What does a tear in your retina mean?
Rhegmatogenous detachments are caused by a hole or tear in the retina that allows fluid to pass through and collect underneath the retina, pulling the retina away from underlying tissues. The areas where the retina detaches lose their blood supply and stop working, causing you to lose vision.
What do you need to know about retinal tears?
Retinal tears happen when the retina (a thin layer of tissue) pulls away from its normal position, raising the risk for retinal detachment. Though retinal tears are not painful, there are signs to look for. In fact, knowing these signs can save your vision, as immediate medical attention is necessary for eye retinal tears.
Can a hole in the retina be a tear?
Sometimes retinal holes and tears have no symptoms. However, the sudden appearance of many floaters and flashes (“spots before your eyes”) may indicate a hole or tear. How are they diagnosed? Your eye doctor dilates your eyes with eye drops.
What kind of Doctor do you see for a retinal tear?
A thorough and timely examination by an ophthalmologist using scleral depression (applying slight pressure to the eye) and/or a 3-mirror lens is the most important step in diagnosing a retinal tear.
Can a retinal tear be treated without treatment?
Not all retinal tears require treatment. When low-risk tears are identified in patients who have no symptoms, these tears can be observed without treatment. Some tears “treat themselves,” meaning they develop adhesion around the tear without treatment, and these situations can be followed without treatment as well.
Retinal tears happen when the retina (a thin layer of tissue) pulls away from its normal position, raising the risk for retinal detachment. Though retinal tears are not painful, there are signs to look for. In fact, knowing these signs can save your vision, as immediate medical attention is necessary for eye retinal tears.
Sometimes retinal holes and tears have no symptoms. However, the sudden appearance of many floaters and flashes (“spots before your eyes”) may indicate a hole or tear. How are they diagnosed? Your eye doctor dilates your eyes with eye drops.
A thorough and timely examination by an ophthalmologist using scleral depression (applying slight pressure to the eye) and/or a 3-mirror lens is the most important step in diagnosing a retinal tear.
Not all retinal tears require treatment. When low-risk tears are identified in patients who have no symptoms, these tears can be observed without treatment. Some tears “treat themselves,” meaning they develop adhesion around the tear without treatment, and these situations can be followed without treatment as well.