How To Prevent Retinal Detachment

Most people probably already know that the eye has functions such as camera and retina serves as a movie. The retina is a thin and transparent tissue that is sensitive to light, which are composed of cells and nerve fibers. Retinal lining of the inner eye, functioning like the film in a camera, light passes through the lens to be focused onto the retina. The cells of the retina that is sensitive to this light capturing “images” and channel it to the brain via the optic nerve.

Retinal Detachment or commonly called retinal ablation is a state of loss of the sensory retina from the retinal pigment epithelium (RIDE). Retinal Detachment occur when retina to detach from the tissue lining blood vessels that supply nutrients and oxygen to the eye. When lack of oxygen, they could not compose a picture clearly.

Retinal Detachment is more likely to occur in people who suffer from low vision (myopia) and on those people who are family members there who have experienced Retinal Detachment. Retinal Detachment can also be caused by other eye diseases, such as tumors, inflammation, due to trauma or as a complication of diabetes. When not immediately treated, Retinal Detachment can cause defective vision or blindness are settled. This situation is a serious eye problem and can occur at any age, although it usually occurs on middle-aged or older people.

How To Prevent Retinal Detachment

Here are some ways to prevent Retinal Detachment:

• Use protective glasses to prevent trauma to the eye.
• Wear safety glasses when you are using a hammer or a saw, working with power tools such as lawn mowers, or doing any activity that might lead to small objects fly into your eyes.
• Wearing glasses or special sports glasses for boxing, badminton, soccer, squash and other sports in which you may receive a blow to the eye.
• Use appropriate security measures when you use Fireworks.
• People with diabetes should control their blood sugar levels carefully.
• If you have the risk of suffering from Retinal Detachment, check your eyes at least once a year, especially diabetics.

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