DISEASE

Message of common value

WHY DO YOU REGULAR NEED
EYE EXAMINATION WHEN YOU
HAVE GLAUCOMA?

YOU DON'T FEEL ANYTHING
BUT YOUR EYE CAN GET BLIND
SLOWLY
WHEN THE EYE PRESSURE
IS TO HIGH!

YOU ONLY HAVE 2 EYES:

CHECK YEARLY !

SEE CLEARLY !

ARE THERE...
DISCREET MAGNIFIERS?

YES, SUCH AS EASYPOCKET

LENSES....
SO EASY !

HOLIDAYS = LENSES

SHOW YOUR EYES ...
WITH LENSES !!!

WHAT IS CATARACT?

CLOUDING OF THE LENS

DAILIES: SAY IT WITH
YOUR EYES!

METAMORPHOSIS
(=curved lines)

THIS MAY INDICATE AGE
RELATED MACULA
DEGENERATION

DISEASE » VITREOUS : floaters / blood »

VITREOUS FLAKE

HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW A LASERTREATMENT HAPPENS

INFLUENCE OF GLASS FLAKES

a) PHENOMENON

Many people get worried when they perceive suddenly a few spots in their visual perception, apparently hanging in the air, floating and moves with the movements of the eye ("flying flies" / "soap bubbles" / "wires"). They are best visible on bright backgrounds (white pages, ceiling, snow), but they disappear in the darkness.

b) CAUSE

1) Progressive caused by: "aging". The eye is considered to have a hollow sphere. Which is filled with a gel-like mass, clear as glass (hence the name "vitreous").
This mass consists of a uniform mixture of water and collagen threads. With age (as early as 20 years-especially with myopia!), This is going to separate.
This change leads to water blisters and small wires.
They are the shadowimages of these floating particles on the retina, which give the sensation of moving dots.
Treatment is unnecessary. In general, you have to learn to live with it. If you can't cope with it, you can make the flakes less perceptible by wearing tinted glasses.

2) suddenly occurred: by sudden "vitreous detachment"
If the "flies" suddenly appears, it is a vitreous detachment. The latter is a trivial age-related phenomenon, which consists of the progressive shrinking of the vitreous, so that the structure suddenly (from one day to another) detach from the retina (the membrane that lines the inside of the eyeball coated).
In myopia, where the eye is longer than normal, this happens faster than the others.
Sometimes a punch in the eye can be the provoking cause. Usually the course of this is symptom-free.
Frequently, however, disturbing vitreous bodies are fixed (former ties thv retina) right to the center again, what leads to the typical spots. Those early ties are stucked sometimes onto the retina so that express traction on the retina (fortunately usually temporary), which leads to typical flash symptoms.
Exceptionally there can arise minor bleedings (bigger by anticoagulant in blood!) or retina cracks, which can lead to a retinal detachement in a second time.
This couldn't be demonstrated at the present.
An inspection after one month is sometimes planned, developed retinal tears with certainty be excluded.
Who may possibly be treated with laser (virtually painless, no recording required) to prevent a retinal detachment would occur.
The latter could possibly be surgically repaired.
If the black spots and flashes significant increase, a consultation must be requested.
This must be done if a curtain would experience for the eyes.
Anti-inflammatory eye drops may be prescribed in the hope that their effect that can lead to a quicker absorption of the compounds (although this is not a panacea).
More that you have to hope that the old bonds sag by gravity sedimentation or digestion more transparent.
This usually takes several months.
The sagging can not happen if those ties still hang.
Thus it is stated that after many years some people still see those spots. If you see flashing lights, try to avoid sudden movements!
Some people may have a heart defect occur in the retina: macular hole.
It never gives no retinal detachment, but reduced visibility. If visibility is reduced to 3 / 10 or less, a stabilization operation in an academic center (and even some improvement entail).
Sometimes the bond can detach of the vitreous and remain on the retina.
This is especially true in the center of the retina: macular pucker.
By atrophy of the retina can be pulled into folds and surrounding blood vessels may leak. This too must be an academic center for surgery!

TIP: The less you notice the spots, the less load!

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