Retinal Damage: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Retinal Damage

Cystinosis

damage Third decade of life: Cerebral calcifications; muscular and swallowing difficulties Laboratory tests The following laboratory studies may be used to assess patients [emedicine.medscape.com]

[…] to therapy slows down-progression of renal failure by several more years Delayed sexual maturation; in males, hypogonadism and infertility Second or third decade of life: Retinal [emedicine.medscape.com]

Diabetic Angiopathy

Retinal damage (from microangiopathy) makes it the most common cause of blindness among non-elderly adults in the US. [en.wikipedia.org]

In diabetic retinopathy the end-result is often blindness due to irreversible retinal damage. Diagnosis[edit] This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. [en.wikipedia.org]

Photic Retinal Injury

Workers covered by compulsory collective insurance should be eligible for compensation in every case of welding light-induced retinal damage. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Photic (related to light) retinopathy is a generalised term used for retinal damage produced by light. [hi.nhp.gov.in]

In view of the potential retinal damage, it should not be overlooked. [amhonline.org]

Hypertensive Retinopathy

The chronic increase in blood pressure causes damage to the retinal vessels and tissues that surround them. [barraquer.com]

The objective of this study was to determine if the presence of MA increases the risk of hypertensive retinal damage in nondiabetic adult Nigerians with hypertension. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

damage. [barraquer.com]

Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion

Retinal damage occurs after 90 minutes, but even 24 hours after symptoms begin, some vision may still be saved. [retinaspecialistsnw.com]

Irreversible retinal damage occurs after 90 minutes, but even 24 hours after symptoms begin, vision can still be saved. [sneretina.com]

The following measures should be taken to improve retinal perfusion: Treatment should be initiated as soon as possible, as permanent retinal damage occurs within 1.5 hours [amboss.com]

Acute Hypertensive Retinopathy

The chronic increase in blood pressure causes damage to the retinal vessels and tissues that surround them. [barraquer.com]

Rarely serous retinal detachment (damage/exudation in choroid/retinal pigment epithelium) or vitreous hemorrhage. [medium.com]

Hypertensive retinopathy is retinal vascular damage caused by hypertension. [omicsonline.org]

Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

The degree of retinal damage is variable when CRAO lasts between 105 and 240 min and irreversible profound visual loss may occur from its occlusion lasting for more than 240 [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The study aim was to evaluate the effect of HBOT and determine possible markers for irreversible retinal damage. [dovepress.com]

This phenomenon may provide an additional explanation regarding the permanent retinal damage and vision loss in eyes with CRAO. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Toxic Retinopathy

damage may progress despite discontinuation of the drug. [nejm.org]

damage.” (1) Melles & Marmor. [eyedock.com]

damage continues to raise concern among rheumatologists and ophthalmologists. [the-rheumatologist.org]

Retinal Artery Embolism

Retinal damage occurs after 90 minutes, but even 24 hours after symptoms begin, some vision may still be saved. [retinaspecialistsnw.com]

This can cause minimal or substantial loss of vision, depending on the extent of this retinal damage. [drugs.com]

Irreversible retinal damage occurs after 90 minutes, but even 24 hours after symptoms begin, vision can still be saved. [sneretina.com]

Retinopathy

Ultrasound imaging confirmed the haemorrhage and showed no other retinal damage. She was diagnosed with valsalva haemorrhagic retinopathy and was treated conservatively. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Almost all people with diabetes show signs of retinal damage after about 20 years of living with the condition. [medbroadcast.com]

It can develop so gradually that serious retinal damage may take place before any vision loss is noticed. [alimerasciences.com]

Chloroquine Retinopathy

damage may progress despite discontinuation of the drug. [doi.org]

Figure 1 is an image of an ocular fundus using autofluorescence to designate an area of retinal damage. [retinatoday.com]

damage (by the early recognition of definitive findings),” they wrote. [the-rheumatologist.org]

Diabetic Retinopathy

Laboratory and clinical evidence showed that in addition to microvascular changes, inflammation and retinal neurodegeneration may contribute to diabetic retinal damage in [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It can develop so gradually that serious retinal damage may take place before any vision loss is noticed. [alimerasciences.com]

It is usually the case that the longer a patient has diabetes, the stronger the likelihood that they have sustained some type of retinal damage. [chestercountyeyecare.com]

Retinitis

The goal of treatment is to retain present vision and to limit retinal damage. [umkelloggeye.org]

Stem cell therapy for retinitis pigmentosa holds the potential of replacing the damaged areas of an affected retina and retinitis pigmentosa stem cell research plays the key [irisvision.com]

Retinitis pigmentosa is a collection of inherited eye disorders where there is damage to the retina. [healthdirect.gov.au]

Arteriosclerotic Retinopathy

The spreading of a syphilis infection to the retinal blood vessels causes syphilitic retinopathy, and diabetes damages the retinal vessels resulting in a condition called [diagnose-me.com]

The spreading of a syphilis infection to the retinal blood vessels cases syphilitic retinopathy, and diabetes damages the retinal vessels resulting in a condition called diabetic [health-disease.org]

High blood pressure in the arteries of the body can damage the retinal arteries and is called hypertensive retinopathy. [encyclopedia.com]

Vitreous Hemorrhage

Retinal and vitreous hemorrhage absorbed spontaneously after 3 months. No retinal damage was detected. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The exact mechanism of post–vitreous hemorrhage retinal damage has not been completely elucidated. [emedicine.medscape.com]

A 49-year-old man treated for diabetic macular edema developed vitreous and retinal hemorrhage after intravitreal injection of dexamethasone implant caused by a retinal impact [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Vitreous Floaters

