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If retine detaching, would it be obvious, real blurry, flashing, etc?

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Most likely: New flashes or floaters and/or loss of peripheral vision (like a curtain or veil obscuring part of the vision) require an urgent dilated retinal exam to rule out retinal detachment. On rarely can a retinal detachment be without symptoms.

Answered 12/9/2013

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