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A member asked:

What is the tentative risk percentage of a rd in lattice degeneration (asymptomatic except floaters, no hole/tear) of relatively high myope (-7.5d)?

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Higher: The risk is probably 10 x greater than a patient without these characteristics.

Dr Villaplana agreed

Answered 11/28/2013

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I have a habit of blinking my eyes hard & fast. Sometime it cause pain while doing it. Maybe it's because of dry eyes or it has become my habit. So does it cause any damage to eyes like retinal tear or detachment as I'm high myopic & have floaters?

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A member asked:

Does lifting too heavy weights causes retinal tear for high myopic. I'm highly myopic also astigmatism & have eye floaters & today I held too much heavy weight handbag for a few second. As I didn't knew it was so heavy?

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I am high myopic and have lattice degeneration (no tear). Should i be worried about carrying a 15 lb backpack while travelling cross-country by air?

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A member asked:

22y old. Had scleral buckling for RD 2 months ago. And laser barrage for lattice degeneration. I'm seeing a lot of floaters since then. And they're noticeable, annoying. I've talked to my doc about this he said I'll get used to it. But I'm not yet?

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A member asked:

White haze see-through like appearance moves in opposite direction, when i move my eyes and then goes away. Not floaters. Have lattice & high myopic?

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