Diabetes In diabetics, the high levels of blood sugar can damage the retinal blood vessels. [news-medical.net]

This shrinking and separation or detachment of the vitreous from the retina is a common phenomenon, particularly in people over 50 years of age, and causes no retinal damage [moorfields.nhs.uk]

damage. [visioneyeinstitute.com.au]

Retinal Detachment

But the retinal damages are restorable and routine anti-inflammatory treatment is enough. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Glutamate has been reported to play an important role in retinal damage. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Who is at Risk for Retinal Tears and Detachments? As you age, the vitreous fluid shrinks. This is a normal process that usually does not cause retinal damage. [preventblindness.org]

Mansonella Ozzardi Infection

damage, and periocular inflammation. [msdmanuals.com]

[…] adult worms can cause transient subcutaneous swellings similar to those of Loa loa (Calabar swellings), inflammation of the pericardium or pleura, conjunctival nodules, retinal [msdmanuals.com]

Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy

This retinal damage can lead to vision loss and blindness. [medlineplus.gov]

The resulting abnormal blood supply to this tissue leads to retinal damage and vision loss in some people with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. [medlineplus.gov]

In others, a reduction in the retina's blood supply causes the retina to fold, tear, or separate from the back of the eye (retinal detachment). [medlineplus.gov]

Solar Retinopathy

High concentrations of NO are suspected to represent the underlying cause of retinal damage linked to poppers intake.2 NO regulates photoreceptor metabolism in rods and cones [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

] Pathophysiology The mechanism by which retinal tissue damage occurs in solar retinopathy is photomechanical in nature. [eyewiki.aao.org]

It remains elusive whether the degree of retinal damage and the involvement of rods depend on the highest level of local NO concentration or on frequency, subtype, or amount [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Exudative Vitreoretinopathy Type 4

This retinal damage can lead to vision loss and blindness. [medlineplus.gov]

The resulting abnormal blood supply to this tissue leads to retinal damage and vision loss in some people with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. [medlineplus.gov]

In others, a reduction in the retina's blood supply causes the retina to fold, tear, or separate from the back of the eye (retinal detachment). [medlineplus.gov]

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

The retinal damage is almost always visible even before symptoms develop. [msdmanuals.com]

"Choice of Cell Source in Cell-Based Therapies for Retinal Damage due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Review". [en.wikipedia.org]

Intermediate AMD may cause some vision loss, but, like early AMD, it is usually asymptomatic. [1] [46] Late AMD [ edit ] In late AMD, enough retinal damage occurs that, in [en.wikipedia.org]

Retinitis pigmentosa 18

damage to the pigment epithelium(9). [scielo.br]

The retinal dystrophy varied with respect to both the onset of symptoms and the course of the disease, however, clinically disparate phenotypes within the same family have [scielo.br]

The electrophysiological findings of reduced or absent electroretinograms responses from retinal photoreceptors, and frequently occurring electro-oculograms changes indicating [scielo.br]

Retinal Artery Occlusion

Irreversible retinal damage occurs after 90 minutes, but even 24 hours after symptoms begin, vision may still be saved. [bostonlaser.com]

Retinal damage occurs after 90 minutes, but even 24 hours after symptoms begin, some vision may still be saved. [retinaspecialistsnw.com]

CRAO (central retinal artery occlusion) usually occurs in people between the ages of 50 and 70. [bostonlaser.com]

Siderosis

Removal of the foreign body is indicated if there is recurrent uveitis or evidence of progressive retinal damage by serial ERG. [eyewiki.org]

Functional damage to the retina occurs at a very early stage, before extensive siderosis is apparent, and before stainable iron is detected in retinal tissues. [eyewiki.org]

Retinal Hemorrhage

The presence of retinal hemorrhage is generally associated with more severe neurological damage and a worse clinical outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] mellitus (which causes small fragile blood vessels to form, which are easily damaged). [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] vitamin A and other nutrient therapies to reduce retinal damage, and gene therapies designed to transplant normal genes into retinal cells to replace missing or defective [allaboutvision.com]

Retinal Laser Treatment

This “micropulsing” allows the retina to cool between laser pulses, preventing burns and retinal damage. [laureleye.com]

This type of laser produces a tiny and highly localised thermal burn on the retina, which can seal leaking blood vessels or destroy damaged retinal tissue. [perthretina.com.au]

Recent experimental research with new laser devices using much shorter pulse duration has shown that photoreceptor damage can be greatly reduced and the retinal pigment epithelium [clinicaltrials.gov]

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

The prevention of edema of the macula reduces the risk of retinal damage. [news-medical.net]

TREATMENT If the occlusion has existed for only a few hours it may be possible to slow or even reverse some of the retinal damage with eye-drops or other medications. [waterdownoptometric.ca]

Some will have poor vision due to loss of blood supply or retinal damage from chronic swelling in the macula. [rvscny.com]

Retinal Macular Dystrophy Type 2

For example, a test called fluorescein angiography can detect retinal damage from macular dystrophy. [allaboutvision.com]

This causes retinal damage and vision loss. Wet macular degeneration affects about 10 to 15 percent of people with the condition. [healthline.com]

Diabetic Retinopathy A common diabetic eye disease, diabetic retinopathy involves progressive damage to the retinal blood vessels. [iconlasik.com]

Eales Disease

CONCLUSIONS: Increased levels of TBARS and decreased levels of SOD and GSH in the vitreous could explain inflammation, retinal damage and neovascularization in patients with [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Based on our present study and earlier studies we confirm the role of free radicals in mediating retinal tissue damage in ED. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Based on our findings, we provide further evidence for the role of oxidant thrust in promoting retinal tissue damage in patients with ED. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]