Retinal detachment is a rare disease. Around 500 people get the disease each year here in Denmark. Retina lies on the inside of the eye across the rear half. It is the light frames when it penetrates pupil, and the retinal cells that tells the brain what you see. Damage to the retina will therefore result in impaired or lost vision. As the name says, retinal detachment is a condition where the retina separates from inside the eye, the "fall off". This leads to retinal visual cells can not signal to the brain, and vision will disappear. The disease is very serious. There are several reasons why retinal detachment occurs. The commonest reason is that there will be a requirement in the retina. Your eye is filled out by a large jellies-like mass, called glass body. The older you get, the more unclear is the glass body. In some glass will decrease the body perfectly. Since the glass body is linked to the retina, will the glass drag the body a bit of the retina with it when it collapses and thereby create a rule. Through regulation being fluid penetrate behind the retina and thus loosen it from inside the eye. Risk factors for this kind of nethi Other causes of retinal detachment isdiabetes in the eyeandtumorsbehind the retina. Symptoms of retinal detachment
Precautions and treatment of retinal detachment If you detect signs of retinal detachment, you should consult a doctor right away. The sight can usually be saved if treated in time, but it is lost, you can not do anything. The disease is found by looking into the retina of a special lamp (a oftalmoskop). Until treatment can be done, you lie down in bed and avoid reading or similar load of the eye. There are several types of treatment:
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