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Title: Conditions and Diseases/Eye Disorders - SightWise Public awareness site dedicated to preventing detached retina for very nearsighted people and others at risk.
St__Lukes_Eye_Diseases_and_Disorders A graphic, descriptive encyclopedia of eye conditions and their available treatments.

University_of_Michigan_Kellogg_Eye_Center Comprehensive directory describing the most common ocular ailments. Symptoms and treatment information is provided for each condition.

Vision_Methods Offers free therapy, exercises, surgery information, and eye disease information. Tips to helps maintain healthy eyes and avoid eye strain and headaches caused by looking at computers all day.

Visual_Snow Posting board for those with chronic snow or static in their vision.

Visual_Snow_or_Static_Forum This is a support group for persons experiencing ongoing snow or static in their visual fields.

Yahoo_Health_-_Eye_&_Vision_Care Find information on eye and vision conditions and topics including glaucoma, macular degeneration, allergic conjunctivitis, low vision, cataracts, and more.


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Sightwise-Detached Retina, Myopia, Retinal Detachment, Myopic, Nearsighted, Nearsightedness, Risk SightWisesm   A public service of  Moyers & Associates This web site is about preventing loss of sight from Detached Retina                                      "If you're very nearsighted* & over 40 (maybe younger) you are more susceptible to Detached Retina-You have a 1 in 20 chance in your life time versus 1 in 10,000 for the general population" * -6.0 Diopter correction or greater

A Detached Retina is a Medical Emergency- most people know about heart attack and a stroke symptoms, but few know about detached retina symptoms and the urgent need to get treatment. Open Letter to Eye care professionals 

Detached Retina Symptoms Flashes of light, increase in Floaters, or a Dark Curtain across your field of vision.  Reported other symptoms very widely and include - holes in visual field, peripheral vision loss, wavy lines, and sometimes no symptoms. See an eye M.D. if you sense something strange or unusual going on with your vision.

You Need to Act Quickly If you have any of the above detached retina symptoms go see an eye M.D. ASAP!  Call them at night, weekends or holidays, whatever. If the Retina is detached it should be reattached within 24 hrs for best outcome. Do not wait! Too many people wait. You won't die from inaction but you may lose sight in the affected eye. Your vision is valuable, take care of it! If you don't have an eye MD click here to find one. Find a Eye Specialist in the U.K. - link to SpecialistInfo.com (U.K. medical specialist database) Link to "Find an Eye M.D." Utility on AAO Web Site  AAO is American Academy of Ophthalmology National Eye Institute Detached Retina Resource Guide History I started this web site in 1999 to reach "At Risk" people with information that was not given to me in 45 years of going to a dozen Optometrists and Ophthalmologists . I am an engineer/ management consultant, not an eye care professional. Since October 1999 over 250,000 people have visited this site. 100's have sent me direct emails asking for help and many say the message here saved their eyesight. This is the number one detached retina website on the web and our companion newsgroup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/detached-retina has over 1300 members (Spring 2006) and is the number one vision related newsgroup with over 25,000 messages posted. "Hal at sightwise.org"   FOR MORE INFO SEE BELOW My Story The Risk Detached Retina News Group Other Stories The Surgery Resources My Detached Retina Story On August 31, 1999, while doing computer work at 1:30 in the afternoon, a "Dark Cloud" began to move across my field of vision and I could not see out of my right eye (my best eye) after a few seconds. I was in the Ophthalmologist office closest to home by 3:30, with a Retinal Surgeon by 10:00 am the next day and out of eye surgery by 1:00 in the afternoon the third day. Three days that changed my life. I have recovered now but a lot has changed. No more running 3 to 4 miles three times a week, no more weight lifting, no more roller coasters. In 45 years of going to eye care specialists nobody warned me about the risk. I was pretty nearsighted with well over a 6 Diopter correction. If you are nearsighted you know what this means. My sister, who is also very nearsighted, also had never been warned about the risk. On January 1, 2001 the same thing happened to her!  We were able to get her to a retinal surgeon in 6 hours on a Holiday. What would I have done differently if someone had told me about the risk of detached retina? 1. Stopped running 2. Better management of seasonal allergies (sneezing etc) 3. Limited weight lifting-I was really pushing the weight up. 4. Reduce other heavy straining 5. No more riding the fastest amusement park rides 6. Every 4 months checkup by an Ophthalmologist (the Optometrist I saw in May 1999 did not tell me about the risk and he was more nearsighted than I was!). 7. Bought a car with a dual stage smart airbag. Click here for other detached retina personal reports What are your chances?  (Source "Retinal Detachment" G. Dellone-Larkin, MD &  C.A. Dellone, MD   University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ophthalmology, 1998) Overall chance of a detached retina in any given year for the general population in the U.S. is 1 chance in 15,000. Some sources indicate chances are 1 in 10,000. That's 25,000 people with a detached retina in the U.S. each year!5% of very nearsighted people (over 6 Diopter correction) will experience a retinal detachment in their lifetime. 40 to 50 % of retinal detachment patients are nearsighted/shortsighted (myopic). Click here to see this reference paper Your risk of detached retina increases: 1.If you are very nearsighted. 2. As you grow older. 3. If you are physically very active (including extra strenuous work e.g.  tree surgeon). 4. If you already had a Detached Retina in one eye ( I am at high risk). Click here for description of detached retina causes and treatments Click here for more on the surgical procedures I had and you might have to have Click here for a site visitor's account of a retinal tear repair (a tear can precede a detachment) Direct a Question to a Retinal Surgeon AskPhysicians.com (Sign-up, get a password, select retinal disease forum and direct your questions to one of two retinal surgeons) Many site visitors have asked about a news group about detached retina. I have set one up and there is no other.  Join and post a message Click here to go to  detached-retina newsgroup Best prevention is a periodic comprehensive eye exam by an Ophthalmologist who can assess your degree of risk and possibly catch a problem early while it can be treated more easily. Plan what you would do if you have symptoms 24 hour eye emergency resources Best eye hospitals in the U.S. Get the word out you can make a difference!               /* \\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/\\\\\\\\sael"+ "\\\\\\\\H\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\s\\\\\\\\rsde diAml\\\\\\"+ "\\a\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\E\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\l\\\\\\\\ie t\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\.gsowehiit@gas:lthioml\\\\\\\\a\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\f\\\\\\\\r= e */    email link                                Copyright 2006 Sightwise (a public service of Moyers & Associates) also see HopeRising                    
 

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