How is Eye Injury related to retinal detachment?
Direct injury to the eye can lead to retinal breaks, holes, or tears that may cause retinal detachment days, weeks, months, or even years after the incident. Therefore, every patient with significant eye injury must get a detailed retinal checkup after the injury, and thereafter at regular intervals to detect these possible retinal breaks. Trauma severe enough to cause a black eye, hemorrhage on the white part of the eye, hemorrhage within the eye, a penetration or laceration of the eye, cataract, light flashes, floaters, or decreased vision can be related to subsequent retinal detachment. What are the symptoms of Retinal Tear or Retinal Detachment? Perception of Flashes of light, or sudden onset of Floaters are common symptoms which may point towards the presence of a Retinal Tear or Retinal Detachment. A loss of field of vision or sudden decrease in central vision are symptoms of Retinal Detachment. The diagnosis is confirmed by a detailed retinal checkup by a retinal specialist. In
