A Wuhan man suffered a detached retina while playing basketball! People of this type should be especially careful

35-year-old white-collar worker in Wuhan

After playing a basketball game recently

Suddenly I felt a dark shadow in front of my eyes

My vision is blurry.

Come to the hospital for examination

It turned out to be retinal detachment.

What's going on?

What is retinal detachment?

The retina is a component of the eyeball and the imaging part of the eye. It is located in the inner layer of the eyeball wall and is like a transparent film. Retinal detachment is the detachment between the photosensitive layer and the pigment layer of the retina.

Because the retina is an important part of the eye's imaging, detachment will significantly affect vision, and delayed treatment will lead to complete blindness.

Be especially careful with these 3 types of people!

High myopia

In high myopia, the axial length of the eyeball is constantly extended, but the retina cannot grow accordingly, which often causes insufficient blood supply to the retina, leading to cell degeneration and atrophy. The retina in the macular area is very thin and is prone to holes. In addition, vitreous liquefaction pulls on the retina, which can cause retinal detachment.

Wu Jianhua, president of the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University (Wuhan Aier Eye Hospital Hubei Headquarters) and director of the Department of Fundus Diseases, reminds: Myopia above 600 degrees is considered high myopia. High myopia can easily cause fundus damage, and you should go to the hospital for fundus examinations regularly.

Diabetic patients

Diabetic patients mainly have abnormal insulin hormone and cell metabolism, which causes changes in eye tissue, nerves and blood vessel microcirculation, resulting in damage to eye nutrition and visual function. Due to changes in blood components in diabetic patients, retinal capillary endothelial cells function abnormally, causing damage to the retinal barrier.

President Wu Jianhua reminds: Diabetes can easily cause a variety of complications, so you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

Eye injuries

Retinal detachment caused by eye trauma is more complicated to treat. If the eyeball is not ruptured, vitrectomy can be performed to remove the blood and reposition the detached retina. If the eyeball has ruptured, the eyeball hole needs to be sutured in time.

President Wu Jianhua reminds: If eye injury occurs, you should go to an ophthalmology hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time to avoid the risk of blindness caused by eye injury.

Kind tips

President Wu Jianhua reminds: Once retinal detachment occurs, the retinal photoreceptor cells will not receive adequate nutrition. If not repositioned in time, the retina will atrophy and degenerate, causing irreversible damage to visual function. Therefore, when discomfort symptoms occur, early diagnosis and early treatment are necessary.

The fundus refers to the tissue at the back of the eyeball that cannot be seen with the naked eye. There are many types of fundus diseases, most of which cause great damage to visual function, and early lesions are difficult to detect. High-risk groups must undergo regular inspections to eliminate risks. Due to lack of understanding, many patients with fundus diseases do not receive timely and professional diagnosis and treatment, resulting in irreversible damage to vision, some even completely blind, and late-stage treatment is more difficult, so fundus examinations are very necessary.