Cataracts Treatment

Question by Guy: Retinal detachment surgery recovery, long but need answers?
I’m 19, I just had a vitrectomy, scleral buckle,and an air bubble all in one surgery last monday around 2:30 PM. I went back for a check up yesterday at 8:20 AM and the doc said my airbubble was only 30% there so whatever im doing is working. i had to keep my head down the whole time and i couldnt lay on my back or a cataract would form, but he said i didnt have to keep my head down during the day from now on, and he said the bubble should be gone by friday(thats my next checkup) before the surgery he told me that recovery time should only be like 1-2 weeks, but im reading online that people are saying 3 months minimum, my eye barely hurts anymore buts its still swollen, the swelling has greatly improved since yesterday, is it because im so much younger than the usual crowd of people that get this surgery that my time is so much shorter?

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Answer by Indiana Jones
3 months for recovery?
idk about that. i know that it takes 3 months of your eye being stable to really be out of the woods as far as it redetaching.

how long the gas bubble lasts depends on what type of gas they use.
i had a gas bubble that lasted about 12 days and then i had one that lasted for 21 days.

did you have to wear that green “warning gas bubble in eye” wrist bands? its like a disclaimer. i kept mine cuz it was funny to me.
didn’t you find keeping your head face down was very hard? when i went to sleep i was basically smothering myself.
at one point i put my mattress on the floor and kept a space for my face to hang off the end and then put pillows for my forehead to lay on.
my neck/back hurt soooo bad from having to keep my head down.

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Question by Alo: I can’t tell if I have a retinal tear. I am a 20 yr old male and I just had phakic IOL done last Thursday.
When I look down and have something close to my face I notice a very small shadow and can see my eye focusing on the left side of my left eye. I can barely notice this but I want to ask you if this could be signs of a retinal tear. Btw, I am very nearsided and my doctor just performed phakic IOL (cataracts surgery). What do you think?

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Answer by the_only_solorose
I think only an ophthalmologist can answer your question… but most retinal tears and detachments are very painful.

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Question by parttha: I was operated for retinal detachment…Is it possible for me to do a laser surgery?
I was operated for foreign body removal + retinal detachment + cataract on my left eye (right eye is normal). Even after all this my vision is only 6/24 because the detachment has taken part in the central part of my vision and has left a scar. Even 2 years after the surgery i am not able to synchronize both my eye to view an object.. because quality of my left vision is so poor..

Right now I have developed a dark circles under my eyes… It has formed like a thick patch. I really dont know what to do. I went to dermatoligist and i did cosmo peel and other peels for 8 weeks but nothing worked, dark circles are becoming much more thicker.

My questions are
i) Is there any latest technology to operate my retina and bring it back to normal so that i can have 6/6 vision
ii) Seriously I would like to get rid of the dark circles. I looking like an alien with those dark circles (patches). I would like to know the basic reasons (I usually sleep more than 7 hrs a day) and the methods to get rid of the same

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Answer by Angel
Talk to your Optometrist!!!

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Question by Takket: Vitreous fluid in eye after retinal tear?
My wife just had a retinal tear that was sealed with a laser. She had numerous floaters which we have been told will dissipate. There is also vitreous fluid obscuring her vision, as if there was a blob of Vaseline in her eye. Will the vitreous fluid dissipate at some point, or is the only way to get this out of her vision to perform a vitrectomy? Here eye structure is very weak. She is aphacik due to removing lens in both eyes because of cataracts. Neither eye would support a replacement lend. One of her eyes already had a vitrctomy due to massive pressure build up after one of the cataract surgeries.

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Answer by Van Bo
I would except the vitreous fluid or excess vitreous humour to dissipate, as with blood, bruising or clots.

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Question by Gucci123: Is vitreous detachment after a retinal detachment surgery risking another retinal detachment?
I had a detachment 12 years ago due to trauma. I now have a cataract that has been stable for 12 years. I now have a vitreous detachment. The only symptoms I have so far are the feathery floaters. They were in my top left vision but have now moved down the left side as well. My optometrist has checked it, and says it is stable and doesn’t seem to be pulling on the retina.
Am I at a greater risk now to another retinal detachment, and will it be safe to have the cataract removed?

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Answer by Albi Nice
If an OPHTHALMOLOGIST confirms you have a vitreous detachament, especially a PVD (posterior vitreous detachment), then it’s best to wait 6 weeks to a couple of months before messing around with the eye. You might want to take it easy, physically, while having your eye’s retina checked out every once in a while (2-3 weeks).
Just make sure you get an ophthalmo, not optometrist, to have a look at your inner eye.
You should be OK, and even if there’s always some risk of RD in undergoing any kind of eye surgery, it’s exceptionally small. I imagine since your RD was due to trauma, you should be OK, as RD’s caused by trauma usually have a better prognosis than those caused by other risk factors without trauma. Also, it’s been 12 years.
Long story short: Once you know your vitreous is stable, get the cataract removed.

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