retina
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What is retina?
The retina is the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the inner eye. It acts like the film in a camera -- images come through the eye's lens and are focused on the retina. The retina then converts these images to electric signals and sends them via the optic nerve to the brain.
The retina is normally red due to its rich blood supply. An ophthalmoscope allows a health care provider to see through your pupil and lens to the retina. If the provider sees any changes in the color or appearance of the retina, it may indicate a disease.
Anyone who experiences changes in sharpness or color perception, flashes of lights, floaters, or distortion in vision should get a retinal examination.
Posts on retina (180)
HELLO DOCTORS .... I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING MY 17 YEARS OLD BROTHER'S CONDITION, IT'S TH...
- Feb 03, 2012
My friend has an eye injury that effected his fovea. The dr. says that there is a vertical...
My friend was struck in the eye and had to receive orbital bone surgery. Now the retina sp...
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I have had Macular bleeding 2 weeks ago. I am 38 years old, male, highly miopic (-28 ...
- Oct 01, 2011
I had my first follow up appt. with my opthamologist since starting triple tx and he found ...
- Sep 01, 2011
Hello All,
Does any doctor here have any update on progress of researches on retinal tra...
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back in January I had a 360 degree scleral buckle put in my left eye following a ...
Hi, I'm 23 years old and have had normal eye exams for a long time. However, my doctor dila...
Hi! I have a friend in Wisconsin who was diagnosed with a cataract, and a partially detache...
- Aug 05, 2011
I am getting ready to have cataract surgery and had the buckle surgery 3 years ago. Can any...
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