condition experience limited or blurred central and night vision, as well as trouble reading and seeing in poorly illuminated conditions. • What Causes Dry Macular Degeneration? • Dry macular degeneration is caused by the formation of drusen, which are small yellow deposits, under the macula. The macula is an oval shaped, pigmented area near the center of the retina, necessary for providing clear vision. Drusen, though typically not harmful, can increase macular degeneration by thinning and drying out the macula, causing it to slowly lose its functionality.

8. Dry Macular Degeneration: What It Is and What You Should Know • How To Help Prevent Dry Macular Degeneration? • Dry macular degeneration may progress into more severe forms, such as wet macular degeneration. You can help prevent dry macular degeneration by regularly scheduling eye examinations with your ophthalmologist, in which your doctor will dilate your pupils and use a specialized magnifying lens to examine any obscurities in your retina. Of course, you can also lower your risks of dry macular degeneration by maintaining a healthy weight and exercise regime. Eating fruits and vegetables high in antioxidants, as well as eating fish with Omega-3 fatty acids can also help prevent macular degeneration.

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