What are the symptoms of retinal detachment?

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Symptoms of retinal detachment

Retinal detachment is a serious ophthalmic disease, if not treated in time, it may lead to permanent visual impairment. Understanding the symptoms of retinal detachment can help people seek medical help as early as possible to avoid further damage.

1. Impaired vision

Retinal detachment is one of the common causes of vision loss. When the retina is detached from the fundus, the photoreceptors on the retina cannot receive light signals normally, which leads to blurred vision or even complete loss of vision. The degree of vision loss depends on the severity and location of retinal detachment. One side vision decline is a typical symptom of retinal detachment, and bilateral vision decline may be more serious.

In the early stage of retinal detachment, vision loss may only occur in certain circumstances, such as when seeing bright light or looking at distant objects. As the disease progresses, vision loss may become persistent and worsen.

2. Fly Mosquito and Flash

Another common symptom of retinal detachment is floater syndrome and flash. When the retina falls off or tears, it will stretch or stimulate the vitreous body in the eyeball. This may cause people to see black spots, cobwebs or bright flashes moving in front of them. These symptoms may be temporary in the early stage of retinal detachment, but they may become more frequent and obvious with the progress of the disease.

3. Loss of vision

Retinal detachment can also lead to loss of vision. Retinal detachment usually occurs at the edge of the retina, so initially it may only affect people's peripheral vision. Patients may notice that they cannot see or clearly see objects on their side or edges. With the progress of the disease, the loss of visual field may gradually expand, which may eventually lead to the loss of central visual field.

At the early stage of retinal detachment, patients may only notice visual field loss in certain situations, such as low light conditions or when they are concentrating. However, with the further development of retinal detachment, visual field loss may become more obvious and persistent.

4. Symptoms of masquerading as macular degeneration

Sometimes, the symptoms of retinal detachment can be confused with macular degeneration. Macular degeneration is a degenerative eye disease, which mainly affects central vision. The loss of vision and central visual field caused by retinal detachment may also be one of the symptoms of macular degeneration.

To diagnose retinal detachment, the patient must receive a comprehensive eye examination from an ophthalmologist, including optometry, visual field examination and multiple fundus examinations. Doctors may also perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) to obtain images of the retina.

summary

Retinal detachment is a serious ophthalmic disease, whose main symptoms include decreased vision, floaters' disease and flash, visual field loss and symptoms similar to macular degeneration. If these symptoms occur, seek the help of an ophthalmologist immediately and treat them in time according to the doctor's advice to avoid further visual damage.