Question 1

can problems with your vision and retinal disorders cause depression?

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Vision &depression: Possible, due to low esteem from self image issues, or could relate to medications taken for vision defects

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: retinal disorders?

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Retinal disorders: Retina =  layer of tissue at the back of the eye which contains light sensitive cells.  Damage to retina may cause blindness.

Question 3

what is a retinal disorder?

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Back of the eye...: A retinal disorder is a disease which reduces vision in the light sensitive layer on the back of the eye.  This is analogous to the film in a camera.

Question 4

what are the symptoms of a retinal disorder?

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Varied: Detachments: flashing lights, floaters, loss of side vision.  Macular degeneration: distortion and loss of central vision.  Macular edema: blurring and small object size.

Question 5

what causes retina detachment?

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Flashes floater veil: Vitreous separation ; traction on the retina causes retinal tears-causing vitreous floaters ; hazy vision.  Laser helps to prevent the tear from progressing to a retinal detachment as fluid flows though untreated tears and the retina falls off the back of your eye-like wallpaper coming off a wall.  This causes a veil in your side vision then central vision loss.  It is painless.

Question 6

what causes retinal inflamation?

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Long list: The differential diagnosis of this is quite long so there is no single or short answer. Sorry

Question 7

what are the causes of retinal cysts?

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Nothing: We are typically born with them and rarely cause trouble.

Question 8

what could cause an 8 year old to get retinal lesions?

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Multiple Causes: "retinal lesions" is a very broad term, describing pretty much any finding located in the retina.  The broad categories include infection, inflammation, trauma, benign and malignant tumors, inherited diseases, or manifestation of systemic conditions. To answer your question better, it would help to know more details about symptoms and type of lesions that were seen.

Question 9

what are common signs and causes of retinal detachments?

Accepted Answer

Flashes floater veil: Vitreous separation & traction on the retina causes retinal tears-causing vitreous floaters & hazy vision.  Laser helps to prevent the tear from progressing to a retinal detachment as fluid flows though untreated tears and the retina falls off the back of your eye-like wallpaper coming off a wall.  This causes a veil in your side vision then central vision loss.  It is painless.

Question 10

i was wondering what are the possible causes of retinal cysts?

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Depends on type: and location.  Retinal cysts as in cystoid macular edema occur in the center, cause blurring and are due to inflammation, usually after surgery.  Cysts in the peripheral retina are quite normal and are sometimes called "cystic retinal tufts".  Occasionally, cystic tufts can be torn by acute vitreous separation causing a retinal tear which may be lasered to prevent detachment.

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