All About Retinal Tear

All About Retinal Tear

Do you know how do you see the objects in front of you? Your retina generates your vision by passing on visual information to your brain via the optical nerve. The retina is a thin layer of tissue near the optic nerve connected to the inside of the eyes.

But sometimes, tears can be formed inside the retina, known as retinal tears. This scenario is risky as it can lead to a torn or detached retina and eventually vision loss.

Let’s tackle the causes of a retinal tear, its risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

WHAT CAUSES RETINAL TEAR?

A retinal tear is an age-related issue. At birth, a substance similar to the consistency of the clear gel is attached to the retina. This substance is known as vitreous. It also fills the back cavity of the eye, with age vitreous starts to separate from the retina. This phenomenon is called posterior vitreous detachment (PVD).

But in some people, vitreous is stickier. Therefore while separating from the retina, it pulls hard and causes it to tear. You might suddenly see light flashes or floaters. When blood gets leaked into the vitreous, it is called a vitreous hemorrhage. It raises the risk of vision loss. In rare cases, eye injury is also responsible for a retinal tear.

WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RETINAL TEAR?

Although retinal tear occurs due to aging, the following conditions put you at a higher risk of developing it.

  • Being active in contact sports such as boxing.
  • History of cataracts or any other type of interocular surgery.
  • Nearsightedness or myopia.
  • Family history of retinal detachment or tear.
  • Eye injury or trauma.
  • Thinning of certain areas in the retina, also known as lattice degeneration.
  • Retinal tear or torn retina in one eye (it can also happen in fellow eye).
  • Intake of certain glaucoma medications makes the pupil small.

WHAT ARE THE MOST PROMINENT RETINAL TEAR SYMPTOMS?

If not treated promptly, a retinal tear can quickly progress to a detached retina. Therefore watch out for the following retinal tear symptoms:

  • The appearance of floaters and light flashes are primary signs of retinal tear. You should act quickly if you notice a sudden surge in their numbers and occurrence.
  • Seeing a shadow in your peripheral vision.
  • Hazy vision, decrease in vision, or trouble in focusing.
  • Sudden headache.
  • The appearance of a slowly moving grey curtain across your sight.

HOW IS RETINAL TEAR DIAGNOSED?

A retinal tear can be diagnosed through various types of comprehensive eye exams as there are hardly any visible signs from the outside. Your pupils can be dilated using eye drops to examine your eye from inside. Afterward, a binocular is used to check your eyes in a three-dimensional view.

Sometimes a slit lamp is also used to check the inside of your eyes in bright light. Pigments of blood cells can be visible through the illumination and magnification of your eye provided by the slit lamp. Eye check-up via an ultrasound device is required In case of dense bleeding inside the eye.

WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR RETINAL TEAR TREATMENT?

There are 2 types of procedures to prevent the detachment of the retina. Your eye doctor will either do a freezing treatment or a laser retinal tear surgery. Both processes are usually performed in your eye doctor’s clinic only and involve minimal or no discomfort at all.

  • Freezing Treatment (cryopexy)

As the name suggests, freezing treatment freezes your retina surrounding the retinal tear. In this way, the retina gets secured to the eyewall and is prevented from getting detached.

  • Laser Surgery (Photocoagulation)

During retina laser surgery, minor burns are made around the retinal tear with the help of a laser. This scarring seals the retina to the underlying tissue. There are negligible chances of a torn retina after this surgery.

Recovery from retinal tear surgery comes in a couple of weeks. But the healing period may vary according to individual health conditions.

There is a possibility that your retinal tear won’t show any symptoms till it’s too late. Therefore the best way to avoid retinal tear resulting in a torn retina is to take care of your eyes and get them examined regularly.

A Comprehensive Eye Screening can detect the retinal tear and save your retina from getting detached. The possibility of vision impairment is all the more reason to act upon treating a retinal tear quickly.

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The Eye Problems You Should Look Out For

The Eye Problems You Should Look Out For

To stay completely aware of your eye health, you need to know what you should look out for. Identifying eye problems that could signify serious problems beforehand will save your vision.

Apart from your regular dilated eye exams, visit an eye care professional if you’re going through these eye problems:

  • Eye pain
  • Decreased or double vision
  • Redness or drainage of your eyes
  • Floaters in your eye
  • Circle or halos around light sources
  • Inflammation/irritation in the eye
  • Flashes of light
  • Itchy or watery eyes

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Gritty Eyes Symptoms, Causes & Treatments

Gritty Eyes: Symptoms, Causes & Treatments

Do you often get the feeling of a flack of sand stuck in your eyes? This irritating condition is known as gritty eyes. 

Generally, you face these additional gritty eyes symptoms as well:

  • Dry eye syndrome
  • Burning eyes
  • Watery eyes
  • Red eyes
  • Itchy eyes

Anyone can feel a gritty sensation in the eyes once in a while. However, you need to be alert if this scratchy and rough sensation doesn’t disappear over time. It can mean that you might have an underlying eye disease such as dry eye syndrome, corneal abrasion, sunburned eyes, etc.

GRITTY EYES TREATMENT

The treatment for your gritty eyes will depend upon the symptoms and causes. Your GP may advise you on one of the following approaches while doing your treatment.

