Retinal Detachment!
Nowadays a lot of people are suffering from shortsighted and had to wear spectacles since they were young, this is due to the IT massive wave which require almost every working or non-working people to face at the computer monitor either for their daily work or own leisure. Eventhough the shortsighted eyesight can be correct using spectacles, but there’s one thing where you have to beware of, which is the Retinal Detachment.
What is Retinal Detachment? This is the question i’d been asking myself when i first heard from the Doctor during my 2nd checkup on my eyes for LASIK. He told me he discover some small area within my retina are torn, these torn are call retinal tears or retinal breaks, which can lead to Retinal Detachment, and Retinal Detachment can cause permanent vision loss! He told me about the symptoms when this Retinal Detachment, which one of them is sudden appear of floaters on your vision. Floaters are little “cobwebs” or specks that float about in your field of vision, and/or light flashes in the eye.
example of floaters. actual floaters would be much more sharper and obvious.
As for another symptom is the appearance of a curtain over the field of vision, in other words sudden blackout for split seconds.
example of curtain appearance.
After the Doctor told me about these symptoms which actually did really happen on myself, i stumble for quite a while and wondering how come this kind of thing exist and how on earth i got it? Of course is then explained by the Doctor said that is actually normal for shortsighted people, and there’s no way to cure it, but there’s a way to prevent the retinal tear or break to continue expanding or breaking, that’s laser. The Doctor will direct a laser beam to your eye, high heat laser will burn tiny parts and melt around the tear/break to form a barrier to hold it.And so i went to Tung Shin Hosptital in Kuala Lumpur to undergo this surgery, and the Doctor made a couple of layers around the tear/break for insurance. From the day of the surgery until now, never once have i seen this floaters or curtain symptoms on my vision again, so i guess it did really retain it for temporarily, and oh yes it would continue break but chances are quite low.So for you all who are shortsighted, take note on this. If u happen to have these kind of symptom or you do suspect you actually have it, go consult an eye specialist before your tear/crack have gone worst!For more information on it you can actually refer to the National Eye Institude
12 Comment(s) On This Topic
crystal said during February 22nd, 2007 at 6:41 pm
wow so serious? happen really on you or what? then u did it with lasering your eye so that you don’t need to wear spec or just to cure the break. sounds creepy
boon said during February 22nd, 2007 at 10:38 pm
yes, it did happened on me, and i did both the laser for barrier-ing the break and also the laser which ppl call LASIK for me not to wear specs
will be bloggin on how the LASIK process later on 
actually it is serious if the break expands, vision lost u know, i really can’t imagine how would i b if i really lost my vision
crystal said during February 23rd, 2007 at 12:52 am
wow…..
1st time i heard of this thingy
so now dont need to wear any specs lo? but my friend that day we got discuss bout this laser thingy that cure the short sight. she say later on the long sight when about 40 plus you wil get very serious high one the power
coz short sight is - long sight is +. now only got + dont have - so it will be higher
boon said during February 23rd, 2007 at 1:13 am
oh yeah~~ no need to wear specs! true that 40+ will have long sight and it of course when u have long sight, ur short sight will decrease…but for my case, my short sight power was overwhelming, so is better for me to do since i m still far away from 40+ and also save all the hassle on wearing contact lens everyday
is very suffer to purposely wake up earlier for wearing contact lens especially for somebody who need 3 alarms to be able to wake..
Crystal said during February 23rd, 2007 at 5:20 pm
wah lau you need 3 alarm to wake up? so kua cheong meh? lolzzzzz
wear contact lens not really that difficult ma only like few sec. i also have to wake up just to put contact lens le. i very scared to go for laser le hahahaha.
later anything happen blind d more worst haih scary.
boon said during February 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 pm
1st alarm is to let u know what time is it now, 2nd alarm is to let u wake a bit, 3rd alarm is to make u totally wake up. hehe, is needed
another reason for me to try not to wear contact lens is the solution issue, i think u know about the renu solution’s thing right? then last month i heard complete 1 batch’s solution has problem, now that’s why i get freaked out and decided finally to do the laser, even more scare for the solution problem ya know
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iskk said during March 7th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Hi there.
I’ve having a big floater on my right eye. Already made an appointment with eye specialist, she said my retina is healthy. About the floater, she said to get used to it. But the floater is a big nuisance to me! Everywhere I move my eyeballs, its always stuck there.
Do you know if there is laser treatment to break/destroy the floaters?
Please help… feeling so despair
Timur said during November 6th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Just a bold statement. Just in all its
Rob said during November 30th, 2008 at 4:51 am
1. What was some symptom’s that you experienced?
2. What was the cause of it if any?
3. When was the first time that you noticed symptoms and did you know that something was wrong?
4. Did the disease run in your family?
5. What type of retinal detachment did you have: Rhegmatogenous, Tractional, Exudative.
6. How did you find out that you had retinal detachment?
7. Did you have and surgeries that might have caused it like LASIK surgery?
8. Did you experience any vision loss before you had surgery?
9. What type of treatment did you have done to correct the problem?
10. Do you have any permanent vision loss after surgery was done?
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