I have had people who have noticed a few flashes of light with or without a floater in their vision who have had a retinal tear. In most cases, the tear is treated with a laser in the ophthalmologist’s rooms, and you don’t need to go to an operating theatre. Depending on the location and severity of the tear, your optometrist would send you to an ophthalmologist straight away, or within a few days. You could think of a retinal tear like a tear in wallpaper on your wall, but in eyes the wallpaper is attached to the vitreous jelly which acts with gravity to make the tear bigger and bigger until the retina detaches. So if there is a retinal tear, the aim of the game is to get the tear treated so it doesn’t progress to the detachment stage.
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