Medical Treatment for Gritty Eyes

The medical treatments for treating the gritty sensation in the eyes include eye drops, contact lenses, prescription drugs, light therapy, punctual occlusion, etc. Your eye doctor will prescribe treatment in line with your additional underlying eye conditions.

Over-the-counter (OTC) Solutions for Gritty Eyes

Warm compress, omega-3 supplements, humidifier, OTC eye drops work well for mild symptoms. These OTC treatments are easily excisable to all, so you should start one of these as soon as you begin to feel the gritty eyes symptoms. If things don’t get better in a couple of days, contact your eye doctor at the earliest.

PREVENTION OF GRITTY EYES

You can prevent this annoying syndrome by doing the following:

  • Keep your computer screen at eye level so that your eyes can open properly.
  • Avoid smoking as it is the primary cause of dry eye syndrome.
  • Give short relaxing breaks to the eyes while doing work on screen or reading.
  • Wear protective sunglasses or eyewear.
  • Avoid exposure of eyes to the wind.

Gritty eyes disorder is perfectly curable. Therefore if you feel the gritty sensation in your eyes for a few days, you shouldn’t wait to consult a doctor. 

You can try the OTC solutions in the meanwhile. But only an ophthalmologist or optometrist can conduct a detailed eye exam, detect the cause of gritty eyes, and prescribe a suitable treatment.

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Why is Vision Health for All Ages Important

Why is Vision Health for All Ages Important?

While you care for your overall health more than anything, maintaining a proper and healthy vision is equally important! Several eye problems can be treated if detected early. Hence, regular eye exams for all ages are vital.

Conducting regular eye exams for all ages is necessary to ensure you aren’t dealing with common eye problems.

Whether you’re an adult or a preschooler, whether you’ve perfect eyesight or struggle with something genetic, regular eye exams are necessary for all ages.

  • It’s believed that mostly adults can develop an eyesight problem. However, even preschoolers are subjected to them.
  • Vision disability is among the most common disabilities in children. Despite this, only 1 in every 7 preschoolers receives an eye exam.
  • Vision screening for kids aged 3 to 5 years is essential to catch eye conditions like lazy eye early for effective treatment.
  • Most people aged 12 and older with refractive errors can see better when diagnosed early and given the proper treatment.

If you don’t take proper checkups, some preventive eye conditions can cause major problems like:

  • Cataracts, the clouding of the eye that makes your vision foggy.
  • Glaucoma which damages the optic nerve.
  • Diabetic retinopathy that destroys the blood vessels in the back of the eye.
  • Macular degeneration is age-related that affects the central vision.

If it’s been a while since your last checkup, schedule one this month!

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What Can Worsen Astigmatism

What Can Worsen Astigmatism?

Astigmatism refers to the term in which your cornea or lens isn’t round in shape. It’s a common vision disorder, and its symptoms include blurred vision, difficulty with driving at night, headaches, eye pain, and glare sensitivity. Astigmatism usually develops in childhood and changes our eye shape into a football-like shape from its usual spherical form.

This unusual shape causes light rays to bend in more than one direction, which causes blurred vision.

Astigmatism usually doesn’t require any surgeries, and in most cases, you can treat it with glasses or contact lenses but if left untreated several factors can cause Astigmatism to worsen.

WHO IS AT RISK OF ASTIGMATISM?

Astigmatism is a common problem, and while it can happen to anyone, there are people with a higher chance of developing it due to certain factors. 

You are more likely at the risk of Astigmatism if you have:

  • A thin cornea
  • A family history of Astigmatism
  • A history of eye surgeries. This can include cataracts and other surgeries as well.
  • Excessive Farsightedness (hyperopia)
  • Extreme nearsightedness (myopia)

There are several effects of Astigmatism as normal vision differs from that of how people with astigmatism see. But generally, people who have Astigmatism have difficulty when they are driving at night.

CAN ASTIGMATISM GET WORSE?

Not only Astigmatism mostly every refractive error can worsen with time if left untreated at an early stage. According to advanced research, we saw that the simultaneous presence of myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is one of the key factors that helps Astigmatism progress further. Therefore we recommend visiting an eye specialist at least once a year so you can detect your eye problems at an early stage.

WHAT CAUSES ASTIGMATISM TO WORSEN?

Several factors are responsible for making your Astigmatism problem worse, and the doctor will likely look out for the same. In some cases, a rare condition known as Keratoconus, in which the cornea begins to bulge outwards in a cone shape, causes Astigmatism to worsen.

Whereas in others, Astigmatism usually gets worse when a person turns more than 50. Your Corneal and Lens curvature is known to change with time, which means this condition will also change as you age.

Even though Astigmatism worsens with time, treating it is a no-brainer. An eye specialist can usually do it with the help of corrective lenses, refractive surgery, and specialty contact lenses.

DOES ASTIGMATISM GET WORSE WITH AGE?

As mentioned earlier, astigmatism can get severe as we age. The corneas in your eye become highly irregular, and when you go to your eye specialist, you might notice that the prescriptions frequently keep changing, leading to different eye exams.

Your astigmatism symptoms might be more severe when you are suffering from other refractive issues or keratoconus. However, astigmatism is a common problem that can be treated easily. If you notice any symptoms of Astigmatism, you must contact your eye specialist so they can treat your problem at its early stage without the need for any surgeries.

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