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high myopia and retinal detachment
Answered by
John C Hagan III, MD, FACS - Ophthalmology
Discover Vision Centers
Kansas City - MO
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high myopia and retinal detachment
by nickady, Mar 21, 2008 06:08PM
Hi,
My opthamologist detected a small retinal tear in my eye last week. It was lasered and I seem fine. However, I feel really terrified that I will have a retinal detachment. It has gotten me quite depressed. With a retinal tear, high myopia, and an uncle who has had a retinal detachment, I feel like a retinal detachment will be unavoidable for me? Is that true? What are the percentages? Thanks.
My opthamologist detected a small retinal tear in my eye last week. It was lasered and I seem fine. However, I feel really terrified that I will have a retinal detachment. It has gotten me quite depressed. With a retinal tear, high myopia, and an uncle who has had a retinal detachment, I feel like a retinal detachment will be unavoidable for me? Is that true? What are the percentages? Thanks.
Doctor's Answer
by John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, Mar 21, 2008 11:45PM
, Mar 21, 2008 11:45PMTo: FROM EYE MD
Unchill. The odds are heavily in favor of NOT getting one. The average risk of a RD is one in 4000 to 5000. With your multiple risks you have about a 1 in 500 to 1 in 100 chance.
See an ophthalmologist yearly for a dilated retina exam. Know the symptoms of a RD, sudden onset of floaters, flashes of light in the eye and loss of peripheral vision.
JCH IIIMD
See an ophthalmologist yearly for a dilated retina exam. Know the symptoms of a RD, sudden onset of floaters, flashes of light in the eye and loss of peripheral vision.
JCH IIIMD
