![]() I sat in bed for the next day watching Netflix and praying I would be ok. I went home in tears, terrified of what was coming. I was scheduled for emergency surgery and was told to not move my head at all (as much as humanly possible) as it could make the detachment worse. Retinal detachment is an eye problem that happens when your retina (a light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of your eye) is pulled away from its normal position at the back of your eye. I had multiple tears in my retina as well as a detachment. I went to a retinal specialist, the best in the city, and he confirmed what I had feared the most. I saw an eye doctor a few days later, and he sent me home with some more drops.Ī few days later, the vision was not improving and it was just getting worse. I went straight to the ER and they didn’t see any retinal tears so they sent me home with eyedrops and told me to see an eye doctor within 3-5 days. A few minutes later, however, I started to see flashes of light, and dark shadowy areas in my vision were settling in. Retinal detachment is separation of the neurosensory retina from the underlying retinal pigment epithelium. retina from the retinal pigment epithelium, thus causing the retina to become. At first, there was no pain, just shock at what had just happened. picture indicates the area where the retina is detached. I want to tell you what happened: I was working on a craft project and while tearing a piece of cardboard, it hit me directly in my right eye. I created this collection to spread awareness about retinal detachment as well as the surgeries that follow, and what people go through from pre-op through recovery and after, each finding their “new normal.” The condition isn’t painful, and it doesn’t cause vision loss on its own. PVD can cause floaters or flashes in your sight, which usually become less noticeable over time. Nobody’s eyes will heal the same way, but this was my experience. Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) occurs when the gel that fills the eyeball separates from the retina. A detached retina means the retina has separated from the back of the eye. ![]() The retina does not work when it is detached, making vision blurry. 4 In 1945 after the development of the binocular indirect. In subsequent years, Jules Gonin, MD, pioneered the first repair of retinal detachments in Lausanne, Switzerland. 2 3 Before the 1920’s, this was a permanently blinding condition. The blindness or blind spots caused by the detachment are. Retinal detachment is a sight threatening condition with an incidence of approximately 1 in 10000. My retinal detachment journey was a long one and this collection of artwork depicts (to the best of my abilities) what I saw “through my eye”. The front of the eye focuses images onto the retina, which then sends these images. 13, 2022 What Is a Detached Retina A detached retina is when the retina lifts away from the back of the eye. Once the retina is detached, it no longer functions properly in transmitting pictures to the brain. ![]()
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